Last December, Seven Thirty Theatre and Katydid Productions presented a production of Dreamgirls—the great American musical about the Motown experience—at the Studebaker Theater. The show was well received and so […]
It’s a new month so let’s act like it and get a fresh start! There are fantastic events going on this weekend. So start penciling in some fun concerts, movies, […]
Any child who grew up in a household where Zoom was considered too scandalous probably spent their limited TV time watching shows in which a cast of precocious kids—accompanied by […]
The vastly talented Colombian singer, songwriter and producer Ela Minus sold out Chicago’s iconic Schubas Tavern last week as one of her only stops on her U.S. tour. Supporting her […]
Chicago A Cappella performed A Cappella Jazz on Saturday, March 29, at the Gannon Concert Hall in the Holtschneider Performance Center on the campus of DePaul University. This concert began […]
The Lyric Opera of Chicago is refreshing classical music by bringing in newer works. The Listeners is written by Missy Mazzoli with a libretto by Royce Vavrek based on the […]
The Art Institute’s new Frida Kahlo exhibit aims to illuminate her connection with Mary Reynolds, an American expatriate artist and bookbinder who encountered Kahlo in Paris at a pivotal point […]
They were the most English of British Invasion bands. While other English musicians adopted American styles and turned their backs on their own musical traditions, the Kinks doubled down, writing […]
A musical version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Helena & Hermia in the Enamored Odyssey whirls and bumbles us through love’s entanglements. What sets this production by the Impostors […]
Stage Left Theatre, a Chicago company with 40 years of history, is redefining storefront theater with its new production, The Distrikt of Lake Michigun, in an empty retail space on the […]
Yes, I couldn’t come up with anything clever enough for the title of this review, so instead, I just decided to be as upfront with my opinion on the album […]
Relationships always have the potential to be fraught, but that of a parent and child is perhaps the most uniquely challenging. As such, filmmakers have long been exploring these connections […]
