The songs are strong, but the story needs work in this new musical about depression.
Tag: Tru
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The Tru show
A new musical about mental illness provided its creators a chance to confront their own struggles.
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Meat Wave bassist Joe Gac on possibly the world’s only family-friendly trap records
Current musical obsessions of Meat Wave bassist Joe Gac, Fckr Jr guitarist Ben Grigg, and Reader music listings wrangler Luca Cimarusti
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The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival is like an in-person Netflix binge
See the world premieres of eight new musicals.
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Illinois to borrow $6 billion to start paying its unpaid bills, and other Chicago news
Also, Mayor Emanuel is trying to persuade Amazon to locate its second headquarters in Chicago.
Posted inFood & Drink
At Curious, things are curiously out of whack
Tru vet Laurel Khan makes a somewhat bumpy return to Chicago with “A Chef’s Playground.”
Posted inFood & Drink
The Loyalist injects culinary purpose into everyday menu items
In the West Loop, John Shields and Karen Urie Shields’s casual subterranean answer to the Smyth holds its own.
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Dixie’s peculiar fantasy of ‘evolutionary’ southern cuisine
Lillie’s Q boss Charlie McKenna envisions the food of the antebellum south through the lens of fine dining.
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Hanbun chef David Park makes Korean food magic
The food-court stand is worth the long haul to Westmont.
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Spritz Burger: Last seat on the burger bandwagon
Spritz Burger, the Hearty Boys’ collaboration with Gale Gand, hops on the upscale-burger bandwagon a half decade too late.
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Travelle is all over the Mediterranean
Travelle, Tim Graham’s restaurant in the Langham hotel, covers too much of the map.
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Modernism with a side of vicarious travel: Chef Tim Graham on Travelle
How coastal Mediterranean wound up on the second floor of Mies’s 330 North Wabash.
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At American Junkie, Kendal Duque makes hay from cliches
At River North’s new American Junkie, Kendal Duque makes hay from cliches.
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Jeppson’s Malort fan club and other food and drink events
This week is full of strong flavors: spicy Latin food, full-bodied Belgian beer, sweet corn, and dangerously bitter Jeppson’s Malort
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Ye olde everything
Mike Sula reviews City Tavern, the new spot from the owners of Chicago Firehouse.