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Preview: The Puppets Are Coming to Tell Their Stories at the 7th Chicago Puppet Theater Festival

It’s time for the 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival! Every year, the puppets brighten our January and remind us of the amazing joy and ingenuity of puppetry storytelling. The performers […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • January 9, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Music Theater Works’ Legally Blonde the Musical Features Standout Vocalists

    It’s the top of the second act. Fans of the musical will recognize the familiar bop of “Whipped into Shape” start to play from the stellar orchestra. This is the […]

  • Lauren Katz
  • December 24, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: The Berlin Diaries at Open Space Arts Explores a Search for Family History in Pre-War Berlin

    Playwright Andrea Stolowitz’s extended Jewish family lived in Berlin in the 1930s during the rise of the Nazi party; they emigrated to New York City in 1939. Stolowitz’s parents believed […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 22, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Ghosts in the Shadow Box—Manual Cinema’s A Christmas Carol

    Has there ever been a more frequently adapted story than Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol? From Reginald Owen and Alastair Sim down to George C. Scott, Albert Finney, Patrick […]

  • Doug Mose
  • December 21, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: If May Only Be High School, But The Totality of All Things Dives Into Issues That Divide Us All

    A story about truth, censorship and identity and a small-town high school newspaper manages to address—sometimes obliquely, sometimes directly—issues that divide us today. Despite its abstract title, Eric Gernard’s new […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 21, 2024
    • Dance , Jazz , Music , Stages

    Review: Genres and Cultures Meld as Taiko, Jazz, and Shubukai Dance Fusion Perform on MCA Stage

    Cultures and music genres blended into a refreshing evening as Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIAM) and Tsukasa Taiko presented Reduction 10 and Taiko Legacy 21 at the Edlis Neeson Theater […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 17, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: In Blank Theatre’s A Bright Room Called Day, Artists Face Exile as Danger Looms in Nazi-Era Berlin

    It’s only December 13 and I’ve had enough holiday hilarity and jolly-holly spirit. For a little bah humbug, let’s talk about the rise of fascism in 1932 Germany. Fortunately Blank […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 13, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Blake Montgomery Becomes the Exhausted But Charming Author for Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again

    Now through December 22, one small corner of the Den Theatre, that bustling venue in Wicker Park, is home to Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs ‘A Christmas Carol’ Again, a cumbersome […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 11, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review< At Theater Wit, Who’s Holiday Will Melt Your Frozen Heart With Laughter

    It wouldn’t be a holiday season without the Whos of Whoville, but who would have thought that the Whos could be so judgy and mean when it comes to affairs […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • December 9, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker Is a Sparkling Tradition for a Chicago Christmas

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 9, 2024
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: In Their New, Permanent Home, American Blues Theater’s It’s a Wonderful Life! Live in Chicago Is More Festive Than Ever

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 6, 2024
    • Gospel , Music , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: A Nativity Tribute, a Langston Hughes Adaptation, Starts the Season of Joy and Celebration With Great Music

    It’s that time of year in Chicago. The lights twinkle on Michigan Avenue, and the color show continues down Erie Street. The aura of wealth and exclusivity abounds in River […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 5, 2024
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