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Vaudeville Lives: Shtick with Us @ The Skokie Theatre

Today’s guest blogger is retired comedian, Joe Faromone, reviewing the Vaudezilla production of Shtick with Us at the Skokie Theatre.

Some of these performers will appear Tuesday, February 16 @ Blue Bayou, 3734 N Southport Ave. Chicago. 10 PM!

So, I heard that there was going to be strippers in Skokie and I’m like that’s great because the only stripping I ever seen in Skokie was when my ex-wife got rid of the paint in our living room.  I told her to get rid of the living room and she told me to get the hell out of the house. But I digress.

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“Return to Haifa” @ The Next Theatre: The Source Material

On Sunday, February 7, we went to the Next Theatre for their premiere of Return to Haifa. Tomorrow, we will publish our review. There is a fascinating back story about this production that goes to the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Ghassan Kanafani

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On the town with Don and Peg: The Next Theatre and Bucky Halker

Don finds out what’s Next.
The set of Next Theatre’s production END DAYS consists of a kitchen and living room side by side

 William Dick, Adam Shalzi, Laura T. Fisher, Joseph Wycoff. Photo by  ANDRE LaSALLE

William Dick, Adam Shalzi, Laura T. Fisher, Joseph Wycoff. Photo by Andre LaSalle

but on different planes. The design reflects the unsteady coexistence of faith and reason that forms the central theme of Deborah Zoe Laufer’s award winning comedy.

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