Review: 16th Street Theater’s The Billboard Gives Authenticity to the Subject of Abortion
It has been a minute since I have covered a play that hits home in as many ways as The Billboard, now being staged by 16th Street Theater at Northwestern […]
Kathy D. Hey writes creative non-fiction essays. A lifelong Chicagoan, she is enjoying life with her husband, daughter and three dogs in the wilds of Edgewater. When she isn’t at her computer, she is in her garden growing vegetables and herbs for kitchen witchery.
Dialogs: Haymarket Books Launches Maya Marshall’s All the Blood Involved in Love
Haymarket Books describes itself as a radical and independent publisher, and in light of current events, I am grateful that they are still in the game. They have a new […]
Review: Pride Arts’ Tommy on Top Has the Recipe for Farce—But It’s Slightly Undercooked
I am a big fan of British comedy and in particular, one master of the genre—John Cleese in Fawlty Towers. That show is an example of farce, done brilliantly. Basil […]
Review: Kokandy Productions Presents Scandalous Teens and Schemes in Cruel Intentions: the ’90s Musical
What says snobby teens with step-sibling issues and boy band music cruising the airwaves better than the movie Cruel Intentions? It was a movie made for the’90s. It was a […]
Review: Chicago Philharmonic Revives the Roar of Marvel’s Black Panther for Juneteenth
The Chicago Theatre started out as a movie palace that could hold more than 3000 viewers for the silent films that were all the rage. It was normal for a […]
Review: Ensemble Español Brings Andalusian Rhythm and Soul with Flamenco Passion
Review of a flamenco performance based in Spanish history.
Review: Giordano Dance Chicago—Exuberant, Urban and Avant Garde
When I think of modern or jazz-inspired dance, a few people come to mind. Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, and Katherine Dunham. Giordano Dance Chicago has established itself in my Hall […]
Review: Joffrey Ballet Shines with the Exuberance of Spain in Don Quixote
Don Quixote by the Joffrey Ballet
Review: Water People Theater Brings Surreal and Magical Writing to Life with Lorca, Living the Experience
Lora, Living the Experience
The life and work of Federico Garcia Lorca
Review: Black Ensemble Theater’s Jubilant Grandma’s Jukebox Is a Return Home
I have been following Jackie Taylor’s Black Ensemble Theater (BET) since their days on Beacon and then to the beautiful new home on Clark. Unlike the old days on Beacon, […]
Review: Dancing with Joy at Broadway in Chicago’s Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations
That drumbeat hits and then you hear a voice like no other—“I know you wanna leave me but I refuse to let you go!” The Temptations were like no other […]
Review: Invictus Theatre Shatters the Illusion of the American Marriage in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who’s Afraid o Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee at Invictus Theatre Company