Review: Goodman Theatre’s The Nacirema Society Showcases Stellar Cast and Hysterical Writing
Gracie: “I just can’t get as excited as you do about it, Gram. At the end of the day, it’s just a big ol’ poofy white dress.” Grace: (A beat) […]
Review: Tank and the Bangas Are an Aural Delight with the Chicago Philharmonic
Tank and the Bangas are a genre of music unto themselves, so playing with the venerable Chicago Philharmonic was a further illumination of their poetry and music. The group is […]
Review: Murderous Fun With Some Kinks in American Psycho: The Musical by Kokandy Productions
American Psycho as originally conceived by author Bret Easton Ellis has a great elevator pitch. “A novel about an investment banker in the Reagan eighties who at night becomes a […]
Review: Exploring the History of Tattoos at the Swedish American Museum
The current exhibition at the Swedish American Museum—Tattoo: Identity Through Ink—takes an in-depth look into the history of tattoos as it traces tattoos from ancient civilizations to the present. The […]
Dispatch: Fantastic Fest Selections Include a Top-Tier Thriller that Blends Live Action and Animation
Our Fantastic Fest coverage continues with these highlights from the genre film festival in Austin, Texas. Suitable Flesh Director Joe Lynch has often managed to give known-quantity actors a platform […]
Review: Under Brad Lubman, Grossman Ensemble Takes the Breath Away
It’s not often that a concert leaves me breathless, but that’s what happened when the Grossman Ensemble opened the 2023-2024 season at the Logan Center for Performing Arts in Hyde […]
Review: In The Lehman Trilogy, Three Actors Tell the Story of the Rise and Crash of an Iconic American Business
Timeline Theatre’s new production of The Lehman Trilogy tells the story of the rise and fall of an iconic American business—starting as an Alabama dry goods merchant and becoming one […]
Review: Fair Play Creates a Tense, Compelling Environment for a Female-Driven Relationship Thriller
British actress Phoebe Dynevor is best known for her work in the first season of Bridgerton, Netflix’s period-piece soap opera about a wealthy family and their romantic entrapments. The actor […]
Review: John Carney Makes Beautiful Music (Again) with Flora and Son
Filmmaker John Carney has a niche. Since breaking out with 2007’s bittersweet, music-driven Once (an adaptation of which went on to become a massive Tony-winning success on Broadway), the Irishman […]
Review: The Creator is a Philosophical Journey Through Human Behavior, a Stunningly Realized Sci-Fi Epic
Returning to moviemaking for the first time since 2016’s triumphant Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, director/co-writer Gareth Edwards brings us his first non-franchise film since his debut, Monsters (which […]
Review: Bewitching Hollywood Flappers and Fairies in Kathleen Rooney’s From Dust to Stardust
At one point in Kathleen Rooney’s bewitching new novel From Dust to Stardust, the iconic Hollywood flapper Doreen O’Dare says to an interviewer, “What I’ve figured out is that the […]
Dialogs: Zadie Smith’s New Historical Fiction The Fraud Plumbed at Chicago Humanities Festival Event
Fiction is a “medium that must always allow itself…the possibility of expressing intimate and inconvenient truths,” acclaimed London-born author Zadie Smith once said. She recently stopped by Lincoln Park’s Francis […]