The Rembrandt slips back and forth in time from a contemporary art museum to a Renaissance-era artist’s studio, a Greek temple, and the room where an aging poet is dying. All this […]
Steppenwolf’s The Rembrandt: For Love of Art and Pudding
Nancy Bishop
Chicago Authors to Read from Notorious Banned Books at Censored! on October 2
CENSORED! We Read Banned Books, an ACLU benefit, will be an evening of readings by Chicago authors from their favorite banned books, sponsored by Third Coast Review and Kill Your Darlings Live Lit. Censored will be at […]
Goodman’s A View From the Bridge: Powerful Story, Visceral Language = Great Theater
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge is performed on the most minimal of stages with few costume changes (and no shoes), thus proving that it’s really the script and the acting […]
Orwell’s 1984 at AstonRep Is a Chilling Dystopia, Now More Than Ever
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s dystopian novel, was considered science fiction when it was published in 1949. Almost 70 years later, in an era of alternative facts and so-called fake news, 1984 is […]
‘Design Double Feature’ Highlights Graphic Design and Letterpress Printing Past and Future
The Music Box Theatre is hosting a Design Double Feature on Tuesday, September 19 that will be a glorious night of film for graphic designers, typographers and fans of printing technology. It’s […]
Deirdre of the Sorrows, Synge’s Romantic Irish Legend, on Stage at City Lit
Deirdre of the Sorrows by John Millington Synge is based on the Irish legend of Deirdre, set in ancient times in the Irish kingdom of Ulster. City Lit Theater is staging this […]
City Lit Theater to Read Books on the Chopping Block at Chicago Venues
City Lit Theater will celebrate Banned Books Week with Books on the Chopping Block, a series of reading from banned books at venues around the city September 23-October 1. This is the […]
CENSORED! We Read Banned Books to Celebrate the Freedom to Read on October 2
CENSORED! We Read Banned Books, an ACLU benefit, will be an evening of readings by Chicago authors from their favorite banned books, sponsored by Third Coast Review and Kill Your Darlings Live Lit. Censored […]
Stages Monthly: What to See in Chicago Theaters in September
September is a hectic month for theater in Chicago. Although summer is no longer the slow season it used to be, September sees a lot of season openers and just plain opening […]
Strawdog Theatre’s Barbecue Roasts Our Attitudes About Race, Class and Celebrity
Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue is not a treatise on meat-grilling. It’s a satire that roasts our attitudes about race, class and money. It’s a funny, biting family story with a twisty, turny plot […]
Tomatoes, Glorious Tomatoes: A Summer Homage
Marielle Shaw (MS) and Cynthia Kallile (CK) also contributed to this article. All photos by Nancy Bishop. It’s late summer and the best season for eating. Corn, melons, peaches, roma beans and […]
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity: The American Dream in All Its Slamming, Kicking Glory
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is about pro wrestling in all its pounding, banging, slamming, kicking performance art glory. It’s loud and obnoxious. And much of the play that just opened […]