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Drone legends Sunn O))) bring their new concept, Shoshin Duo, to Thalia Hall for one bone-rattling night

Over the course of 24 years and nine full-length studio releases, drone-metal outfit Sunn O))) have cultivated a lofty mystique.…

3 years ago

Have yourself a dirty little Christmas

I try not to lose myself in hyperbole, but I’m guessing Tom Whalley’s Jack Off the Beanstalk (a bawdy take…

3 years ago

A Magical Cirque Christmas, concerts, and a sound bath

Last night A Magical Cirque Christmas opened at CIBC Theatre (18 W. Monroe), starring magician Lucy Darling (aka Carisa Hendrix)…

3 years ago

The food of love

Shakespeare was queering the narrative before that term even existed. So it makes sense that Midsommer Flight’s seventh annual production…

3 years ago

Doff we now our gay apparel

There are two Christmas pantomimes based upon 19th-century fables currently playing on Chicago stages, and unless Mary Zimmerman has been…

3 years ago

A very Austen holiday

Playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon wrap up their Pride and Prejudice fan fiction trilogy with Georgiana and Kitty, once…

3 years ago

A Chicagoland Christmas

Why do so many Christmas movies take place in Chicago? Home Alone’s Wet Bandits tore apart the northern suburbs in…

3 years ago

The Golden Girls camp up Christmas

Now in its 21st year, Hell in a Handbag Productions has a ridiculously hilarious new show playing at the Center…

3 years ago

Doff we now our gay apparelDan Jakeson December 7, 2022 at 5:19 pm

There are two Christmas pantomimes based upon 19th-century fables currently playing on Chicago stages, and unless Mary Zimmerman has been…

3 years ago

A very Austen holidayKelly Kleimanon December 7, 2022 at 5:36 pm

Playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon wrap up their Pride and Prejudice fan fiction trilogy with Georgiana and Kitty, once…

3 years ago