Feature: No-No Boy Will Go Down In History
This review was written by guest author Lyra Wilson. It’s your college dissertation, and what do you do? Some people like yours truly might scramble to figure out what to […]
Review: The Motive and the Cue Tells the Delicious Story of the 1964 Broadway Hamlet Directed by John Gielgud and Starring Richard Burton
The Motive and the Cue is a theater-lover’s dream, a deliciously funny and candid theater story. Directed by Sam Mendes (Empire of Light, The Ferryman), it’s a new play about the rehearsal period for […]
Review: Swashbuckling, Palace Intrigue and More in Welcome Sequel The Three Musketeers—Part 2: Milady
An even better follow-up to last year’s The Three Musketeers—Part I: D’Artagnan, this week’s Part 2: Milady disposes of the business of introducing all of the characters from the classic […]
Review: We Go to the Theater With the Kids—and We All Loved A Year With Frog and Toad at Chicago Children’s Theatre
Nothing makes children’s theater more fun than seeing it with a roomful of giggly squirmy grade schoolers. Usually I review new plays at Chicago Children’s Theatre during a weekend performance—with […]
Review: Stewart Goodyear Inspires Euphoria From the Piano
While driving in central Wisconsin one winter night several years ago, I tuned in to Symphony Hall, the classical radio station on Sirius/XM and was blown away by an incredible […]
Review: Minor Moon Dances and Sways Back Into the Limelight With Album The Light Up Waltz
I don’t know how it happened, or if I even deserved such graciousness, but right around the time I moved to Chicago in 2021, Apple Music randomly put a Minor […]
Interview: The Greatest Hits Filmmaker and Stars Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min Discuss the Film’s Ties to Music, Memory and a Unique Love Triangle
Ten years ago, writer/director Ned Benson made a film—actually three films—called The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, that attempted to explore the inner workings of […]
Review: Beware of Scary Fairies in Impostor Theatre’s Beyond the Garden Gate
Impostor Theatre Co.’s newest production is a sight to make your skin crawl, but you won’t be able to look away from the spectacle. Beyond the Garden Gate (written by Mallory Swisher […]
Review: Nana at Trap Door Theatre Reimagines Zola’s Tale of Sexual and Financial Greed
The production is a visual spectacle. Ten actors in colorful, period costumes and stylized makeup perform on the tiny stage, which is tricked out with a more elaborate set design […]
Review: Alex Garland’s Civil War Is at Its Most Tense When It’s Most Closely Tied to Today’s Political Climate
Filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Men, Annihilation) always finds a way to tell futuristic or fantastical stories like no other. But with his latest, Civil War, aspects of the story […]
Preview: Ducks Ltd. Bring Their Breezy Pop to Empty Bottle
No band operating in the jangle-pop niche is half as hyped-up as Toronto duo Ducks Ltd. Composed of singer Tom McGreevy and lead guitarist Evan Lewis, the band has steadily […]
Review: A Warning to Heed and Hope to Build with Mark Larson’s Working in the 21st Century
One of the first questions a stranger usually asks to identify who you are is, what do you do? But our job is more than how we make money, it […]