Chicago Theaters Schedule Tonight, This Weekend And Later In 2018

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• Deadpool jumps from the silver screen to the silver ball thanks to Stern Pinball
  The comic-book hero Deadpool's constant metajokes don't just break the fourth wall—they slice it up and grind it to dust. It's not exactly surprising, then, that the supermercenary's new pinball game, released this month by Chicago-area manufacturer Stern Pinball, follows suit.…
• Riot Fest and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
  There are plenty of shows, films, and concerts happening this week. Here's some of what we recommend: …
• The Shipment forces its (white) audience to contemplate its complicity in perpetuating American racism
  Prepare to squirm and be destroyed by Red Tape Theatre's revival of Young Jean Lee's play. The most intense moment in playwright Young Jean Lee's deliberately uncomfortable 2008 play, now being revived by Red Tape Theatre, happens in silence. Midway through the show, four out of the five members of director Wardell Julius Clark's all-black […]
• Jenny Magnus stays behind the scenes of the charmingly absurd (Not) Another Day
  The Curious Theatre Branch cofounder's latest puts the "opera" in soap opera. Jenny Magnus, who's spearheaded the invaluable Curious Theatre Branch for 30 years, has always performed in her own plays. Now she takes a wide turn with her new 75-minute "non-opera," not only staying offstage but crafting a fractured, protean, winningly guileless evening quite […]
• Shattered Globe's Crime and Punishment plays out like a psychopath's TED talk
  Mimed commentary detracts from the story at hand. Even viewers with the heartiest intellectual appetites may grow tired of chewing through the nearly three hours of overcoats, dirges, and sorrowful lamentations that make up Chris Hannan's new adaptation of Crime and Punishment, presented by Shattered Globe Theatre. Beyond just the sheer inviting challenge of staging […]