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Review: The Antiquities at Goodman Theatre Reminds Us That Humans, As Creative as We Are, May Have an Expiration Date

by Nancy S Bishop
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Review: Allison Russell Brings a Gospel of Love, Memory and Empathy for Our Time to the Vic

by Kathy D. Hey
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Review: Robots Rule in Century-Old Play, R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots, at City Lit Theater

by Nancy S Bishop
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Interview: Cat Ridgeway Is Bringing Good Vibes to Subterranean

by Anthony Cusumano
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Review: Pianist Evgeny Kissin is Amazing at Symphony Center

by Louis Harris
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  • Dance , Stages

Joffrey Ballet’s Cinderella Sparkles and Stuns at the Auditorium Theatre

  We all know the story; Cinderella, bound to cleaning the house and being excluded from all the privileges her family has access to, falls in love with the handsome […]

  • Sarah Brooks
  • May 18, 2016
    • Interviews , Lit

    An Interview with Jessa Crispin, the Bookslut

    Jessa Crispin, world traveler and occasional Chicago resident recently shuttered her website Bookslut, a review and interview publication that’s been running hot since 2002 (full disclosure: I wrote for Bookslut […]

  • James Orbesen
  • May 17, 2016
    • Comedy , Stages , Theater

    This Great Nation, Much Enduring by Chicago Slam Works: Speaking Politics

    With the election season finally heading into an actual election after months and months of primary contests, director J.W. Basilo and head writer Shelley Elaine Geiszler’s hybrid production put on […]

  • James Orbesen
  • May 17, 2016
    • Art & Museums , Comedy , Stages , Theater

    iO’s Improvised Shakespeare Company Makes Magic; Art Institute’s Supernatural Shakespeare Manifests Mystery

    The Bard’s magic and mystery manifests itself in three and two dimensions as part of the ongoing Shakespeare 400 Chicago celebration: a talented ensemble harnesses the power of Will’s theatrical conventions to frame and […]

  • Karin McKie
  • May 17, 2016
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Photography , Sculpture

    Sangria and Meryl Streep Close Relocating Techniques at Corner

    Puerto Rican artist, Edra Soto’s recent exhibition at Corner, an experimental gallery space located in Avondale, has filled the windows of the space and referenced post-war architecture and the cultural […]

  • Nicole Lane
  • May 16, 2016
    • Film & TV , Film fest , Uncategorized

    Chicago Critics Film Festival Opens Friday With 26 Features, 2 Shorts Programs

    I’ve been very fortunate in the 18 years I’ve been a film critic to be a part of some truly great events. But never in my time as a critic […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 16, 2016
    • Classical , Music

    Music Institute of Chicago Academy Displays Student Talent, Training in Concert

    The students from the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy showed off their talent on Saturday night in a performance celebrating the academy’s 10 years of training in musical excellence. The […]

  • Louis Harris
  • May 16, 2016
    • Stages , Theater

    Northlight Offers Up Intellectual Delights with The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord

    There’s just a rectangular metal table, two chairs—and intelligent discussion. An electronic screen high up on the back wall blinks us through the 13 scenes. One door. No color, no […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 16, 2016
    • Comedy , Stages , Theater

    Writers Theatre and Second City Skewer American Classics in Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody.

    This is the funniest play ever written. For anyone in any aspect of theater, for anyone who has a season subscription anywhere, for all American high school drama students. This is […]

  • Karin McKie
  • May 16, 2016
    • Music , Reviews

    Chance The Rapper Mixtape Review: A Jackson Pollock-Style Coloring Book

    Carefree and optimistic despite the odds is 23-year-old Chance the Rapper. That’s been his message since his first appearances around Chicago only a few years ago, and he continues to […]

  • Elif Geris
  • May 14, 2016
    • Lit , Live lit events

    Stuart Dybek Reads Poetry Amongst the Art

      If Rahm Emanuel solved all his critical problems and had time to think about something really important, he might decide Chicago needs a poet laureate. If so, there would […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 14, 2016
    • Film , Film & TV

    Money Monster, A Bigger Splash, High-Rise, Last Days in the Desert, Viktoria, Here Come the Videofreex

    MONEY MONSTER There’s a brief set of shots near the end of director Jodie Foster’s Money Monster that are chilling. They almost seem like an afterthought, and one might assume […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 13, 2016
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