Laura Molzahn

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Kate Buddeke's comic turn in 'North Plan'

Feb. 29, 2012
Tanya Shepke is your white-trash everywoman.

Local groups urge boycott of Israeli dancers

Feb. 28, 2012
The Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago and the Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights are urging Chicagoans to just say no to Batsheva Dance Company, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The troupe, headed by Ohad Naharin, began a Canadian/U.S.

Halena Kays hated 'Six Characters', but finds herself directing the adaptation

Feb. 22, 2012
"This year has been wild!” says Halena Kays.

'Dangerous' new play explores ethnic stereotypes

Feb. 8, 2012
“Being Muslim these days is like being public enemy number one,” says actor Usman Ally. “Our voices are not being heard.”“In a way, it’s a dangerous play,” he says of Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, which had its world premiere at American Theater Company last month.

Dado returns to Chicago theater with 'Megacosm'

Feb. 1, 2012
"I love directing Brett’s work, but it’s a joke between us that we had to move to LA to work together," says Dado, director of Brett Neveu’s brand-new Megacosm at A Red Orchid.

The Don't Miss List: 'Vincent River' and 'Dance(volve)'

Jan. 26, 2012
Theatre Y remounts its acclaimed production of Phillip Ridley’s two-hander Vincent River (acclaimed by a lot of people, not just me) one night only, this Friday at 8 PM.

How to enter a room: Kevin Douglas in Lookingglass's 'Mr. Rickey'

Jan. 25, 2012
What’s his secret? Kevin Douglas, 37, plays a bellhop 20 years his junior—very believably—in Lookingglass Theatre’s Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting.

Brickheadz breakin' at the Winter Block Party

Jan. 18, 2012
“You don’t wanna throw out too much, you gotta pace yourself,” says Waka of Legendary Brickheadz, the dance hosts of WBEZ’s fourth annual Winter Block Party for Chicago’s Hip-Hop Arts. Holding something back matters in battles, where “you have to throw out the little guys first,” Waka says.

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