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07/08/2025

Vince Gerasole of CBS Chicago talks with Atra Asdou about Lookingglass Theatre Company's world premiere of "Iraq, But Funny" for "We've Got Your Ticket!" "Iraq, But Funny" must close July 20, tickets at LookingglassTheatre.org.

Vince Gerasole spoke with the actress and playwright who brings multigenerational comedy to the stage.

07/08/2025

Porchlight Music Theatre's "Broadway in your Backyard" and Lookingglass Theatre Company's "Ice Cream Circus!" are just two of the incredible offerings for Chicago this summer. WBEZ has more - enjoy the summer!

You can lay out a blanket for any of these productions in city and suburban parks. Bonus: Most shows are free.

06/30/2025

Thank you “Good Day Chicago” for a great interview with Fox 32 Chicago’s Natalie Bomke and Lookingglass Theatre Company's Atra Asdou about “Iraq, But Funny.” Don’t miss this hilarious and highly recommended world premiere. “Iraq, But Funny” must close July 20. Tickets at LookingglassTheatre.org

06/27/2025

Happy Opening to Opera Festival of Chicago’s “Pagliacci,” by Ruggero Leoncavallo, directed by Sasha Gerritson and conducted by Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi with a cast of more than 50 and an orchestra of over 40 musicians. It’s a limited engagement tonight and Sunday at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. Congratulations on a great 2025 Festival concluding with this classic opera! Tickets at OperaFestivalChicago.com. 📸: Jacob B. Little.

06/26/2025

Newsweek says Lookingglass Theatre Company's world premiere of "Iraq, But Funny," now playing through July 20, "is making its mark in more ways than one." See this show - tickets at LookingglassTheatre.org.

Through Atra Asdou's smart and hilarious re-telling of world history narrated by TEG or The English Gentleman, she takes the audience through a crash-course of the Brits' mess of an involvement in the Middle East, via multiple jabs at the British Empire.

06/26/2025

The Factory Theater's world premiere of "The Curious Circumstances of Louis Le Prince," now playing through July 19, is a Newcity Stage "Top Production to See!" Tickets at TheFactoryTheater.com

Chicago theater gets cinematic this summer.

06/25/2025

This Friday and Sunday - two shows only - Opera Festival Chicago brings "Pagliacci' to the stage at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie! Evanston RoundTable speaks with Music Director Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi about the performances and more! Tickets at OperaFestivalChicago.org.

Emanuele Andrizzi What do these famous cultural references have in common? The fifth episode in the first season of the 1960s television show Batman,

06/24/2025

WGN's Paul Lisnek speaks with the writer and star of Lookingglass Theatre Company's world premiere, "Iraq, But Funny," Atra Asdou on "Behind the Curtain" this week! Listen in and get your tickets at LookingglassTheatre.org.

“Iraq, but Funny” is enjoying its World Premiere at Lookingglass Theatre and plays through July 20th. It’s the story of 5 generations for Assyrian mother/daughter relations from the Ottoman empire …

06/18/2025

The Factory Theater's 30th season concludes with a hit! "The Curious Circumstances of Louis Le Prince," written by Factory Chief Operations Officer Chase Wheaton-Werle and directed by Becca Holloway is Chicago Reader RECOMMENDED. Now playing through July 19, tickets at TheFactoryTheater.org.

An early innovator in motion pictures comes into focus in Factory Theater's The Curious Circumstances of Louis Le Prince.

06/16/2025

Thank you, Dean Richards and WGN, for sharing Oil Lamp Theater’s “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” now extended through July 20. Tickets at OilLampTheater.org.

06/16/2025

WGN Radio's Rick Kogan spoke with Lookingglass Theatre Company's Atra Asdou about her life, the world premiere of "Iraq, But Funny" and more. Listen in and get your tickets before "Iraq, But Funny" closes July 20 - LookingglassTheatre.org.

Actress and playwright Atra Asdou joins Rick Kogan to talk about her show, ‘Iraq, But Funny’, which can be seen at the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago through July 20th. Atra also discu…

06/13/2025

Newcity Stage RECOMMENDED! Another rave for Lookingglass Theatre Company's "Iraq, But Funny," now playing through July 20! Mary says Atra Asdou's semi-autobiographical work is "a marvel ... hilarious ... intensely moving, infuriating, powerful and profound." Don't miss it! Tickets at LookkingglassTheatre.org.

“Iraq, But Funny” will join “The Arabian Nights” and “Metamorphoses” at the top of the Lookingglass canon. It is not to be missed.