Imagine that Rodgers and Hammerstein had been born in Chicago. Say they determined they were more funny than musical. Odds are, they’d have crossed paths at Charna’s place. But instead of creating “South Pacific” or “The Sound of Music” after years of in

Improv-troupe names are always something of a misnomer, but in The Reckoning's case, it at least suggests the troupe's sweeping importance with a hushed silence: Not an ideal group to see for the average improv-newbie drunk wandering in off the street fr

“What characterized my college years, 1962 to 1967, was the dramatic shift in mood and focus that began with the Kennedy assassination and continued through the onslaught of the free speech movement, the civil rights struggle, and the anti war movement,

There's a lot of humor to be found in this improvised puppet show, but not in expected places. Sure, the improvisers behind the cloth are witty as all hell, and the puppets themselves—muppet-like creations, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed—look ridiculous perf

Improv-troupe names are always something of a misnomer, but in The Reckoning's case, it at least suggests the troupe's sweeping importance with a hushed silence: Not an ideal group to see for the average improv-newbie drunk wandering in off the street fr

There's a lot of humor to be found in this improvised puppet show, but not in expected places. Sure, the improvisers behind the cloth are witty as all hell, and the puppets themselves—muppet-like creations, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed—look ridiculous perf