Summer theater guide 2. Our list of 3. 0 shows. Summer in Chicago focuses on outdoor fun, whether its at music festivals, street fairs, ballgames or beaches. But Chicagos red hot theater scene also has plenty of option. Here are 3. 0 shows for summer, from the big hits to family shows to, yes, Shakespeare under the stars. LONG RUNNING HITSThe Infinite WrenchThe Baby is gone, but the Wrench goes on forever. After Neo Futurist founder Greg Allen pulled the rights to the troupes long running signature show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, the Neos regrouped with a new exploration of two minute plays and a new title, derived from onetime futurist poet Mina Loys Feminist Manifesto. As always, the tone ranges from playful to profound, and the lineup changes every week. Neo Futurarium open run SpamiltonHavent had any luck with the Hamilton lotteryPablo Theater Movie ReleasesNever fear Spamilton is here Gerard Alessandrini of Forbidden Broadway fame delivers a loving parody of Lin Manuel Mirandas unstoppable and for many, unaffordable musical about the man on the 1. Pablo Theater Movie Times' title='Pablo Theater Movie Times' />Royal George Theatre open run Bye Bye LiverThis salute to overindulgence continues its long run as a comedic nightcap in Wrigleyville. Public House Theatre open run Tony n Tinas WeddingHavent been invited to any actual June weddings, but have a hankering for family style dining and dysfunction This interactive semiscripted show, which first ran for years at Pipers Alley and turns 2. June, brings the chicken and the chicken dance to patrons in an actual church setting. Summer in Chicago focuses on outdoor fun, whether its at music festivals, street fairs, ballgames or beaches. But Chicagos redhot theater scene also has. Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will star in EuropaCorps Pablo Escobar biopic, Escobar, with shooting starting later this year. Resurrection Church open run Whirled News Tonight Created by the late Jason Chin, i. O Chicagos answer to The Daily Show has been running for more than 1. The Whirled News Tonight Late Edition adds a twist audience members can tweet news links WNTLate, which the performers use for improvisational riffs on current events. O Theater open run. BIG DEALSAh, WildernessThe sunnier side of Eugene ONeill if one can imagine that comes through in this nostalgic portrait of young romance in the good old summertime. Steve Scott directs a cast of 1. Niall Cunningham of CBS Life in Pieces as Richard Miller, the Yale bound budding poet in love. Goodman Theatre June 1. July 2. 3 The Bridges of Madison CountyRobert James Wallers novel derided and beloved in equal measure forms the basis for this musical, featuring a book by Marsha Norman and a score by Jason Robert Brown The Last Five Years, Parade. Nick Bowling directs this love story of a brief encounter between a National Geographic photographer and a lonely Italian born housewife in Iowa. Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire June 2. Aug. 1. 3 The Gin GameD. L. Coburns Pulitzer Prize winning 1. John Reeger and Paula Scrofano together again on stage is quite the draw. Cote de Pablo Network is one of the first fan created online sources for the Chileanborn actress, Cote de Pablo. We strive to bring you the latest and most accurate. Sonos PLAYBASE Wireless Soundbase for Home Theater and Streaming Music Wireless audio streaming free Sonos Controller App compatible with most TVs with optical. The Universal film stars Cruise as reallife American pilot and hustler Barry Seal, who ran drugs for Pablo Escobar and was recruited by the CIA for one of the. Cote de Pablo was born in Santiago, Chile, but was raised in Miami, Florida. She attended Arvida Middle School in Miami and then Carnegie Mellon. Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace June 2. Aug. 1. 3 HirFamily drama takes several twists in Taylor Macs celebrated play, in which a recently returned vet with PTSD, his transgender brother and their mother take on the task of dismantling the patriarchy. Hallie Gordon directs a cast of four, including Steppenwolf ensemble members Francis Guinan and Amy Morton. Steppenwolf Theatre June 2. Aug. 2. 0 Something RottenThe Bard gets bowdlerized to musical and comic effect in this touring production of the Broadway hit, in which the Bottom Brothers try to outdo that dude from Stratford upon Avon. Oriental Theatre July 1. TUNEFUL TREATSParadeWriters Theatre mounts a revival of Jason Robert Browns earlier musical, with a book by Alfred Uhry, based on the real story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man falsely accused in 1. Gary Griffin directs, with Patrick Andrews starring as Frank. Writers Theatre, Glencoe through July 2 RagtimeGriffin Theatre Company reworks this musical, based on E. L. Doctorows 1. 97. Musical director Matt Deitchman renders the Lynn AhrensStephen Flaherty score through two pianos and a wind instrument. Scott Weinstein directs a cast of 2. Den Theatre May 2. July 1. 6 CandideThe Company Formerly Known as Light Opera Works stages Leonard Bernsteins musical version with many lyrical assists, including Stephen Sondheim and Lillian Hellman of Voltaires classic comedy, in which a naive young man finds the best and worst of humanity. Songs like Glitter and Be Gay and The Best of All Possible Worlds get the full orchestra treatment under Roger L. Bingamans baton, with Rudy Hogenmiller directing. Music Theater Works, Cahn Auditorium, Evanston June 3 1. Jacques Brels Lonesome Losers of the NightTheo Ubique Cabaret Theatre revives its 2. Fred Anzevino and Arnold Johnston and featuring the aching bruised romantic songs by beloved Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel, in a story of two sailors at port in an Amsterdam bar. No Exit Cafe June 1. Aug. 6 Little FishBased on Deborah Eisenbergs short stories, Days and Flotsam, this musical by Michael John La. Chiusa The Wild Party traces what happens when writer Charlotte decides to give up smoking and take up swimming. Her personal journey happens against the background of post 91. Allison Hendrix directs the Chicago premiere for Kokandy Productions. Theater Wit July 9 Aug. FRESH AIR FEASTSMacbethRuthless ambition that leads to a downfall timely or notBarbara Zahora directs the Scottish play for Oak Park Festival Theatre, with Matthew Fahey and Melanie Keller as scheming Lord and Lady M. Austin Gardens, Oak Park June 1. July 2. 2 As You Like ItA Du. Page County forest preserve makes a suitable stand in for the forest of Arden, where lovers escape the rule of law and cross dressing high jinks ensue. Skyler Schrempp directs First Folio Theatres annual al fresco Shakespeare offering. Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook July 1. Aug. 2. 0 Around the World in 8 PlaysTheatre Hikes takes a multicultural walk around the globe and local sylvan settings in this anthology of short stories and myths from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, adapted by Patrick Greene. Horner Park, July 1. Wicker Park, July 1. North Park Village Nature Center, July 2. Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Aug. SAVVY CHOICESKing LizA black female sports agent fights for a promotion in her male dominated field while representing a talented but possibly not quite ready high school phenomenon. Chuck Smith directs the local premiere of Fernanda Coppels drama. Windy City Playhouse through July 1. Her Majestys WillLocal writeractor David Blixts novel, which reimagines William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe in a period adventure involving a plot to assassinate Elizabeth I, takes the stage in an adaptation by Robert Kauzlaric, directed by Chris Hainsworth. Lifeline Theatre May 2. July 1. 6 Pivot Arts Festival. Chicagos homegrown celebration of the multidisciplinary takes over Uptown, with performances including dance, improv, puppetry, live lit and more. Various venues June 1 1. Native GardensKaren Zacarias, whose Destiny of Desire recently played at the Goodman Theatre, wrote this comedy about Pablo, a lawyer, and Tania, his pregnant academic wife, who find themselves caught up in a neighborhood battle over property lines and a whole lot more. Marti Lyons directs. Victory Gardens Theater June 2 July 2 The Golden Girls The Lost EpisodesDavid Cerda, the camp master behind Hell in a Handbag, wrote this parodistic peek at Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia as youve never seen them before. Shade Murray directs. Marys Attic June 1. July 1. 2 Hitler on the RoofAkvavit Theatre, which specializes in contemporary work from Scandinavia, presents the U. S. premiere of Rhea Lemans political clown show in which the clowns in question are Nazi propagandists Joseph Goebbels and Leni Riefenstahl, stuck in a perpetual afterlife. Lemans piece, written during a rise in Danish nationalism a few years ago, offers a prescient look at how fake news fosters fascism. Kirstin Franklin and Amber Robinson co direct. Strawdog Theatre June 2. BlogMy fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six. Alexander Calder July 2. November 1. 1, 1. American sculptor best known as the originator of the mobile. By contrast, Calders stationary sculptures are called stabiles. If youre going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. Its the only good fight there is. Henry Charles Bukowski 1. German born American poet, novelist and short story writer. Self Portrait by Charles Bukowski, date unknown. Two Figures at Desk, 1. Milton Avery March 7, 1. January 3, 1. 96. American modern painter. I always like to compare my work to a game of chessfundamentally it is all about placing figures and features, something that has consequences. The one determines the other. Neo Rauch 1. German artist whose paintings mine the intersection of his personal history with the politics of industrial alienation. I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work. Lee Alexander Mc. Queen, CBE 1. 7 March 1. February 2. 01. 0 was a British fashion designer and couturier. There is no time for cut and dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time. Gabrielle Coco Bonheur Chanel August 1. January 1. 0, 1. 97. French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand. I am a potter Dame Lucie Rie, DBE 1. March 1. 90. 2 1 April 1. Austrian born British studio potter. Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. The Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, 1. Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you. RIP, Roger Joseph Ebert June 1. April 4, 2. 01. 3 was an American journalist, film critic and screenwriter. From the artist there is no conscious effort to find universal truth or beauty, no effort to analyze other mens minds in order to speak for them. His act in art is an act of personal conviction and identity. David Roland Smith March 9, 1. May 2. 3, 1. 96. 5 was an American Abstract Expressionist sculptor and painter, best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures. I go out every day. When I get depressed at the office, I go out, and as soon as Im on the street and see people, I feel better. But I never go out with a preconceived idea. I let the street speak to me. William J. Cunningham born March 1. The New York Times, known for his candid and street photography. I look back on my life like a good days work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. Anna Mary Robertson Moses September 7, 1. December 1. 3, 1. Grandma Moses, was a renowned American folk artist. All my work is much more peaceful than I am. Maya Ying Lin born October 5, 1. American architectural designer and artist who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art. A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life. Giorgio Morandi July 2. June 1. 8, 1. 96. Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. Photo Contents of Studio table. Well, I dont go out much socially. I dont enjoy going out. I enjoy working. Beatrice Wood 1. American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the Mama of Dada, and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose De. Witt Bukater in James Camerons 1. Download Fear(S) Of The Dark Online more. TitanicMy illusion is to have something to transmitIf I cant change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it. Antoni Tpies 1. Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation. I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either youre professional or youre not. Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE 1. January 1. 90. 3 2. May 1. 97. 5 was an English sculptor. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life. Norman Percevel Rockwell February 3, 1. November 8, 1. 97. American painter and illustrator. I was practically born holding a pen between my fingers, I started tracing shapes which recalled womens legs at an age when female anatomy was not at all interesting to me. I was fascinated by shapes, lines, graphic signs which lured my observing and precocious eye Ren Gruau 1. The secret of my success You just paint women smaller and their jewelery bigger. Kees van Dongen 1. Dutch painter and one of the Fauves. He gained a reputation for his sensuous, at times garish, portraits. Photo Brigitte Bardot and Kees van DongenLess is more. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1. German American architect. I think that we have to be aware that people are allowed to make mistakes in their life. Christian Dior 1. French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the worlds top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior. There are some days when I think Im going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. Salvador Dali 1. Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. After all, the work isnt the point the piece is. Donald Judd June 3, 1. February 1. 2, 1. American artist associated with minimalism a term he nonetheless stridently disavowed. I have no plans to retire. Its the perfect combination of work and play that keeps you young. If I quit work it would be the beginning of the end for me. Hugh Marston Hefner born April 9, 1. American magazine publisher, as well as the founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises. Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. Eero Saarinen 1. Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 2. P TWA Terminal Courtesy of Eero Saarinen Collection Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University LibraryA Work of Art is not a living thing that walks or runs. But the making of a life. That which gives you a reaction. Louis Isadore Kahn 1. American architect based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. P 1. Kahn visited the Architectural Association, LondonI need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because its what I do. Nigella Lucy Lawson born 6 January 1. English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. Ideas must be put to the test. Thats why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. Ive had what I thought were great ideas that just didnt work. Andy Goldsworthy, OBE 1. British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland. Whatever your lifes work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 1. 5, 1. 92. April 4, 1. 96. 8 was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement. You employ stone, wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say This is beautiful. That is Architecture. Charles douard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier 1. Working on these paintings, theres always an idea which is an ideal. Its always impossible But I think every time, maybe, I just get closer to some impossible thing Brice Marden born October 1. American artist, generally described as Minimalist, although it is difficult to categorize his work. To comprehend life in it slow and calm sense. The work of art requires a temperate climate in order to develop fully. In this heightened tempo which is the law of life, to determine fixed points to hold onto them and to slowly work on the achievement of the future. 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