Review: Titus Andronicus Up Close and Intense at Redtwist Theatre
The last time I saw Titus Andronicus, it was promenade-style, staged in the attic of an old Gilded Age mansion in Morgan Park. The audience walked through the play as […]
Kathy D. Hey writes creative non-fiction essays. A lifelong Chicagoan, she is enjoying life with her husband, daughter and three dogs in the wilds of Edgewater. When she isn’t at her computer, she is in her garden growing vegetables and herbs for kitchen witchery.
Review: Joffrey Fills Its Golden Hour With Beauty and Delightfully Subversive Whimsy
The Joffrey Ballet continues to surprise audiences with innovation and superior technical prowess. Golden Hour, which opened Thursday at the Lyric Opera House, is a program of two dances from […]
Review: Cirque du Soleil Brings the Secret Life of Bugs Colorfully Alive in Ovo
True confession. I was a nerdy kid who loved bugs. I collected caterpillars with colorful spikes on their heads. I would put them in shoeboxes to watch the egg, cocoon, […]
Review: Gwydion Theatre Revisits Ibsen’s Ghosts With an Uneven Production
One of the great things about plays from past centuries is that they can be restaged or updated in different eras, with different genders and colorblind casting. Shakespeare’s work lends […]
Review: Hubbard Street Dance’s Winter Series Is a Journey for the Senses
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is in its 47th year of cutting-edge performances and innovations in modern dance. The Winter Series at the Harris Theater Millennium Park opens with a dance that melds […]
Review: A Nuanced and Electric Performance from Complexions Contemporary Ballet
I have always viewed dance as an art of structure and discipline. Traditional ballet has an ethereal quality—tulle and tights with hands just so. Complexions Contemporary Ballet performed at the […]
Review: Porchlight’s Fun Home Sets a Complicated Family Story to Music
Alison Bechdel released an autobiographical book in 2006 titled Fun Home, based on her life growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania. It was a graphic novel that told the story […]
Review: A Dazzling Evening of New Music and Artists in Residence by Nova Linea Musica
Nova Linea Musica (NLM) presented its second concert on Wednesday at Guarneri Hall. It was a wonderful evening of dazzling performances, including new music from Chicago composer Paul Novak performed […]
Review: Hallelujah for Too Hot to Handel—the Jazz Gospel Messiah at the Auditorium Theatre
What do you get when you mix a chorus of 77 volunteers who put their heart and soul into a project and then stir in the orchestral wizardry of the […]
Review: The Dover Quartet Brings Music Celebrating the Natural Beauty of America
I have previously covered the Dover Quartet in their intimate performance at Guarneri Hall for Nova Linea Musica, and gave high praise to the gifted artists. I wish there were […]
Review: Genres and Cultures Meld as Taiko, Jazz, and Shubukai Dance Fusion Perform on MCA Stage
Cultures and music genres blended into a refreshing evening as Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIAM) and Tsukasa Taiko presented Reduction 10 and Taiko Legacy 21 at the Edlis Neeson Theater […]
Review: Pierrot Unmasked in Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire from Albert Giraud’s Poetry in Guarneri Hall Presents
Guarneri Hall Presents is a series of chamber concerts that began in 2018 and has continued to grow as a destination for classical music aficionados. In October, guest presenter Nova Linea […]