Saluting a legend
An spectacular listing of performers will probably be available for Porchlight Music Theatre’s 25th anniversary competition and fundraiser Porchlightpalooza. The three-day match contains performances from a protracted listing of Chicago singer-actors, highlights from Porchlight’s award-winning productions and a birthday celebration of iconic performer Joel Grey, together with neatly needs from celebrities (Kristin Chenoweth, Raul Esparza, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters) and an interview with Grey via Bill Kurtis. The competition streams at 7 p.m. Aug. 21-23. It’s unfastened however donations are preferred. Visit porchlightmusictheatre.org.
Movies within the ParksChicago Park District
Parks press play
The annual Chicago Park District sequence Movies within the Parks continues via Sept. 11. A summer time ritual for households, the films are proven Monday-Friday evenings in parks around the town. Titles come with “The Last Dragon,” “Frozen II,” “Toy Story 4” and lots of extra. A most of 100 folks will probably be admitted in step with screening and the Park District asks that folks put on face mask and stay seated and apply social distancing all through the film. Admission is unfastened, and all films start at nightfall, climate allowing. For the season’s lineup consult with chicagoparkdistrict.com/movies-parks; name (312) 742-1134 to test for weather-related cancellations.
Carl ReinerDamian Dovarganes/AP
Talking comedy
The National Comedy Center’s digital version of its Lucille Ball Comedy Festival continues weekends via Aug. 30. Featured are in-depth conversations with a various lineup of artists from stand-up, theater, tv and movie together with Bill Engvall, Howie Mandel, Tiffany Haddish, Kenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope, Judy Gold, Mark Russell, “Weird Al” Yankovic and extra. The competition concludes with a tribute to the past due Carl Reiner. For additional info, consult with any place.comedycenter.org/pages/livestream
Lookingglass Theatre’s “Eastland.”Sean Williams
Revisiting ‘Eastland’
Lookingglass Theatre hosts an eye fixed birthday party of its acclaimed 2012 manufacturing of Andrew White’s balladlike musical “Eastland.” With songs via Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman, it recounts the 1915 Eastland crisis by which a ship overfilled with workingclass immigrant households capsized at the Chicago River. White and Pluess will participate in a postshow dialogue. The match is devoted to the past due singer-songwriter Michael Smith, who portrayed the send’s captain and balladeer. The circulate at 7 p.m. Aug. 20 is unfastened, however donations in beef up of Lookingglass are preferred. Visit lookingglasstheatre.org.
Andrew Sa and the Cosmic Country Showcase BandSarah Larson
Virtual roots
The Square Roots Festival strikes on-line with tune and an array of applications highlighting the meals, craft beer and artisan items that typically line Lincoln Avenue all through the yearly match in Lincoln Square. Beginning Aug. 23 the applications will probably be available to buy and pickup. The Square Roots tune curated via the Old Town School of Folk Music streams from 6-Eight p.m. on Aug. 29 and lines the soul duo The O’My’s, indie rockers Dehd, Sicangu Lakota hip-hop artist Frank Waln, Puerto Rican ensemble Bomba con Buya and Andrew Sa and the Cosmic Country Showcase Band. For additional info, consult with squareroots.org.
“So What If the Goats Die”Sundance
Sundance shorts
The Music Box Theatre streams the 2020 Sundance Film Festival Short Films, an 80-minute program that includes six movies — fiction, documentary and animation —from around the globe. The lineup contains the Short Film Grand Jury Prize winner, “So What If the Goats Die,”…