Michael Patrick Thornton invites everyone from theater newbies to high-powered actors to play alongside him.
Tag: Amy Morton
Posted inArts & Culture
Two Guards at the Taj meditate on the nature of beauty
The most beautiful thing ever made also contains unspeakable suffering.
Posted inArts & Culture
Hir is Steppenwolf’s latest, funniest victim-impact statement
Oh dad, poor dad, Taylor Mac’s hung you up on meds . . .
Posted inFood & Drink
The Barn is Amy Morton’s worthy follow-up to Found
At the Evanston steak house located down an alley in a former stable, chef Nicole Pederson does amazing things with meat and vegetables.
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Where’s Chicago in Chicago P.D.?
Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf’s cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
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Taste the blood of Jemaine Clement, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inFilm
Our guide to the 49th Chicago International Film Festival
The 49th Chicago International Film Festival: Reviews of all the highlights from week one, plus four director spotlights
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 10/8: Moveable Feast, Comedy Bang! Bang! Live, and Jhumpa Lahiri
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, October 8
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I was lost till I was at Found Kitchen
Where I found food that was absolutely flawless
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Why didn’t Bruce Norris play the game?
Producer Scott Rudin drops the Broadway version of Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park
Posted inArts & Culture
Despite the Speedos . . .
Steppenwolf’s production of Enda Walsh’s Penelope could use some oomph
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best local actress
Amy Morton Runners-up Mary Hollis Inboden Mary Beth Fisher Jill Valentine Erica Elam
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Human in Hard Times
Clifford Odets’s Depression classic gets a gripping treatment