What’s Cooking at Third Coast? It’s Smoky Spicy Chicken Tortilla Soup
I love soup and tortilla soup is one of my favorites. When I’m in the Loop around lunchtime, I like to go to the Frontera Grill counter on the seventh […]
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.
Through the Elevated Line at Silk Road Rising: Immigrants in the Strange Land of Chicago
Through the Elevated Line at Silk Road Rising is a play about a stranger in a new land. We meet Razi Gol (Salar Ardebili) as he arrives from Iran. We […]
Swashbuckling Is in Style in Boho Theatre’s New Adaptation of Cyrano
Cyrano, the new adaptation of Edmund Rostand’s poetic Cyrano de Bergerac, by Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner, is lean and hilarious. The man with the famously large nose is played […]
Everything You Need to Know About Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
Here’s a wrapup on the basics about St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago. Learn about the famous dye-the-river-green act, including when and where to see it. (It takes 40 pounds of […]
City Lit’s Picture of Dorian Gray Misses Wilde Glitter With Flawed Adaptation and Casting
The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by the brilliant Irish playwright and poet, Oscar Wilde, is loaded with Wildean bon mots. It is one of the most quotable […]
Participating in Student Walkout Tomorrow? Here’s Info on Your Rights
Chicago and Illinois high school students will join a school walkout at 10am CT Wednesday to observe the one-month anniversary of the school shooting that killed 17 students in Parkland, […]
Review: Two North Korean Sisters Tear at Your Heart in You for Me for You at Sideshow Theatre
You for Me for You is a play that can tear at your heart and also remind you of current politics. (From which there is no escape.) Coincidentally, the president’s […]
Review: About Face’s Time Is on Our Side Shines a Light on Queer History
Queering history is the theme of Time Is on Our Side by R. Eric Thomas, now at About Face Theatre. It’s the story of podcast creators Annie and Curtis; their […]
Major U of C Donors Want Their $100 Million Back
Two brothers who pledged a contribution of $100 million to the University of Chicago now are asking for their money back: specifically, the $22 million paid to the university since […]
More Locations Open for Early Voting for March 20 Primary
Early voting for the March 20 primary opened last month and more locations, both city and suburban, opened today. You don’t need an excuse to vote early, but you must […]
Suit Charges Sheriff’s Office With Unlawful Detention of Prisoners After Bonds Paid
A class action lawsuit was filed this week by attorneys for people unconstitutionally detained in Cook County jail after their bonds were paid. The suit challenges Sheriff Tom Dart’s newly […]
Brighton Park, Logan Square Parents Picket Alderman Burke for Trump Ties
Four neighborhood organizations–the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Grassroots Collaborative, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and Mijente–are holding a press conference and picket line at Alderman Edward Burke’s private law office this […]