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Jami Nakamura Lin

ARTICLES: 7
Dance, Stages, Theater

Broadway in Chicago’s 42nd Street a Rollicking Good Time

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When the lights dim, the curtain at the Cadillac Palace Theatre rises slowly, exposing forty pairs of feet dancing perfectly in sync. The curtain pauses at knee-height, focusing your eyes […]

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Comedy, Dance, Stages, Theater

“Trip the Light Fantastic”– Daring but Disappointing

Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of SuperStrip, the new dance-theater work from Lucky Plush Productions, defies categorization. Commissioned by the Harris Theater, the show revolves around a group of […]

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Stages, Theater

Mary Poppins a Delight for All Ages

This ain’t your mother’s Mary Poppins. Or rather, the NightBlue Performing Arts Company’s production of Mary Poppins is a jaunty expansion of the 1964 movie we all know and love. […]

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Stages, Theater

All the World’s a Stage is Emotional and Entertaining

It’s difficult to turn your life– and your pain– into art. Too often it ends up being therapy– good for you, but not necessarily good for the audience. But All […]

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Stages, Theater

Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s Overworked Shape of Things

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The first time I saw Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things was at my small Midwestern liberal arts college, the same setting as the play itself. Afterwards, my friends and […]

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Interviews, Lit

Beyond the Book Club: Chicago Authored Spotlights Local Lit

He has a book club. She has a book club. Here a book club, there a book club, everywhere a book club! This is only a slight exaggeration, as Chicago […]

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Interviews, Lit, Live lit events

Poignant Performances and Safe Spaces at Sappho’s Salon

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  On a cold Tuesday night, 30 to 40 people crowd the back of Women and Children First in Andersonville. As people continue to arrive, extra chairs miraculously appear, pushed up against […]

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