Review: What the Weird Sisters Saw by Idle Muse Reenvisions Macbeth Through the Eyes of Its Most Elusive Characters

Review by Devony Hof. Reminiscent of the Three Fates of Greek mythology and famous for their incantation, “Double, double, toil and trouble,” the weird sisters of Macbeth are an iconic trio. But […]

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Review: Bill W. and Dr. Bob Is an Inspirational Play for Its AA Community

I was sitting in the  lobby of the theater, waiting for the house to open. The lobby was crowded with people, chatting. A man came up to me and said, “Young […]

Nancy S Bishop /

Review: The Strokes Return to Chicago in Support of Kina Collins

Back in 2022, Kina Collins put her best effort into her IL-07 Congressional campaign as she brought her friends and legendary rock band to Metro for a fundraiser. Collins, who […]

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Review: Lenny Bruce Lives Again in I’m Not a Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce at the Biograph Theater

Cancel culture started with Lenny Bruce. His mother, standup comic and entertainer Sally Marr, encouraged him to emcee his first show in 1947 where he found his calling. Bruce practically […]

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Review: In Rivendell’s Wipeout, Three Friends Navigate the Waves, and the Aging Process, With Humor and Tenacity

Review by Devony Hof.  “This is what I love about being old!” proclaims one of the characters in Aurora Real de Asua’s new play, Wipeout, directed by Rivendell artistic director Tara […]

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Review: Chaepter Indulges in Both the Bleak and the Beautiful on Naked Era

Naked Era, the new album by Central Illinois songwriter Chaepter, sees the indie experimentalist basking in the midnight moonglow; attempting to capture all of its mystery and majesty. Lacing old-school […]

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Review: Aida at Lyric Opera Is an Entertaining and Opulent Extravaganza of Verdi’s Finest Work

Guiseppe Verdi’s Aida is perhaps one of his best-known operas and of all Italian operas. It has the treachery, aching love, and tragedy that befalls the great heroines of this […]

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Review: Zach Braff and Vanessa Hudgens Star in Cloying, Two-Dimensional Quebecois Rom-Com French Girl

I guess this first-time feature from actors-turned-directors James A. Woods and Nicolas Wright, French Girl, qualifies as a romantic comedy—except for the fact that there’s nothing particularly romantic or funny […]

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Review: Post-War Drama One Life Recounts One Ordinary Man’s Extraordinary Efforts and Their Generational Ripple Effects

Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible?: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, One Life is a true story about an elderly man who is forced […]

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Review: Composer Amy Wurtz Celebrates Women’s History Month on Stage and on Video

In celebration of Women’s History Month, composer Amy Wurtz gave an inspiring piano recital of music by Chicago-based women composers at Harold Washington Library on Wednesday afternoon. She is also […]

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Review: In Racial Satire The American Society of Magical Negroes, the Biting Humor Isn’t Quite Sharp Enough

Full of compelling ideas but falling short in their execution is writer/director Kobi Libii’s debut work, The American Society of Magical Negroes, which begins promisingly with the idea that the […]

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Review: Remembering Gene Wilder Is a Fine, Fitting Tribute to the Comedian, Actor, Filmmaker and Man

I’m not exactly sure when or if this sweet little documentary will open in Chicago, so I’m reviewing it in the hopes that some of you will take notice and […]

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