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Sweet Home Chicago!
Come on, Baby, don’t you wanna go home Come on, Baby, don’t you wanna go home Back from the land of California To my sweet home, Chicago. The Vic & Paul Show came from California to sweet home Chicago … Continue reading →
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Tagged as cabaret, Chicago, comedy revue, improvisation, improvisational comedy, Paul Barrosse, Prop Theatre, Prop Thtr, Steve Rashid, The Practical Theatre, Vic & Paul Show, Victoria Zielinski
Last Call for “Vic & Paul”…
If, for some strange and inexplicable reason, you live in the greater Chicagoland area, and you haven’t yet made reservations to see The Vic & Paul Show, just click on the Brown Paper Tickets icon below: Did you click it? Did … Continue reading →
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Tagged as cabaret, Chicago, comedy revue, improvisation, improvisational comedy, Paul Barrosse, Prop Theatre, Steve Rashid, The Vic & Paul Show, Victoria Zielinski
Countdown to Chicago…
As of today, there are less than two weeks before The Vic & Paul Show opens in Chicago for a one-week engagement, June 9-12, at the Prop Theatre. This past Sunday morning, May 29th, Vic and Steve Rashid and I … Continue reading →
A May Day Reminder!
It’s May Day! And that means that “The Vic & Paul Show” will be coming to Chicago in a little more than a month. Get your tickets now! For reservations, go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/169351 After a 22-year absence from the Chicago … Continue reading →
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Tagged as cabaret, Chicago, improvisation, improvisational comedy, Paul Barrosse, Prop Thtr, satire, Shelly Goldstein, Steve Rashid, The Practical Theatre, The Prop Theatre, The Vic & Paul Show, Victoria Zielinski
Practical Theatre: The Last Laugh
I’ve finally wrapped up my four-part personal history of The Practical Theatre Co. To read the final chapter of the Practical Theatre story click here — or click on the graphic above. You can also find a link to all … Continue reading →
Tagged as "Art, Bernie Sahlins, Bob Odenkirk, Briar Street Theatre, Chicago Reader, Clubland, Comediants, comedy, Econo-Art Theatre, Evanston, improvisation, improvisational comedy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kyle Hefner, Megan Mullally, Northwestern, Paul Barrosse, Practical Theatre, Prop Thtr, Richard Christiansen, Rick Kogan, Rockme, Ron Crawford, Ruth & Trudy", Saturday Night Live, Second City, Sheldon Patinkin, Steve Rashid, Stormfield Theatre, Vic Theatre, Victoria Zielinski
A Salute to Walter Cronkite
“And that’s the way it is.” Those of us who are of a certain age remember the days when there were only three TV networks (and those two weird UHF channels) – and network news was the Big Deal every … Continue reading →
Filed under Art, History, Music, Politics
Tagged as balloon boy, Brinkley, cabaret, CBS News, comedy, Edward R. Murrow, Glenn Beck, Huntley, improvisation, Michael Jackson, music, news, Palin, Paul Barrosse, Practical Theatre, Push Lounge, Roger Mudd, Shelly Goldstein, Steve Rashid, The Vic & Paul Show, Victoria Zielinski, Walter Cronkite, Woodland Hills
Austen vs. iPhone
“The Vic & Paul Show” photos by Robert Mendel. It was not all that long ago that men and women in the throes of romance took pen in hand to write long, expressive letters to each other. Your parents probably … Continue reading →
Mass Media Medea
What would happen if Medea was making the media rounds to promote her sensational new book? No, not Tyler Perry’s “Madea”… I’m talking about the infamous ancient Medea: the barbarian demigoddess of Greek mythology. Medea’s lurid autobiography – a story … Continue reading →
Filed under Art, Beauty, Politics
Tagged as cabaret, comedy, improvisation, improvisational comedy, Jesse James, Maria Callas, Medea, Melina Mercouri, Monica Lewinsky, Newt Gingrich, Push Lounge, Sandra Bullock, Steve Rashid, Ted Haggard, The Vic & Paul Show, Tiger Woods, Victoria Zielinski, Woodland Hills
Scalia & Sotomayor: A Judicial Tango
In May of 2009, President Obama nominated an unheralded federal appeals court judge named Sonia Sotomayor for an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing retired Justice David Souter. Soon, there was the now-obligatory pre-Senate-confirmation-hearing political dustup. The right wing … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Antonin Scalia, cabaret, comedy, David Souter, improvisation, judges, Obama, Paul Barrosse, Push Lounge, Sonia Sotomayor, Steve Rashid, Supreme Court, tango, The Vic & Paul Show, Victoria Zielinski, Woodland Hills
Last Call for Love & Laughter…
Final weekend of The Vic & Paul Show Saturday night, June 26th is sold out. Tickets are still available for Friday and Sunday. For reservations:http://vicandpaulshow.doattend.com/. Tickets for tonight (Friday night’s show) are not available online — but you can get … Continue reading →
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Tagged as cabaret, comedy, improvisation, Paul Barrosse, Shelly Goldstein, Steve Rashid, The Vic & Paul Show, Victoria Zielinski, Woodland Hills
