Review: The Nutcracker, Joffrey Ballet’s Gorgeous Must-See Holiday Tradition
The Nutcracker is as much a part of me as chocolate, and I don’t think I have made it through a holiday season since I was 4 without seeing a […]
Review: Controlled Burn–Raks Inferno Makes a Safe but Sizzling Return to In Person Shows
It’s been a long while since things were “normal.” And the last time we set foot in the Newport Theater, it was over a year ago and cold out. Very […]
Preview: The Newport Theater’s “Peek-Easy” Debuts a Series of Saucy and Safe Live Mini-Shows Tonight with a Raks Geek Takeover
Today’s a momentous day for Chicago. Stage 5 COVID-19 restrictions officially lift, leaving everyone with more options than ever for things to do with their weekend. It feels a little […]
Review: Joffrey’s World Premiere Boléro Shines on the Small Screen, Despite Technical Missteps
In this brave new normal, ballet premieres come while you’re sitting alone on your couch, instead of in a glittering theater gathered with hundreds of other balletomanes breathlessly awaiting. Perhaps nowadays you […]
Preview: Be a Good Nerd and Nerd Out for Good at the First Ever Digital Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival
Stage 773’s Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival is a staple in Chicago’s nerd/pop culture scene. In fact I’ve been covering it since its inception in one form or another. It’s always […]
Preview: TONIGHT Raks Geek’s Cyberspace Edition II Brings Home All The Nerdy Fun and Fantastic Talent
There are a lot of incredible groups for people who love nerdy things in Chicago, whether that’s gaming, nerdlesque, theater, dance or all of those things. One of our favorite […]
Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Always a Revelation at the Auditorium Theatre
Every year for the last two decades, Chicago turns out to testify for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America’s world class dance company that revels in and reveals the […]
Review: Joffrey Ballet Races with Our Time in Final Season at Auditorium Theatre
Rahm Emanuel himself, a longtime honorary board member, kicked off the Joffrey Ballet’s winter residency at the iconic Auditorium Theatre by congratulating the company on its 25 years as a Chicago […]
Review: Riverdance Celebrates 25th Anniversary at the Cadillac Palace Theatre
Broadway in Chicago is showcasing the 25th anniversary show of Riverdance at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. Riverdance opened its anniversary production with an emotional montage of the show’s worldwide tours and […]
Review: Water Will (in Melody) by Ligia Lewis–Dance and Theater (That Confronts)
It begins with storytelling, a dark fairytale to set the tone—one from the Brothers Grimm about a defiant little girl who doesn’t know her place– so God kills her. This […]
Review: Jump and Jive for Joy at Porchlight’s Sophisticated Ladies
Can there be a show stopper when the show never stops? Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies sings, dances and plays its way through the king of all’s […]
Creativity Examined: How Hubbard Street Dance Constructs a Dynamic Program
Hubbard Street Dance, Chicago’s world-renowned contemporary dance company, opened its 2019-20 season on November 7 at the Harris Theater. It was the first of three performances of a program, titled […]