The Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave
773.227.4433
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Shame That Tune: Abraham Levitan and Brian Costello
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Friday June 11, 2010 (6:30pm)
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$5
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“A cross between embarrassment-confessional comedy à la Mortified and Chicago-style musical improv, Shame That Tune premieres its "live comedy game show" tonight at the Hideout. A contestant spins the big wheel; the arrow lands on a music genre, perhaps reputable (Led Zeppelin III), possibly less so (Bob Dylan's Christian Phase); and the humiliation begins. The to-be-shamed spills for three minutes from his or her adolescent diary and then — while Abraham Levitan (Baby Teeth) composes an on-the-spot tune from the awkward details — interviews with Brian Costello (Johnny & the Limelites, Chicago Reader) in anticipation of the comic/musical pelting. Opening-night contestants include Miss Alex White, Elisse La Roche (Love of Everything), and one (un)lucky member of the audience.”
Stephen Gossett, Flavorpill
Shame That Tune says: Shame That Tune, a live comedy game show featuring diaries, interviews, and spontaneously composed songs, premieres on Friday, June 11th, at 6:30pm at The Hideout. Shame That Tune will be co-hosted by two of Chicago's most prodigious creative forces: Abraham Levitan (keyboardist/vocalist of Baby Teeth, Pearly Sweets, musical collaborator for The Dollar Store reading series, contributor to WBEZ's Re:sound), and Brian Costello (frontman for Johnny & the Limelites, novelist, contributor to the Chicago Reader, live talk-show host).
