2018 in Review: What We Liked on Stage
This isn’t a “best theater of 2018” list. We didn’t see everything. Most of our writers are freelancers, all with other gigs, and it’s hard for us to cover the […]
Review: In Springsteen On Broadway, the Boss Tells His Life Story in Words and Music
In early 1978, Bruce Springsteen embarked on the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, in what would become a new benchmark for his brand of stadium epics. The Boss […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Doesn’t Exactly Reinvent the Wheel, But Did We Really Want it to?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is a first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It marks the 15th game in the Call of Duty franchise and the fourth […]
Review: Building on a Legacy, Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns Is Sure to Delight
I’ll be the first to admit, I never really understood the mystique of the Mary Poppins character. Or perhaps to put it more precisely, I certainly got what she represented […]
Review: DUSK is a Chunky, Bloody Throwback to the ’90s
There was a time when first-person shooters were known as “Doom clones”—a reference to the extremely popular 1993 game that popularized and shaped an entire genre of games, and many […]
Review: Be Transported by Chicago Shakes’ Magical, Whimsical A Midsummer Night’s Dream
It is perhaps a sign of programming genius that the team at Chicago Shakespeare Theater slotted the whimsical comedy delight A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the middle of a long, cold, […]
Review: Amber Liu Goes Rogue in Her First-Ever US Solo Tour
[soliloquy id=”43503″] Upon nearing Park West, a line wrapping around the venue could easily be spotted from a few blocks down. Despite it being a rather cold December evening, energy […]
Review: So Much Wrong with The Play That Goes Wrong
I attended The Play That Goes Wrong on a friend’s recommendation. I will never forgive him. The touring production runs at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St., through December 16, […]
Bob Dylan: Electric at American Writers Museum Brings the ‘Judas’ Guitar to Chicago
At one point in I’m Not There, filmmaker Todd Haynes’ deeply personal, scattershot depiction of the “many lives” of Bob Dylan, the singer (played by an unrecognizable Cate Blanchett) climbs […]
Review: Q Brothers Update Dickens With Rap, Rhymes and Plenty of Heart
For a holiday tradition that’s Lin-Manuel Miranda meets Charles Dickens, look no further than Q Brothers Christmas Carol at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, on through December 30. Presented at The Yard, […]
Review: With HEAVN HERE, Jamila Woods Heralds the New Black Renaissance
Sing to me of Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis. A Northern tree whose Southern roots, having suckled at the Mississippi, were weaned on Eerie waters. Whose branches bear ice and Christmas […]
Do Well and Drink Well With Sierra Nevada’s Resilience IPA – Coming Soon to a Brewery Near You!
Longtime craft brewery Sierra Nevada announced that it will be brewing a new beer, Resilience Butte County IPA, with 100 percent of sales going to the Camp Fire Relief Fund. […]