Review: Angel Olsen & Joanna Sternberg Get Emotional with Thalia Hall
This past weekend Chicago was treated to a very fun three night affair at Thalia Hall. Angel Olsen is ending off her year with the Forever Winter Tour, which she […]
Review: A Second Breezier History of Chicago’s Great Fire, The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City’s Soul, by Scott W. Berg
As someone who writes books, I felt a pang of empathy for Scott W. Berg when I heard that he’d published in September a new book about the Great Chicago […]
Review: Third Coast Percussion Commemorates 400 Years of Zildjian Cymbals
Third Coast Percussion commemorated a 400-year anniversary with the help of composer and percussionist Michael J. Burritt, who was their professor 20 years ago at Northwestern University. Burritt, who has […]
Recap: Fargo (S5, Eps1&2) — Acclaimed Crime Series Returns in Strong Form After Extended Hiatus
I can’t properly articulate how badly I wanted Fargo to come back—and be good. After a disappointing, narratively messy fourth season and a subsequent three-year hiatus, I was itching for […]
Review: Hulu’s Artful Dodger Sequel Series Is Often Fun but Narratively Flawed
There needs to be more television like The Artful Dodger. While 2023 has been a great year for television, it’s also been a heavy one with several incredibly dark endings. […]
Recap: The Curse (S1, Ep2) — Tense Second Episode Sheds More Light on Whitney’s Motivations
What’s wrong with Whitney Siegel (Emma Stone)? Last week’s outstanding premiere of The Curse focused more on her equally neurotic husband Asher (Nathan Fielder), but there’s a fairly even split […]
Review: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer Attempts to Capture the Work (and Humor) of the Consummate Creator
Naturally, it’s impossible to tell the story of German-born filmmaker Werner Herzog in only 90 minutes. So what documentarian Thomas von Steinaecker has done with his film Werner Herzog: Radical […]
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 12/7 and Beyond
We’re inching closer and closer to the end of the year and the events keep rolling in. Tons of fun things are going on like concerts, movies, plays, markets, and […]
Review: Black Ensemble Theater Celebrates 47 Years of The Other Cinderella
I cannot believe that 47 years have passed since the premiere performance of The Other Cinderella. Jackie Taylor came out of Cabrini Green and has emerged as a Chicago legend. […]
Review: Blank Theatre’s Promises, Promises a Holiday Delight
In 1960, when Eisenhower was still president and what we think of as “the ’60s”… counter culture… protests… civil unrest… had yet to really begin, Billy Wilder and his screenwriting […]
Review: Red Theater’s Caveman Play Tells Its Story via a Playful Dialogue With the Audience
Nothing about the set of Caveman Play is very primal. Yes, there is a fire in the center of what is presumably a cave, but it crackles silently amid soft elevator music, […]
Review: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas Tells an Adorable Holiday Story with a Menagerie of Puppets
Much of the theater on offer this month involves a nutcracker or Christmas ghosts. And we have you covered on those performances. But if you are looking for something different in […]