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Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor—A Delightful Romp at Chicago Shakespeare

by Kathy D. Hey
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Review: Riz Ahmed Brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Modern-Day London with a Fitting Temperament and Intensity

by Steve Prokopy
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Review: Goodman’s Ma Rainey Shows What the World Takes—and What It Breaks

by Doug Mose
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Review: The Poetics of Remembrance—Warm Numb, Jagged Spiral, Hey Teddy, by Thomas Holton

by Tori Rego
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Preview: Sound & Gravity Returns for Another Year of Amazing Music

by Julian Ramirez
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  • Review , Stages , Theater

Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor—A Delightful Romp at Chicago Shakespeare

Chicago Shakespeare’s production of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor has a stellar cast in modern environs. This has been a year of Sir John Falstaff getting his comeuppance, as […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • April 11, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Russell Crowe Co-Writes and Cameos in Beast, an MMA Drama That at Least Gets the Fighting Right

    This article was written by Lauren Weiner. Beast, directed by Tyler Atkins, follows the story of Patton (Daniel MacPherson), an MMA fighter who put the octagon behind him after knocking […]

  • Guest Author
  • April 10, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Radiant Carmen Maura Anchors Calle Málaga’s Story About Aging and Community

    Has the Spanish government declared Carmen Maura a national treasure? If not, what are they waiting for? Maura stands shoulder to shoulder with such icons as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, […]

  • Alejandro Riera
  • April 10, 2026
    • Chicago history , Lit , Nonfiction

    Review: A Bohemian Beauty—A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls, by Adam Morgan

    In the back of my mind, I thought someone would surely write about the inestimable Margaret Anderson: editor, bohemian extraordinaire, and LGBTQ+ icon. Some day. And now someone has, Adam […]

  • June Sawyers
  • April 10, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Riz Ahmed Brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Modern-Day London with a Fitting Temperament and Intensity

    If you know anything about me, you should know that I love live theater, and my favorite subsector of live theater is the works of William Shakespeare. But the only […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 10, 2026
    • Magic , Review , Stages

    Review: Luis Carreon Captivates with Card Tricks in Intimo

    The true marker of a successful magic show is not whether the audience speaks those five inevitable words—“How did they do that?”—but in the magician’s ability to captivate the crowd […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • April 9, 2026
    • Front page

    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/9 and Beyond

    We’re all going to be trying to dodge the April showers this weekend, so let’s do it with some style! There are amazing events going on this weekend ready to […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • April 9, 2026
    • Puppet theater , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Goodman’s Ma Rainey Shows What the World Takes—and What It Breaks

    August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a play about music. Yes… about the blues. Yes… about the eponymous singer. And yes… about the heart‑breaking circumstances in which her recordings […]

  • Doug Mose
  • April 8, 2026
    • Lit , Poetry , Reviews

    Review: The Poetics of Remembrance—Warm Numb, Jagged Spiral, Hey Teddy, by Thomas Holton

    I’m thinking about the times I’ve seen Thomas Holton perform his poetry. I’ve been lucky enough to see him a handful of times on various open mic and literary stages […]

  • Tori Rego
  • April 8, 2026
    • Beyond , Event

    Local Flavor: In Conversation with Kevin Fair of I Play Games! at C2E2 2026

    Our team has hit the floors at McCormick Place for C2E2 in March, April, May and December for over a decade now, bringing you a brand new choose your own […]

  • Alex Orona
  • April 8, 2026
    • Festivals , Music

    Preview: Sound & Gravity Returns for Another Year of Amazing Music

    This summer’s music festival lineups are shaping up to be pretty fantastic and we can add one more to the list. Back in February Sound & Gravity announced the second […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • April 7, 2026
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Eos Theatre Stages The Trojan Women, a Powerful Play About How Women Suffer in Wartime

    The Trojan Women is a play about yesterday that speaks to today. It’s a powerful story about how women suffer in wartime, a commentary on the costs of war and […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • April 6, 2026
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