Although it takes a great many broad strokes when it comes to its comedy, actor-turned-first-time feature writer-director Amy Landecker’s (Transparent) For Worse gets a great deal right when it comes […]
When I consider the notion of “Baroque Blockbusters!”, I think of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, or Handel’s Messiah, or Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, or Pachelbel’s Canon, or several other things. With Richard […]
Oscar Wao is a nerdy guy and a wannabe writer with a big heart. He’s open to friendship and longing for love. We even get to experience his loss of […]
Review by Zach Carstensen. Amid a Chicago orchestral landscape dominated by marquee ensembles, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago tends to exist in the shadows. That’s unfortunate, because this century‑old training […]
Memoir and Narrative Storytelling During COVID The Society of Midland Authors presents a panel discussion titled “Memoir and Narrative Storytelling During COVID” with writers Michele Weldon, Gerry Plecki, and Rebecca […]
Fascism never completely goes away because the concept of a utopian society or a “golden age” is subject to those in power. Theatre Y is staging the North American premiere […]
Nova Linea Musica presented The Drum Also Sings, an hour long concert by Third Coast Percussion at the Merit School of Music on Wednesday. NLM and Third Coast Percussion are […]
It’s a Chekhov play, so ….. Everyone is in love with the wrong person. Everyone is unhappy. People live in the country but yearn to live in the city. The […]
Though short-form filmmaking doesn’t get much recognition by mainstream audiences throughout the year, when Oscar season rolls around there are always three good reasons to head to the movie theater […]
Though short-form filmmaking doesn’t get much recognition by mainstream audiences throughout the year, when Oscar season rolls around there are always three good reasons to head to the movie theater […]
Fans of Low Cut Connie, the Philadelphia-based group led by Adam Weiner, know that the band’s high-energy shows are as much a spiritual experience as they are rock concerts. But […]
It’s a few days before the wedding of Kara and Levi and in the small town of Milton, Nebraska, that’s a big event. As the play opens, we meet Levi […]