It all began with a short story published in the October 13, 1997, issue of the New Yorker. And then it became an Academy-Award winning film, later an opera, not […]
The contemporary version of the play Antigone, written by Jean Anouilh almost 2400 years after Sophocles’ original, preserves the Greek play’s theme: the conflict between individual conscience and governmental edict. […]
Nothing floods the tear ducts like a good ol’ dead-dog story. In A Dog’s House, written by Micah Schraft, directed by Carol Kelleher, performed at the Greenhouse Theater Center, we […]
The Chicago Repertory Ballet has been presenting fresh takes on Shakespearean stories and classical music masterpieces, such as Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, since its founding in 2011. Founder and artistic director […]
Live lit is alive and well in Chicago, with many iterations and variations. There’s the weekly Paper Machete at the Green Mill. The Moth continues at various locations. There’s Tenx9 […]
If you’ve been waiting to visit the lush, green countryside of rural Spring Green, Wisconsin, home of American Players Theatre (APT), this year’s recent news may encourage you to schedule […]
The Pope of Trash. The Sultan of Sleaze. The Baron of Bad Taste. These are just some of the sobriquets people have bestowed on filmmaker John Waters, and he proudly […]
Review written by Emily Werner. First Floor Theater’s new production of reid tang’s dark comedy Work Hard Have Fun Make History struggles to create a clear connection between the characters […]
By now, the four women of The Golden Girls have become woven into the fabric of American culture. Dorothy (David Cerda), Blanche (Grant Drager), Sophia (Kelly Bolton), and Rose (Ed […]
The setting is a church summer camp, now the site of the First Annual Solidarity and Truth Conference. Before the play begins, voices and visual projections describe the lives of T.I.s […]
I took a sentimental journey back to the ’80s recently when.Lynda Barry was featured at the Chicago Humanities Festival in a conversation with journalist and Radiolab founder Jad Abumrad. Barry is an […]
Not a word is spoken. The 90-minute performance by Trap Door Theatre is staged with music, recorded song and occasional dialog, but the seven actors say nothing. The production is […]