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 […]
Review: Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker Is a Sparkling Tradition for a Chicago Christmas
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Essay: Reading in Public and My Review of The Vegetarian, a Book That Started Conversations
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Review: An Athlete Defeats the Odds in Uneven but Inspiring Sports Drama Unstoppable
Directed by first-time filmmaker and veteran editor William Goldenberg (Zero Dark Thirty, Air, an Oscar winner for Argo, Heat), Unstoppable is the story of real-life wrestler Anthony Robles (played by […]
Review: The Order Recounts the True Events of a 1980s Domestic Terrorism Group, All Too Timely Today
Naturally, it takes an Australian director and a cast led by mostly non-American actors to hold a mirror to a part of recent U.S. history that has alarming ties to […]
Review: Daniel Craig Delivers His Best Work Since Bond in Luca Guadagnino’s Wandering Burroughs Adaptation Queer
The writings of William S. Burroughs were never about plot; instead, they were more thought-driven, confessional exercises about the inner workings of addiction, with such works as Junkie and Naked […]
Review: SNL Alum Kyle Mooney Directs Y2K, Part High School Sex Comedy, Part Technology Apocalypse
In the new comedy from first-time director/co-writer/co-star and SNL alum Kyle Mooney (who co-wrote the impressive Brigsby Bear in 2017), the collective anxiety surrounding potential disasters occurring as 1999 became […]
Review: In Their New, Permanent Home, American Blues Theater’s It’s a Wonderful Life! Live in Chicago Is More Festive Than Ever
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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 […]
Review: DEHD’s Poetry Takes Control of Thalia Hall for a Three-Night Residency
After an extensive tour around the U.S. in support of their latest album release, Poetry; the beloved Chicago native indie rock band DEHD concluded their extremely sold out three night […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/5 and Beyond
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Pink Pony Club Dreams Come True at Big Star Wrigleyville’s Holiday Honky Tonk
Forget Home Alone, the Grinch, and even Santa himself, the new Christmas pop-up tradition is bedecked in pink and it’s about time. Big Star Wrigleyville unveiled their version of Pink […]