Review: Trixie and Katya Go Above and Beyond at Auditorium Theatre
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a good show on a Monday night. Walking into the Auditorium Theatre, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from drag queens Trixie Mattel and […]
Review: The Peculiar Grace of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones at Lyric Opera
My first opera was at age 10 when our parish priest took us to see La Boheme at the Lyric Opera House. I always thought that opera was sung in […]
Review: The First Two Episodes of a New Television Adaptation of Halo Are Going to Disappoint Fans
The moment I heard Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” instead of Martin O’Donnell’s iconic Halo score, I knew something wasn’t right. Gamers have been waiting for a live action […]
Review: Pokémon Legends: Arceus is an Epic Journey into Pokémon’s Past and an Exciting Step Towards the Future
I keep saying I’m not a Pokémon person, and that’s somewhat true. I hopped on the Pokémon train back in 2016 with PokémonGO, which, if you’ll recall, was the Wordle of […]
Review: Rebecca Black Proves Her Pop Star Status at Lincoln Hall
Let’s be honest, it’s still a little scary to go to concerts right now. But, fans made the trek to Lincoln Hall to see Rebecca Black on a chilly Tuesday night, and they weren’t disappointed.
Preview: Puppet Theater Festival Opens With the Social Commentary of The Plastic Bag Store
At long last the 4th annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, after a COVID 19- induced delay, is here. If the opening of Robin Frohardt’s Plastic Bag Store on Michigan […]
Review: Air Hockey Meets Volleyball in Excellent Windjammers 2
I’ve been playing a ton of retro games in the last year or so. I think part of it is recapturing my childhood, while another part of my retro game […]
Review: The Moors at A Red Orchid Is a Wickedly Funny and Subversive Tale of Longing
Ah, gothic romance. It is always a dark and stormy night with sexually repressed spinsters sitting in the parlor of a creaky old mansion with ivy growing inside. The winds […]
Celebrate 50 Years of the Siskel Film Center with 50/50, a Chronological Film Series
The Gene Siskel Film Center celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, and the downtown cinema is celebrating with a year-long film series they’re (fittingly) calling 50/50. Every Monday of the […]
Review: Dark, Hazy and Filled with Drama, The Tragedy of Macbeth Is a Unique, Impressive Take on Classic Material
Like Orson Welles did nearly 75 years earlier, director Joel Coen (working without brother Ethan) has taken Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, stripped it down to essentials—minimalist set design, shot […]
Review: A Hero’s Journey for Alaudin Ullah in Dishwasher Dreams at Writers Theatre
Every first-generation person has a story of integrating the ways of the old country, or of their ancestral region like the American South. It is how identities are built and […]
Review: Sandra Bullock Goes Against Type in Gritty, Mostly Successful The Unforgivable
In a case of “so close you can sometimes see the better movie,” The Unforgivable tells the story of Ruth Slater (Sandra Bullock), who is released from prison after serving […]