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Daily Rehearsal: Jeff Garlin returns to Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf is bringing Jeff Garlin’s solo show Closer Than I Appear from December 4 through the 16th.

By  Kate Dries
   
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Jeff Garlin asks “Does anybody want this crappy book by Deborah Norville?” at TBS Just For Laughs 2012 kickoff at Chicago Underground Comedy. | Flickr/Erin Nekervis
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Jeff Garlin at TBS' Just For Laughs 2012 kickoff at Chicago Underground Comedy.
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Daily Rehearsal: Jeff Garlin returns to Steppenwolf
Jeff Garlin at TBS' Just For Laughs 2012 kickoff at Chicago Underground Comedy.
Jeff Garlin at TBS' Just For Laughs 2012 kickoff at Chicago Underground Comedy. (Flickr/Erin Nekervis)

- Steppenwolf is bringing Jeff Garlin‘s solo show Closer Than I Appear from December 4 through the 16th. His last performance there was in 2011, called No Sugar Tonight.

- Kinky Boots opens on Broadway in March, having just finished a run in Chicago. They also want you to vote, according to Harvey Fierstein’s Twitter.

- Evanston, Which Is Over There is the latest Beau O’Reilly production from Curious Theatre Branch. As it’s title suggests, the play takes place in Chicago, “in the wilds of...Rogers Park—its beaches, coffee shops and non-working elevator buildings.”

Questions? Tips? Email kdries@wbez.org.

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