There were several Chicago connections in New York Monday night when the 56th annual Obie Awards were handed out, honoring work in Off-Broadway theater.The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristofer Diaz received the Obie for Best New American Play (and Diaz picked up $1,000).
1. The Geek Girl Burlesque, the folks that brought you BOOBS AND GOOMBAS: A Super Mario Burlesque at the Gorilla Tango Theatre (still running, by the way) have done it again with FELLOWSHIP OF THE BOOBS: A LOTR, WoW, D&D RPG BURLESQUE.
“We keep joking that our characters are taking over our lives,” says actor Christina Nieves, who plays the youngest, Americanized daughter of a magisterial Mexican mother in “El Nogalar” at the Goodman.
Tanya Saracho really knows how to make the scene; literally. Saracho is a resident playwright at Teatro Vista and resident playwright emeritus at Chicago Dramatists. And this week, she’s bringing the drama and some comedy to The Weekly Guide.
