Pioneering French-Swiss film director, writer, and critic Jean-Luc Godard passed away in September, and the Gene Siskel Film Center swiftly put together Au Revoir, Godard, a presentation of three Godard-directed favorites from his 60s work. Tonight’s feature, 1960’s À bout de souffle (which literally translates from French as “out of breath”) is more commonly known […]
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The 2022 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards celebrate bold stories, bold voices, and our bold library
What happens when award-winning playwright Tony Kushner, Top Chef Rick Bayless, and TikTok sensation Shermann “Dilla” Thomas walk into a room? Join us on October 19, 6:00 pm CST to find out. The Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards are back! This year we’ve put the spotlight on storytelling and the powerful ways that stories can […]
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Firebrand’s Caroline, or Change revels in tension, both racial and domestic
Firebrand’s production features fearless, fantastic singers.
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Brecht gets the hip-hop treatment in The Good Person of Szechwan
But Cor Theatre’s update of the parable rings false.
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When is cyber flirtation cyber infidelity?
Dan’s advice on cyber cheating, what to do when you’ve shtupped the new hire, and middle age as a gay man.
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The Peacock’s no calamity, but it isn’t West’s best
The Peacock, playwright Calamity West’s latest, receives an unsatisfying staging by Jackalope Theatre Company.
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Victory Gardens Theater shortens its season
The company also looks for resident companies to share its space.
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The 1980s: a decade of excess wealth and interminable longing
A short essay on some common themes in Angels in America and “This Will Have Been”
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2009 Chicago Humanities Festival Audio/Video Highlights
Roy Zipstein Tony Kusher The Chicago Humanities Festival has just begun to post audio and video of selected programs from its recently concluded 2009 festival, this year themed “Laughter.” The first three posts under “The Laughter Continues”: Tony Kushner receiving the 2009 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize (audio only) Historian Simon Schama telling Jewish jokes Second […]
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Fall Arts Guide 2009 Best Bets: Chicago Humanities Festival
The theme of this 20th edition is, simply, “Laughter,” and as usual the organizers have brought together an eclectic assortment of writers, artists, scientists, scholars, and performers to address the topic in dozens of programs stretched out over a couple weeks.
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Let’s give a hand to The Boys in the Band
The pioneering gay play, The Boys in the Band, at 40.