Carnival of Animals Mixes Classical Music & Circus for a Young Audience
Australia has many treasures, and contemporary circus is one they are renowned for. Circa has been touring the world since…
Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love at the Apollo Theatre: Symbols Lost
I walked into the premier of the Comrades’ production of Mary-Kate Olsen Is in Love, knowing that it would be…
Broadway in Chicago’s 42nd Street a Rollicking Good Time
When the lights dim, the curtain at the Cadillac Palace Theatre rises slowly, exposing forty pairs of feet dancing perfectly…
Sideshow’s Mai Dang Lao Struggles to Serve a Happy Meal
There’s a special form of resentment I and the rest of working class America feel about restaurant jobs. Yeah, you…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Mixes Gospel Old and Spacey New
The glorious athletic dancers and ever-innovative choreographers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are having a short run at…
“Trip the Light Fantastic”– Daring but Disappointing
Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of SuperStrip, the new dance-theater work from Lucky Plush Productions, defies categorization. Commissioned by…
A Nightmare on Backstreet: A ’90s Baby’s Wildest Dream
Everybody, rock your body right…Backstreet’s back, alright! And back they are, but this time accompanied by Teddy Crooner, in a…
Kokandy’s “Heathers: The Musical” Is Your New Best Friend and Worst Enemy
Look: No one wants to be the person who says that Heathers: The Musical works. You shouldn’t be able to…
The Laser Comedy Show Reviewed
I like lasers and I like comedy. When I gave my 6-year-old son, Pudge, the opportunity to pick a show…
Marc Salem’s Mind Over Chicago- Magic or science?
Skeptical Chicagoans piled in to the Apollo Theater Saturday night to see a mentalist in action, and there he was,…
The Dance COLEctive Celebrates 20 Years With Live Stream
If you celebrate the first anniversary with paper and the fifth anniversary with wood, is digital the new 20th anniversary…
Danztheatre’s Bindis Has Heart in Right Place
Bindis and Bruises, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s latest offering in their 15th season, aims to shed light on issues of domestic and…
