The title of Jake Johnson’s latest book—Unstaged Grief: Musicals and Mourning in Midcentury America—is more than a bit jarring. It’s that part about “Musicals and Mourning” that seems so odd. […]
Capitalism abhors a creative gathering place—otherwise auto dealerships would put on poetry slams and hardware stores would host book clubs, wouldn’t they? While coffeehouses and restaurants often step up to […]
Nova Linea Musica (NLM) presented its second concert on Wednesday at Guarneri Hall. It was a wonderful evening of dazzling performances, including new music from Chicago composer Paul Novak performed […]
Inspired by Pete Gleeson’s 2016 documentary about two Finnish backpackers, Hotel Coolgardie, the latest from director/co-writer Kitty Green (The Assistant), The Royal Hotel, concerns a pair of Canadian best friends […]
By Johanna Vargas “Inspired to build new neural pathways”; that is precisely the mission with which I left Circus in Progress, The Actors Gymnasium’s annual fundraiser. The cabaret-style circus art showcase […]
Seven magical dudes calling themselves the Illusionists have descended in a cloud of laser-augmented smoke upon Chicago this week at the Oriental Theatre, and their show is spectacular, of course. […]
The 2nd annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is about to be unleashed upon Chicago just in time to distract us from the deep freeze of winter. Playing at multiple […]
Stacey Magiera is a gymnast turned circus artist who shows her incredible versatility by playing three different characters in Cirque du Soleil’s new show Toruk, which is coming to United […]
Chris Riha is Third Coast Review’s new staff photographer. One thing I’ve noticed I can count on Chris for is that if something is happening in Chicago, he will be […]
I walked into the premier of the Comrades’ production of Mary-Kate Olsen Is in Love, knowing that it would be a quirky one, hence the title. I thought I would […]
Look: No one wants to be the person who says that Heathers: The Musical works. You shouldn’t be able to take a cult classic movie, throw in a few snappy […]
Skeptical Chicagoans piled in to the Apollo Theater Saturday night to see a mentalist in action, and there he was, reading minds and taking notes. A mentalist of course is […]