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Want to go to a play--but you don't know how? The Trib has you covered. This "Theater 101" article is full of such helpful tips as "If the show starts at 8:00, get there at 7:50." Honest to God, we can't tell if the item "Applause: When the play ends, there's a blackout, then the lights come back on and all the actors come on stage to take a bow. This is when you should...

The House Theater of Chicago moved one step closer to world domination this morning, netting 13 Joseph Jefferson Citation nominations, 10 for their phenomenally successfully spring show “The Sparrow” (pictured, right) and 3 for their modestly admired fall show “Hatfield and McCoy.” TimeLine Theater improved by 10 over last year, netting 12 nominations, 10 for celebrating a New York mayor in song in "Fiorello!" (pictured, far right) Lifeline and Bailiwick Rep once again impressed,...

�The Rocket Man� opened at The House Theater this weekend to mixed reviews, the Trib calling it a "particular drag," but the Sun-Times giving it a more enthusiastic "playful if overly long." The House supports cheap ($10-$19), accessible theater under the leadership of artistic director Nathan Allen, who brought Windy City drama dorks �Death and Harry Houdini� and the highly acclaimed �The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan.� �The Rocket Man� is an interplanetary love story...