Beauty and the Beast Archives

Arts & Culture

Drury Lane’s Beauty and the Beast revival is showing its age

by Jack Helbig December 3, 2018August 18, 2021

An attempt both to transcend repetition and please audiences results in a show that won’t fully satisfy anyone.

Blogs

Pride Fest, Father’s Day, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Emily Wasielewski and Steve Heisler June 16, 2017August 18, 2021

W. Kamau Bell, Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, Gold Coast Arts Fair, and more happenings from June 16-18

Arts & Culture

Beauty and the Beast, The Complete Deaths, and four more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader December 3, 2016August 18, 2021

Short runs at the MCA and Chicago Shakespeare Theater are among this week’s notable shows.

Blogs

Pole dancers and playground injuries: the Reader’s latest performing arts reviews

by Sharon Lurye July 12, 2012August 19, 2021

Fresh opinions from Reader critics

Blogs

Hand Held

by Ed M. Koziarski March 31, 2011August 19, 2021

Oscar nominee Don Hahn documents Michael Carroll’s journey from photographing Romanian orphans to building a relief organization for them, in the documentary “Hand Held,” screening Saturday 4/2 at St. Xavier University.

Blogs

This Week’s Movie Action

by J.R. Jones March 3, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.