Invictus Theatre Company delivers a solid, sometimes stirring, and strikingly relevant rendition of William Shakespeare’s 1599 tragedy. It’s the story of Marcus Brutus (played by Invictus artistic director Charles Askenaizer, who also directed), a well-intentioned aristocrat in the waning days of the ancient Roman Republic, who joins a plot by his fellow senators to assassinate […]
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An untimely farewell to wizardly industrial guitarist and sound engineer Jason McNinch
Jason McNinch’s band Lick put out just two albums in the mid-90s, but he lent his touch to dozens of other projects, including Pigface, Sister Machine Gun, Die Warzau, and KMFDM.
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Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies, Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers . . . , and nine more new stage shows
A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week’s best bets.
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Parachute Men, You on the Moors Now, and eight more new theater reviews
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Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, and eight more notable stage shows to see now
England’s Filter Theatre brings us a Twelfth Night that’s almost too much fun.
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A look back at the great repertory film programming in Chicago in 2014
The year in old movies
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Reader’s Agenda Thu 10/2: HoZac Books, Julius Caesar, and Ken Thomson & Slow/Fast
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, October 2
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Jimi Hendrix, Chris Marker, Charlton Heston, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Afrobeat, kids on the street, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Our top picks for fall movies
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The Reader’s Joravsky and Dumke win Altgeld Award
The Newberry Library honors the reporting of Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke.
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Led by the nose in Cyrano de Bergerac
Adapted by Anthony Burgess, Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac takes on a tragic silhouette.
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Before they put Shakespeare in the slammer, the Taviani brothers locked up Tolstoy
Revisiting Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s St. Michael Had a Rooster in light of the current release Caesar Must Die
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Caesar Must Die takes Shakespeare to the slammer
Italian masters Paolo and Vittorio Taviani document a prison production of Julius Caesar.
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A doctor recalls Lincoln’s final hours in An American Story for Actor and Orchestra
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