Lindsay Jones Archives - Chicago Reader

The set is a living room and dining room combination. Faded wallpaper on the walls, a wooden arch in the rear, and a staircase on the left. Three men are at a small table in the living room, a bottle of whiskey and glasses in front of them. Two younger men are seated on either side, with an older man standing and talking to them in the middle. At the dining room table, two women are seated. On the right is an older woman with long gray hair wearing a nightgown. A younger woman in a light green dress sits left. Another younger woman in a dark dress stands behind the table between them. All the women are laughing, apparently at the men.

Celtic conflicts

by Kelly Kleiman February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Ann Noble’s play about an Irish family decompensating after the mother’s death had its premiere in Chicago nearly 30 years ago, and it’s showing its age. There are plots and subplots and Irish-lit tropes like a storytelling session apropos of nothing, but none of these achieves warp, or even tarantella, speed. As the dutiful daughter […]

Arts & Culture

The Undeniable Sound of Right Now enables an aging rockist with dying dreams

by Kerry Reid May 16, 2019August 18, 2021

The nostalgic tones don’t resonate quite as fully with the modern music scene as they could.