After the full weekend with the Chicago Marathon, it’s time to wind down and relax. How about some amazing shows, exciting readings, and an art walk that extends beyond the beginning […]

We are the authors of our own lives, mostly figuratively, but exceedingly literally in Writers Theatre’s energetic production of Mónica Hoth and Claudio Valdés Kuri’s Quixote: On the Conquest of Self, translated […]

The bass jumped as he jumped, and as his voice jumped from tenor to bass seamlessly. Future Islands performed a set that was full Wednesday night at The Empty Bottle. […]

The invisible hand in Steep Theatre’s new play does not refer to terrorism or ghostly acts of murder. Steep gives us a clue by including a quotation from Adam Smith’s […]

If you’re one of those moviegoers who hate not having enough time to see all the movies playing at film festivals, the Wilmette Theatre has just the thing to make […]

This weekend in Lincolnshire, the Marriott Lincolnshire wraps up its nearly tw-month-long run of Honeymoon in Vegas. When the musical arrived on the scene in 2015, it was praised for its […]

The latest feature from actor-turned-writer/director Griff Furst (who most recently appeared in such films as The Magnificent Seven and The Founder) is a curious serial killer story for a couple […]

Every year, documentarian Frederick Wiseman puts out another epic-length film (usually running around three hours or more), and every year I become fascinated with whatever his subject matter is and […]

Editor’s Note: Steve Prokopy spoke with filmmaker John Carroll Lynch about the making of Lucky and working with Harry Dean Stanton. Read that interview here. You shouldn’t go see Lucky, […]

I’ve always been a sucker for filmed stories about humans vs. nature. And even though I’m fully aware that nature, by all rights, should win every time, if a human […]

I love a good Liam Neeson actioner as much as the next moviegoer, but before Neeson acquired his “very particular set of skills,” he was a pretty solid dramatic actor […]

The meeting place of unapologetic entertainment and a carefully curated blend of classic titles and obscure rarities, the Music Box Theatre continues its strong programming this fall. The annual, 24-hour Music […]