Review: Placebo Brings an Intimate Arena Mentality to the Salt Shed
Placebo formed in 1994 and made a distinctive mark early in their career as a heavy guitar pop act with a true glam rock edge, alongside a daring-for-its-time fluid sexuality […]
Review: Fierce Females Tell the Story of Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation
‘Perceptions Theatre and Prop Thtr are staging the rolling world premiere of India Nicole Burton’s Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation, a choreopoem focusing on the female force behind […]
Review: 100 gecs Bring Maximalist Chaos to Sold-Out Chicago Show
Formed in 2015 by Laura Les and Dylan Brady, 100 gecs has quickly made a name for themselves with their unique blend of hyper-pop, electronic, and experimental music. Their first […]
Review: Ignoring and Then Extracting Ghetto Gold, White Burgers, Black Cash, by Naa Oyo A. Kwate
Naa Oyo A. Kwate, the author of White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation, will be in conversation with Stacey Sutton on Thursday, April 27, at […]
Review: Chris Evans and Ana de Armas (and Countless Cameos) Can’t Save Ghosted, a Joyless Action-Heavy Rom-Com
Forgive me for getting stuck on this, but this movie took four people to write; I won’t name them here because I don’t want to embarrass them. And those are […]
Review: Satirical Race Theory at iO Theater Gets Better As It Goes
Improv comedy is the performative art closest in energy to a sporting event. No one—not the audience, not the performers—knows the outcome at the beginning, and both can expect successes […]
Review: Stars Align with Their Devoted Fanbase at Lincoln Hall
When you’ve been making art, touring and being just an undeniable powerhouse in the music scene, you expect there to be plenty of diehard fans in the audience. At Stars‘ […]
Review: Judy Blume Forever Honors a Prolific Writer and Her Profound Impact on Generations of Readers
It’s best to start with a confession: I’m no Blume-ite. Never was, either. During those turbulent pre-teen years when every kid is looking for answers and intel about life’s most […]
Review: Evil Dead Rise Infuses a Familiar Horror Comedy Franchise with More Gore and Fresh Energy in Deviously Interesting Ways
Even devotees of the Evil Dead properties may not recall this, but in Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness film (aka Evil Dead III), it is established that there are, in […]
Review: Galileo’s Daughter by Remy Bumppo Theatre Meditates on Family and Science
Galileo’s Daughter, a world premiere being presented by Remy Bumppo Theatre, is more a meditation on family and science than a play in a strictly theatrical sense. The story is […]
Review: Told Slant Outperforms an Air Purifier Live at Beat Kitchen
Last Tuesday night’s show at Beat Kitchen was undoubtedly one of the best shows I’ve been to since moving to Chicago almost two years ago. Not only was it one […]
Review: Goodman’s The Cherry Orchard Presents Robert Falls’ Talent in Full Bloom
For more than 35 years, Robert Falls has led the Goodman Theatre to become one of the country’s very best regional houses. Past triumphs include both starry Broadway transfers (Night […]