Review: Osteria Langhe Offers a Glimpse of the Piedmont Region of Italy in Chicago
This article is written by Bruce Kong. It is no surprise that Italian cuisine is a staple in Chicago; much of what we know about it comes down to the […]
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Review: Theatre Above The Law Twists Gender and Identity in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde is remembered for being a poet and playwright as well as the victim of a criminal conviction for “gross indecency” because of consensual homosexual acts. He possessed a […]
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: Everyone’s a Winner When Flyte Comes to Schubas!
Sometimes you really just need some good ol’ British folk-rock to brighten your day and you shouldn’t have to explain yourself. If there’s one band going today that is doing […]
Review: In Imagining the Indian, Filmmakers Ask Americans to Challenge Tradition, Respect their Native Neighbors
Many times when critics review an issue-oriented documentary, the writer will focus more on the issue and less on the filmmaking, and judge the film on how well the filmmaker […]
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: Somewhere in Queens Offers a Heartfelt Glimpse into Tight Family Life
Profiling a familiar family dynamic, but with unexpectedly heartfelt and emotional results, director/co-writer/star Ray Romano makes his feature directing debut with Somewhere in Queens, the story of lovable loser Leo […]
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: Dark Comedy Wrestles with Father-Daughter Relationship in I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard in Milwaukee
One of Milwaukee’s newer theaters, The Constructivists, ends its fifth season with a crowd-pleasing production of Halley Feiffer’s I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard. In this 2015 play, a […]
Recap: Succession (S4, Ep4) — In Another Stellar Installment, the Strong Prey on the Weak
Editor’s Note: this article contains spoilers. You’ve been warned. This article is written by Sam Layton. With an episode like last week’s, how could anyone not be uncertain? When Connor […]