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"Drive Through Fire" is the latest movie project from Jim Carlson and Kate Duffy, two...
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Funny you should ask: Chicago scientist says humor makes for better researchers
Letonia Copeland-Hardin is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and also a stand-up...
Review: ‘Don Giovanni’ at Lyric Opera delivers a blast of Robert Falls’ operatic past
Director Robert Falls' signature maximalism is still with us, I am happy to report, even...
Column: Paramount’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ and new theater boost the fortunes of downtown Aurora
The Paramount Theatre in Aurora has invested more than $3 million in a new immersive...
Review: ‘The Last Wide Open’ at American Blues Theater is a sweet love story set in a Polish restaurant
I've long been a sucker for shows about working-class Chicagoans and I got a particular...
Review: Steep Theatre makes a moving ‘Case for the Existence of God’
Samuel D. Hunter's two-actor play is never overplayed here. Set in small-town Idaho, you end...
‘Titanique the Musical’ parody show is headed to Chicago
With the song stylings of Céline Dion, this is an off-Broadway musical that sends up...
Review: ‘2 Pianos 4 Hands’ at Northlight Theatre shows a lot about the lives of musicians
There is a lot of piano playing in the piece, now in Skokie for a...
Laurie Metcalf, back in Chicago, talks about what she misses from Steppenwolf — and being an ‘inveterate creature of the stage’
As a longtime ensemble member, she's now starring in the new play "Little Bear Ridge...
Review: ‘The Mad Ones’ by Blank Theatre is a small coming-of-age musical with a big heart
This warm-centered show has a strong lead performance from Rachel Guth as it tells the...
Review: In ‘Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea’ by Pegasus Theatre, a Black teenager is haunted by a dream
With elements of magical realism, the play examines the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade,...
Review: Rhythm World kicks off with electrifying solos and a preview of Jumaane Taylor’s next masterpiece — maybe
For more than three decades, hoofers-in-training have convened in downtown Chicago for Rhythm World, organized...
Review: “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway is about an unhinged, hilarious Mary Todd Lincoln
Just try keeping up with Cole Escola’s chaotic version of the White House, circa 1860s.