What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Tabbouleh, Because It’s Tomato Time
Tabbouleh, that ubiquitous Middle Eastern side dish, can play a starring role in your late summer meals, now that real tomatoes have arrived. Whether you grow your own or buy […]
Nancy S. Bishop is publisher and Stages editor of Third Coast Review. She’s a member of the American Theatre Critics Association and a 2014 Fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. You can read her personal writing on pop culture at nancybishopsjournal.com, and follow her on Twitter @nsbishop. She also writes about film, books, art, architecture and design.
Review: Trap Door Crafts Alas, a Stunningly Theatrical Video Montage
It may be theater…or perhaps film. But it’s not exactly a play. It’s a surreal symphony of exotic makeup and dynamic video editing with original music and voices that speak […]
Manual Cinema Streaming Four of Their Best Shows in 10th Anniversary Celebration
Manual Cinema’s 10th Anniversary Retrospectacular, launched this week, will bring back four of the company’s most inventive shows from the past 10 years. The four productions will be shown on […]
Chicago Children’s Theatre Joins Honk for Justice Demonstrations This Week
Chicago Children’s Theatre is partnering with Honk for Justice Chicago for two demonstrations this week to demand justice for George Floyd and police reform. The two demonstrations today and tomorrow […]
Review: The Skin You Live In Is a Kids’ Book for Today by Two Chicagoans
The Skin You Live In By Michael Tyler Illustrations by David Lee Csicsko Chicago Children’s Museum The Skin You Live In, a book targeted to 4- to 8-year olds, can […]
Dialogs: Two Screenwriters Talk About Their New Novels—Utopia Avenue and Antkind
It was just serendipity that the Chicago Humanities Festival scheduled two screenwriters with hot new novels two weeks in a row for their livestream show. Well, serendipity and the fact […]
American Blues Theater Offers “Classes for Masses” in Music, Theater and More
American Blues Theater is offering “Classes for the Masses” with small classes taught by ensemble members in various arts and cultural practices. You’ll receive four hours of coaching or consulting […]
Stateville Voices Presents Plays by Incarcerated Students in Northwestern’s Prison Ed Program
Plays written by incarcerated students are on view now in Stateville Voices: A Festival of Short Plays by the Northwestern University Prison Education Program and Goodman Theatre. Three short plays […]
Book Review: Springsteen as Soundtrack Reveals the Singer/Songwriter as Auteur
Springsteen as Soundtrack By Caroline Madden McFarland Books, 2020 242 pp Caroline Madden is a film reviewer and fellow Bruce Springsteen fan. She has written a critical analysis of how […]
Political Coverage Has Turned Into Theater Reviews, CBS’ John Dickerson Says in CHF Event
The news media could enhance the work of a President in the White House by asking the right questions during the campaign, John Dickerson, CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent, said during […]
Review: Lovable or Sinister, Robots Rule Industry, Technology and Culture in New History
The American Robot: A Cultural History By Dustin A. Abnet The University of Chicago Press Robots are endlessly fascinating—as all-purpose helpers, industrial workers, personal slaves, and even companions. Ian McEwan’s […]
Review: Scott Gryder Revels in Barbra’s Basement in Pride’s Buyer and Cellar
You’ve probably heard the story since Buyer and Cellar has been around since 2013. In fact, actor Michael Urie recently reprised his award-wining performance in a livestream by Broadway.com as […]