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CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby spoke with local artist Angela James in the CHIRP studios to discuss her upcoming record Time Will Tell, making "country" music, and the power of psychics.
You can see Angela James at her upcoming record release show on March 4th at Constellation.
produced by Amelia Hruby
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CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby sat down with local band Melkbelly at the CHIRP studios to chat about how their sound is evolving, what's coming up for them in 2016 and their favorite show they've ever played ... at a metal frat.
You can see Melkbelly live at Schubas on February 15th.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ajhruby)
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Will and Sam of Chicago band Space Blood stopped by our studios recently to talk to CHIRP's Kwame Shorter about combining comedy and music in their live shows, the perils of using online voice-to-text translators, and making international math rock compilations.
produced by Kwame Shorter
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Mike and Arthur of Chicago band Clearance came to the CHIRP studios and talked to CHIRP’s Amelia Hruby about forgetting all of their music, what they’re listening to lately, and whether or not they sound like Pavement.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ajhruby)
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Maureen, Joey, Chris, and Christian of local band Soddy Daisy recently spoke with CHIRP's Eddie Sayago about why they named their band after a town they want nothing to do with, the process of making an album from a bunch of songs, and what's trashy about Trashtopia.
produced by Eddie Sayago (@EddieSayago)
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CHIRP's Katie Owens caught up with local band The Hecks on a whirlwind tour of downtown Chicago where they talked about overcoming band conflicts, "tour tapes," confounding live experiences and the local bands you should be listening to now.
produced by Matthew McFarland
photo by Katie Owens
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book is joined by our friends and fellow theatre critics; Dan Jakes, Oliver Sava and Anderson Lawfer, to predict the 2013 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards. The Jeff Awards will be announced on Monday, June 3rd at the Park West ceremony extravaganza.
This show was a fun way to finish our Chicago Theatre Off Book run. Thank you to all our listeners, Oliver, Dan, Anderson, our past guests, Elliot, Tommy, Paul, CHIRP, Clarence, and the entire Chicago theatre community. We had a blast and we'll see you soon at the theatre.
Shot phrase of the day: Jeff Committee
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "Still Alice" at Lookingglass Theatre and "Lake Effect" at Silk Road Rising. Our special guest is Joshua Aaron Weinstein, Executive Director at LiveWire Chicago Theatre.
This May 17th episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by Marty's Martini Bar.
Shot word of the day: fascinating
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "The Mother" at Oracle Theatre and "My Pal Joey" at Porchlight Music Theatre. Our special guest is Robert Tobin, Artistic Director at AstonRep Theatre.
This May 10th episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by Marty's Martini Bar.
Shot word of the day: dance
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "In A Garden" at A Red Orchid Theatre and "Let Them Eat Chaos" at Second City. Our special guests are Erica Daniels, Associate Artistic Director at Steppenwolf Theatre and Bob Mason, Artistic Associate/Casting Director at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
This April 26th episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by Marty's Martini Bar.
Shot word of the day: Actor
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "A Permanent Image" at LiveWire Chicago Theatre and "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at The Royal George Theatre. Our special guests are Sydney Charles and Vasily Deris, who are performing in the successful remount of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at The Royal George Theatre.
This April 19th episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by Marty's Martini Bar.
Shot word of the day: Smokey
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "Othello: The Remix" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Our special guest is Brad Armacost, artistic associate with Seanachai Theatre and starring in "Hughie."
This April 12th episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by Marty's Martini Bar.
Shot word of the day: Guinness
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews Measure for Measure at Goodman Theatre. Our special guests are Dana Lynn Formby, playwright and Ilesa Duncan, director of Pegasus Players' If You Split a Second.
This April 5th episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by Marty's Martini Bar.
Shot word of the day: split
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews Modac Productions' CCX. Our special guest is Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, producing Artistic Director at Mary Arrchie and director of Wayward Production's Richard III.
This March 29th episode of Chicago Theatre Off Book was partially underwritten by The Alliance.
Shot word of the day: brotherhood
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews Strawdog Theatre's KILL SHAKESPEARE. Our special guest is L. Walter Stearns from Mercury Theatre.
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews Lyric Opera's La Boheme and Writers' Theatre's Sweet Charity. Our special guest is Jack Zimmerman from Lyric Opera, and Oliver Sava stops by the studio.
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book with guest host Oliver Sava reviews Steppenwolf Theatre's "Birthday Party," Broadway in Chicago's "The Book of Mormon," and Belarus free Theatre's "Minsk, 2011" at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Our special guest is Ben Platt starring in The Book of Mormon.
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book (with guest host Oliver Sava) reviews "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" by Porchlight Theatre and "Successors" at Signal Ensemble Theatre. Our special guest is Josh Salt performing in Goodman Theatre's "Teddy Ferrara."
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "A Grand Night for Singing" at Mercury Theatre and "Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West" at TimeLine Theatre. Our special guest is Jim Lynch, the playwright for "CCX" with Modofac Productions.
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book reviews "The Magnificents" at The House Theatre of Chicago and "Other Desert Cities" at Goodman Theatre. Our special guest is Christopher M. Walsh from Lifeline Theatre.
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