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Review: Terry Guest’s Oak Is a Powerful Story of Race, Freedom, and Belief at Raven Theatre

Oak is my third experience with the work of playwright Terry Guest. His work reveals the visceral aspects of the Black experience in America with stark realism, some magical realism, […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 10, 2025
    • Art & Museums , Beyond , Front page , Lit , Music , Stages

    The Art of Survival: Chicago Creatives Fight Fascism and De-Funding

    This is the fourth and final article in our series, The Art of Survival. See links and info about the series at the end of this article. Sexpert Dan Savage […]

  • Karin McKie
  • October 10, 2025
    • Comedy , Interviews , Stages

    Interview: Ron Funches Enjoys the Home Field Advantage at the Den

    Known for his unmistakable giggle and immediate charm on and off stage, Ron Funches began his standup career in the early 2000s in Portland. The city that birthed his love […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • October 9, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Talk show

    Dialogs: Hope and Solidarity from Angela Davis, Nicole Mitchell, and the Black Earth Ensemble at the Chicago Humanities Festival

    Last Saturday, I had the privilege of seeing activist, educator, and feminist symbol of resistance, Angela Davis, in person. She participated in a conversation with world-renowned musician and Guggenheim Fellow […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 9, 2025
    • Opera , Review , Stages

    Review: Chicago City Opera Stages a Minimalist Carmen in a Gothic Setting

    Angela Born and Jordan Lloyd. Photo by Andrew Baldwin.

    Georges Bizet wrote his magnum opus 150 years ago. Carmen is an opera of spectacle, passion, and the darkness of obsession. It has been sung in the greatest houses of […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 7, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Gwydion Theatre Company’s Death of a Salesman Is Great Despite Some Deviations

    Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is an American classic so excellent, so full of wisdom and raw emotion, that any production stands to be a helluvah show. Now at […]

  • Adam Kaz
  • October 6, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Porchlight’s New Faces Sing 1960 a Golden Time in the Golden Age

    Ah… 1960. Smack-dab in the middle of post-war prosperity and (unknowingly) on the brink of enormous change. Has Broadway ever brimmed with more confidence or more cultural clout? Poised roughly […]

  • Doug Mose
  • October 3, 2025
    • Children's theater , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Young People’s Theatre Opens New Season with Heart, Fun and Celebration of all Things Elephant and Piggie

    I like to think of Mo Willems’ beloved character the Pigeon as the Gordon Ramsay of the children’s literature world. He has a seemingly hard, brutish shell, but he is […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • October 2, 2025
    • Classical , Music , Opera , Review , Stages

    Review: Karen Slack Performs Beyond the Years With the Spotlight on Composer Florence Price

    Soprano Karen Slack, accompanied by the Ryan Center pianist Michael Banwarth, performed a program of compositions by Black composer Florence B. Price on Saturday. The First United Methodist Church-Chicago Temple […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • September 30, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Ava: The Secret Conversations Is Gossipy Fun and a Disjointed Jumble

    Elizabeth McGovern. Photo by Jeff Lorch

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • September 30, 2025
    • Feature , Preview , Stages , Theater

    Preview: Take Home a Piece of Theater History at the Goodman Sale on October 11

    Goodman Theatre is offering us all an inside view of its century of theater history with a costume shop sale taking place on Saturday, October 11, at the theater. Individual […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • September 28, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix at Theo Ubique Queers a Classic for Niche Fan Service

    From the writing team of EllaRose Chary and Brandon James, TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix premiered in 2024 at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego. This fall, the rock musical is […]

  • Row Light
  • September 27, 2025
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