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56 stories by "Dan Jakes"

Djembe! The Show works much better as theater for kids than inspiration for adults by Dan Jakes

The drumming is fun, but the corporate-speak is not. Everything about Djembe! The Show starts to make more sense when you imagine it out of its current context"t…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on April 25, 2019[SHARE]

Small World imagines a disaster on Disney's most annoying ride by Dan Jakes

New Colony's production dances around juicy subjects without fully committing to any of them. Three Disney World cast members find themselves trapped in the smol…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on April 11, 2019[SHARE]

Despite the legally mandated nudity, there's no happily-ever-after in Afterglow by Dan Jakes

"No one ever wrote a fairy tale about polyamory!" Inclusion of full and frequent nudity is so vital to the gay throuple drama Afterglow that, according to playwr…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on April 3, 2019[SHARE]

For 30 years, puppeteer Blair Thomas has been creating visual spectacle on and off Chicago's stages by Dan Jakes

"If you're doing something associated with puppetry in Chicago, you have to think about Blair." If anybody knows puppets"like really knows puppets"it's Blair Th…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on March 28, 2019[SHARE]

This Melancholy Play is also twee as hell by Dan Jakes

Sarah Ruhl's contemporary farce crosses the line from self-awareness to self-parody. Playwright Sarah Ruhl is on the record as not loving the words "quirky" or "…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on March 27, 2019[SHARE]

Remember the Alamo has more quirks than purpose by Dan Jakes

Where true confessions meet Texas history and Phil Collins trivia It's a dubious honorific, but the press release for Nick Hart's metatheatrical, deadpan, quirkt…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on March 14, 2019[SHARE]
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