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Chicago Theatre Off Book is the new voice of community collaboration on CHIRP. Every week, Off Book features Chicago leaders in performing arts entertainment. From small storefronts to the big warhorses, Off Book focuses on what’s happening on the Chicagoland theatrical landscape. With reviews, interviews and one-minute audio-plays, Off Book showcases the local talents driving Chicago’s dynamic theatre force. Hosted by Actor Joshua J. Volkers and Reviewer Katy Walsh from The Fourth Walsh, Off Book is where Chicago meets to discuss artistic innovation.
Chicago Theatre Off Book Chicago Theatre Off Book: February 1, 2013 Ed.
Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "Boy Gets Girl" at Raven Theatre. Our special guest is Kristin Collins, Managing Director at The Artistic Home and starring in "Boy Gets Girl" at Raven Theatre.
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Artist Interviews Why?
Yoni Wolf is the frontman of Anticon's Why?. CHIRP's Dylan Peterson caught up with Yoni backstage at Lincoln Hall where the controversial folk rapper shrugged off ouroboros by comparing his work to Picasso, then graciously offered up a pointed response to the notoriously negative review his 2012 album, Mumps Etc., received from the Internet's most notorious indie rock site.
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Artist Interviews Scott Lucas
Scott Lucas, lead singer of Chicago staple Local H and Scott Lucas and the Married Men, talks to CHIRP about the presidential election, his efforts to get people to vote, and the latest Local H album, "Hallelujah... I'm a Bum," an album that focused heavily on Chicago politics and the state of the nation. The album was released in time for the 2012 election, but Lucas thinks its message reaches far beyond. Also, find out what drinking game Lucas played on Election Night to get him through news coverage.
(Interview & produced by Jenn Rourke)
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Chicago Theatre Off Book Chicago Theatre Off Book: January 18, 2013 Ed.
Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews Writers' Theatre's "The Letters." Our special guest is The Inconvenience Artistic Director Christopher Chmelik and playwright & company member Ike Holter. Their mega blockbuster "Hit the Wall" is heading to NYC next month and was also named Chicago Theatre Off Book's #1 show in 2012.
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Artist Interviews Star Slinger
A rising remixer and DJ from the UK, Star Slinger is a postmodern producer who has an ear for party music. CHIRP's Dylan Peterson spent some time with Star Slinger after the great Lollapalooza storm of 2012 to discuss the key differences between an electronic artist's live set versus a DJ set, the thrills of hanging out with Chief Keef and Skrillex, and the joys of getting wretched in Chicago. Star Slinger's debut album is due in 2013.
(produced by Dylan Peterson)
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