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.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Despite fierce opposition from parents, teachers and students, the CPS Board of Education voted yesterday to close the last four neighborhood high schools in Englewood. The schools to be closed […]
Candidate J.B. Pritzker is spending about $171,000 per day from his $3.6 billion fortune to try to win the governor’s job, which pays $177,412 a year. Pritzker ran his first […]
The Black Ensemble Theater has a new musical story on stage, a tribute to the late great guitarist Chuck Berry, who died a year ago. Hail Hail Chuck: A Tribute […]
Keith Huff’s Six Corners, the world premiere now at American Blues Theater, is quintessentially Chicago. It’s the story of a pair of shady cops, not always on the up and […]