In its second edition, The Eli’s Cheesecake Cookbook (Agate Publishing), includes more than desserts. Filled with the history and storied tales behind one of Chicago’s most beloved restaurateurs, Eli Schulman, […]
The second and final week of the 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival concluded yesterday, after 12 days of international puppet theater productions at dozens of venues plus free neighborhood […]
André Is an Idiot Marking the feature directing debut from Tony Benna, André Is an Idiot tells the creative, funny and sometimes wildly inappropriate true story of André Ricciardi, whom […]
The 1902 plan to revamp and expand the National Mall in Washington, DC, was the product of a commission of prominent Americans. Three of them worked closely together to produce […]
The Third Coast Review film team is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and will be bringing you periodic dispatches with reviews on the latest […]
Fat Ham, the prize-winning play by James Ijames, is now on stage at Goodman Theatre in a co-production with Definition Theatre. Ijames’ script was inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet and incorporates some of the original’s […]
I’ve only seen Bur play once, for about 25 minutes, during an early night set at Montrose Saloon last spring and I still think about that show on a regular […]
After nine months of taking care of her ailing/dying mother, Maya (Phoebe Dynevor, Fair Play, Bridgerton) has something of an emotional bender at the opening of director/co-writer Neil Burger’s Inheritance. […]
Born in Detroit, writer Peter O’Keefe now lives in one of Chicago’s neighbors to the north, Racine. Through the years he’s written for everything from “word processing temp jobs” to […]
Three days of subzero weather and we’re hopefully past the coldest days of Chicago winter! So that means still cold, but more manageable outing into the city! This weekend features […]
Alison Bechdel released an autobiographical book in 2006 titled Fun Home, based on her life growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania. It was a graphic novel that told the story […]
Glassheart is a show bursting with quirky charm, memorable performances and perhaps one too many ideas. This reimagining of Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day Chicago—helmed by newly minted […]
