Review: Model/Actriz Set the Bar High at Thalia Hall
As someone who attends a plethora of concerts every year, it can be easy for shows to get lost or jumbled in my subconscious.However last Saturday night’s show with the […]
Preview: Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month at Wrightwood 659, Zhou B Art Center and the Art Institute
Asian art abounds in Chicago, especially during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, with three exhibits currently on display: Martin Wong, Chinatown USA, at Wrightwood 659; a […]
Preview: Farewell to the Orion Ensemble after 35 Years
This and next weekend, the Orion Ensemble will be performing their last concerts together. For 35 years, this quartet of clarinetist Kathryne Pirtle, violinist Florentina Ramniceanu, cellist Judy Stone, and […]
Review: At Columbia College Dance Center, Didę Is African Tradition and Spirit Rising Up
Didę by Compagnie Multicorps, a celebration of body and spirit in tribute to Ìyá Nlá, the Yoruba deity of creation, deities, and all of life, was performed last weekend. Ìyá […]
Review: A Lovely and Touching Poem-Book, Northwoods Lullaby, by Mary Casanova and Jordan Sundberg
Mary Casanova offers “a pine bough swaying lullaby” and “a frog croak-croaking lullaby” and “two swans born today” and “snowshoe hare, eyes so wide.” Jordan Sundberg offers deep vibrant colors […]
Review: With a Little Help from the Beatles, Brendan Hunt Shines in The Movement You Need
The Movement You Need: An Evening With Brendan Hunt, directed by Ashley Rodbro, is a humorous and deeply touching dive into the life of Emmy and SAG Award winner and […]
Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 9: Jimmy Fallon Introduces Two Unprecedented Twists
The day before the most recent episode of Survivor 50 aired, AV Club posted an article lamenting the season’s “Jeff Probst problem”: namely, the host’s unrelenting need to insert himself […]
Review: Gelli Haha Brings an Adorable Circus to Schubas Tavern
Dolphin balloons. Boxing matches. Bubble guns. Plastic pig masks. Hula hoops. That’s just a sample of the delightful craziness Gelli Haha brought to Schubas Tavern on Saturday night. It was […]
On the Road: A Midwesterner Finds Beauty and Simplicity in Greece’s Holy Week
Third Coast Review contributor Tory Crowley is a native Midwesterner currently living in Budapest, Hungary. Please enjoy her European cultural notes. For spring break, I travelled to Santorini, Greece. I […]
Review: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble Excels Under Duress at Mandel Hall
London-based chamber orchestra the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields performed at the University of Chicago’s stiflingly hot Mandel Hall rcently. The group was founded in 1958 by Sir […]
Interview: Coming Up at the Den Theatre—Dewayne Perkins Is Better Than You, and That’s OK
Improv, standup, sketch, TV, film—however you like to laugh, Dewayne Perkins does it, and he does it brilliantly. One of comedy’s finest rising voices, the Chicago native and Brooklyn Nine-Nine […]
Review: Teatro Vista’s Both Grapples With Twin Realities, Twin Fantasies
What’s true? Of course, there’s no manageable answer to that. But it’s hard to avoid asking that question throughout Teatro Vista’s world premiere of Paloma Nozicka’s Both, co-produced by Steppenwolf […]