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Rich family fareAmanda Finnon October 13, 2022 at 7:26 pm

As someone whose older sisters are over a dozen years her senior, Sancocho (presented by Visión Latino Theatre Company as…

3 years ago

Unraveling Chicago’s racist past (and present)Kerry Reidon October 13, 2022 at 7:42 pm

J. Nicole Brooks’s adaptation of 1919, Eve L. Ewing’s collection of poems published a century after the “Red Summer” race…

3 years ago

As teardrops fall

If you’re a fan of The Notebook—either the romantically waterlogged, sugary-sentimental 2004 movie or the Nicholas Sparks novel that prompted…

3 years ago

Medieval healthcare, Black Hollywood, and Elevate Chicago Dance

Those of us of a certain age fondly remember Steve Martin’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as Theodoric of York,…

3 years ago

Survivor stories

Theatre Above the Law returns to the fairy tales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, as adapted again by Michael…

3 years ago

Rich family fare

As someone whose older sisters are over a dozen years her senior, Sancocho (presented by Visión Latino Theatre Company as…

3 years ago

Unraveling Chicago’s racist past (and present)

J. Nicole Brooks’s adaptation of 1919, Eve L. Ewing’s collection of poems published a century after the “Red Summer” race…

3 years ago

Carey in concussion protocol after traffic accidenton October 13, 2022 at 8:22 pm

3:19 PM ET WASHINGTON -- Vernon Carey Jr. of the Washington Wizards has entered the NBA's concussion protocol following what…

3 years ago

The Scottish play, abridged

Director Dusty Brown, who makes their Chicago directing debut with Three Crows Theatre’s storefront staging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, has trimmed…

3 years ago

Too many Marys

Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury had too many things in mind when she wrote this play about Mary Seacole, a real-life…

3 years ago