Preview: NERD ALERT!! Bring Your Friends and Your Pets for the Virtual Chicago Nerd Comedy Fest
Way back when, when I was, I guess, a “cub” writer, I was unofficially assigned the “nerd beat.” This was…
Way back when, when I was, I guess, a “cub” writer, I was unofficially assigned the “nerd beat.” This was…
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents two 100-minute productions on its Chicago ShakesSTREAM platform through May 16: Twelfth Night and Measure for…
Matei Vişniec’s plays are a bit bewildering and disorienting. They‘re theater of the absurd with a twist. But Trap Door…
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are private entities even though we may think of them as similar to…
Violet is pregnant with twin boys, due to arrive soon. She talks and sings to them constantly, introducing them to…
Strawdog Theatre’s final entry in their season of resilience celebrates Chicagoans and how they are blundering through and surviving a…
Many Americans seem to have a British-Royals obsession that has never made sense to me. Steppenwolf Theatre’s newest online production…
It begins with the familiar refrain, arguably the three most famous words in American literature. “Call me Ishmael.” But the voice…
The Catastrophist, by Lauren M. Gunderson, succeeds as a story that informs us about science and tears at our hearts…
Review by Brooks Whitlock British actress Vanessa Kirby is going to be nominated for an Oscar this year for her…
“What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows….” “The Shadow” was a midcentury radio mystery that sometimes…
As part of their WorldStage series, Chicago Shakespeare is offering a visit with illusionist and mentalist Scott Silven from his…
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