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Home » The Odyssey

Tag: The Odyssey

Posted inArts & Culture

History resonates through Suzan-Lori Parks’s Civil War drama Father Comes Home From the Wars

by Jack Helbig June 13, 2018August 18, 2021

The past—especially our legacy of slavery—isn’t dead, it’s not even past.

Posted inBlogs

Long Way Home gives the Odyssey a modern hip-hop beat for an epic journey across Chicago

by Madeline Happold March 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Q Brothers Collective and the Chicago Children’s Choir team up for a modern epic.

Posted inArts & Culture

Anon(ymous), Pygmalion, and seven more new theater reviews

by Chicago Reader June 30, 2016August 18, 2021

A haunting show from the Cuckoo’s Theater Project and George Bernard Shaw’s classic are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inMusic

In Billy Branch’s blues, the legendary Palm Tavern still stands

by David Whiteis February 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Gerri’s Palm Tavern, once a crown jewel of Bronzeville, was shut down by the city in 2001. But blues harpist Billy Branch remains dedicated to preserving the history and culture it embodied.

Dominic Cesario
Posted inArts & Culture

This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:

by Kelsey Gee May 14, 2012August 19, 2021

In-the-know Chicagoans recommend Pete’s Barber Shop, The Odyssey, and Shame That Tune

Posted inArts & Culture

Despite the Speedos . . .

by Kerry Reid December 15, 2011August 19, 2021

Steppenwolf’s production of Enda Walsh’s Penelope could use some oomph

Posted inArts & Culture

On Stage: Mary Zimmerman’s blatantly artifical Odyssey

by Justin Hayford April 12, 1990August 20, 2021

A 1990 preview that sheds light on the early days of Mary Zimmerman and Lookingglass Theatre.

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