The dramaturgy displays alone for Mercury Theater Chicago’s Big River, based on Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, taught me more about Mark Twain’s 1830s-set, biting antislavery novel than I learned from studying the book in junior high, high school, undergrad, and grad school combined. First off, the musical (music and lyrics by Roger Miller, book by […]
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Cult songwriter Amy Rigby makes her book debut
Amy Rigby’s new memoir, Girl to City, crackles with the kind of sharp insights and perfectly chosen details her fans already love.
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Sweet Little 16
Heather McAdams screens vintage music films including George McKelvey’s “My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen,” in “Sweet Little 16,” Saturday at Chicago Filmmakers.