Playtime Radio: We Talk Politics, Music, Photography
Here’s this week’s podcast for Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall, our radio arts partner. Third Coast Review news and reviews are highlighted and our writers sometimes appear on the […]
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 Bluesky at @nancyb.bsky.social. She also writes about film, books, art, architecture and design.
Real or Virtual? We Need Live Theater but Theater on My Sofa Has a Future Too
Just before a play begins, the house lights dim and we take a collective breath of anticipation. That shared experience continues throughout the production, including laughs, groans and tears. But […]
Historian Adam Hochschild on Activist Rose Pastor Stokes in Humanities Festival Event
Rose Pastor Stokes was born poor, married rich and became an activist and agitator most of us have never heard of. Historian Adam Hochschild tells her story in his new […]
Three-Minute Record: Steep Ensemble Members Perform Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago”
Like all our 250-some Chicago theaters, nothing’s on stage at Steep Theatre, that fine inventive company on Berwyn that, appropriately, used to be a grocery store. It’s one of those […]
What’s Cooking at Third Coast? Eggplant Parm, Simplified
Whaddya talking about? You don’t like eggplant? Perhaps you’ve only had plain grilled eggplant or maybe you’ve had it undercooked, so it’s sort of tough or even bitter. I’d like […]
Playtime Radio: We’re Back, Still in Quarantine, With News, Politics and the Arts
Here’s this week’s podcast for Playtime with Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall, our radio arts partner. Third Coast Review news and reviews are highlighted and our writers sometimes appear on the […]
Story Time: Frederick, the Story of a Field Mouse, Narrated by Michael Shannon for CCTv
Kids and their grownups alike will enjoy a charming video performance of Frederick, the story of an inventive field mouse, by Leo Lionni. It’s a virtual puppet show performed by […]
Preview: Pride Films and Plays to Present Live Virtual Reading of McNally’s Mothers and Sons April 16
Four actors, each participating from a different remote location, will perform a live online reading of Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons on Thursday, April 16, at 7pm. David Zak, executive […]
Chicago Arts Organizations to Host Virtual Retreat for Performers, Administrators April 8
Several Chicago arts organizations are creating a Chicago Performing Arts Virtual Retreat on Wednesday, April 8, from 10:30am to 2pm. The purpose: to bring together performers and administrators to address […]
What to Read Now: Three Books About Plagues
It’s the year of the big virus. We’ve had two weeks of #StayTheFHome or sheltering in place, depending on where you live. And in some states, you’re not doing that. […]
For Kids: Create a 5-Minute Video for Chicago Children’s Theatre Play@Home Contest
Chicago Children’s Theatre has launched a Play@Home Contest for school children stuck at home to get creative and make their own 5-minute videos and enter them in CCT’s contest. The […]
Preview: Theater Wit to Livestream Video of Teenage Dick, as Richard III Goes to High School
Theater Wit in the Belmont theater district is keeping theater alive during the coronavirus shutdown. Live via a livestreamed video that you can view at home on Vimeo. The play […]