Top 5 Stand-Up Shows of 2015 Amy Schumer at Laugh Factory Chicago Aziz Ansari at Zanies Chicago Hannibal Buress at Zanies Chicago Kevin Hart at United Center Louis CK at Chicago Theatre —Zach Freeman
Top 5 Game-Changing Dance Makers in 2015 Ben Wardell Jonathan Meyer Hema Rajagopalan Honey Pot Performance Erica Mott —Sharon Hoyer
Top 5 Queer/Trans Dance Performances of 2015 “Poonie’s Cabaret: Post-Q Part II” at Links Hall Darling Squire at the SWOP Chicago Benefit Sofia Moreno, “Tropical Winter” at David Weinberg Joe Varisco, “Queer, Ill & Okay,” Storefront Theater Lyra Hill, “Moon Moods” at MCA Stage —Michael Workman
Top 5 Emerging Dancer Performances of 2015 Victoria Bradford, “Neighborhood Dances” Rose Hernandez and Efron Arcoiris, “Burning Orchid” Mitsu Salmon, “Tsuchi” Hope Goldman, “Pussy Willow” Adam Rose, Antibody Corporation, “Against Being” —Michael Workman
Top 5 Shows You Might Have Missed in 2015 “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan,” Broadway In Chicago “Feast,” Albany Park Theater Project “Between You, Me and the Lampshade,” Teatro Vista “August Wilson Celebration,” Goodman Theatre “This Is Modern Art,” Steppenwolf Theatre Company —Mary Kroeck
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Stage Top 5: May 2021 May brings flowers and the first buds of live performance in over a year.
Stage Top 5: October 2018 This month features a slate of local, regional and national premieres as well as a feminist opera celebrating its twentieth anniversary.
Stage Top 5: April 2021 Chicago theater greets spring with imaginative performance spaces, from parking garages to auditory realms.
Stage Top 5: November 2018 The latest from Ike Holter, a pop-inspired musical about the cultural constraints placed on women and a universe-crossing Afrofuturist fable are just a few of the consciousness-expanding shows opening this month.
Stage Top 5: December 2018 Hot, bothered and blue collared, these world premieres and classic mishaps will keep the dawning reality of yet another Midwest winter at bay, at least temporarily.
[…] movements with music and text. Awarded best collaborative multimedia dance performance and Top 5 best emerging dancer performances from Newcity 2015. About the Artists: MITSU SALMON creates original performance and visual works, […]
[…] movements with music and text. Awarded best collaborative multimedia dance performance and Top 5 best emerging dancer performances from Newcity 2015. About the Artists: MITSU SALMON creates original performance and visual works, […]