Interview: Cheech Marin Is a Chicano Progressosaurus
Though Cheech Marin first found fame while partnering with Tommy Chong to create some of the most iconic counterculture comedy of all time, stoner humor won’t be the main focus […]
Interview: Comedian Gary Gulman Brings Grandiloquent to the Athenaeum
When comedy legend Patton Oswalt appeared on the Good One podcast in 2018, he spotlighted Gary Gulman’s “state abbreviations” routine as a “killer” bit he wished he’d written himself. A […]
Interview: Sivan Spector and Annie Share Discuss Switchboard, a Retelling of the 1915 Eastland Disaster
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Interview: Michael Shannon and Travis Knight Talk About Turret, Working With an Ensemble and Being Fearless on Stage
In 1993, A Red Orchid Theatre (and its talented ensemble of writers, directors, and actors) established itself as a pillar of Chicago’s independent theater scene. In 2024, two of its […]
Interview: A Red Orchid Theatre Takes on a Werewolf Story of Love and Isolation. We Discuss Turret with Playwright Levi Holloway and Actor Lawrence Grimm
A Red Orchid Theatre’s newest production Turret is a world premiere written and directed by Levi Holloway, whose recent works have included a Broadway run of his play Grey House, […]
Dialogs: The Law, Quantum Computing, and Sarajevo Fiction Highlight CHF’s Spring Lecture Series
Illinois is the first state to end book bans, and the Chicago Humanities Festival is the city’s premiere forum for promoting authors on the vanguard and their timely and riveting […]
Dialogs: Ayad Akhtar’s Homeland Elegies Reflects on Dreams of American Identity
Ayad Akhtar’s new novel, Homeland Elegies, begins like a memoir. Written in the first person, it’s about the narrator’s Pakistani immigrant father who believes in the American dream. Father was […]
Creativity Examined: How Hubbard Street Dance Constructs a Dynamic Program
Hubbard Street Dance, Chicago’s world-renowned contemporary dance company, opened its 2019-20 season on November 7 at the Harris Theater. It was the first of three performances of a program, titled […]
Interview: Kevin Beverly Comes Home in Cast of Volta, Cirque du Soleil’s Street Arts Circus Show
In some ways Cirque du Soleil really is the circus of the sun. It rotates its shows around the globe each year (there are currently over 20 active productions, 12 […]
Chicago and Paris Band Together for Cabaret: An Interview with Claudia Hommel
Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion is a week-long festival running October 28 through November 4 that brings together cabaret performers from the U.S. and France to explore the artistry and history behind […]
Brave Space, Chicago’s New Circus Show, Opens October 6
Chicago, the incubator for the arts, hosts many interesting and experimental productions, hatching seasoned comedians from its thriving Improv scene, and Hollywood actors from its storefront theaters. But a lesser […]
Horror is Healing: A Conversation with Hilary Williams of WildClaw Theatre’s Second Skin
Hilary Williams loves horror. In the dim light of the bar at the Den Theatre (where she is performing in Wildclaw Theatre’s production of Second Skin) her eyes grow wide when […]