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Tag: Vol. 49 No. 5
Issue of Oct. 31 – Nov. 6, 2019
Posted inFood & Drink
Phillip Foss in El
The restless innovator and Michelin-starred chef bares his soul in a new graphic novel.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Merchant of Venice remains an ugly play for ugly times
1938 Italy provides the fascist framework for this Invictus staging.
Posted inMusic
Fighting for Chicago’s place in hip-hop history
Darrell “Artistic” Roberts of Chi-ROCK Nation has worked to document Chicago hip-hop culture for more than three decades—and now he’s finally publishing a book.
Posted inArts & Culture
Teatron: Chicago’s Jewish Theatre Festival makes its inaugural bow
Shpiel Performing Identity produces this eight-day event as part of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre Conference.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The good old TIF mayonnaise jar
To settle the teachers’ strike Mayor Lightfoot should scrape some more “mayonnaise” from the TIF slush fund.
Posted inMusic
The tallest hat in the afterlife on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Chema Skandal.
Posted inArts & Culture
N gets lost in both sides’ debates over the use of racial epithets.
Sturdy performances can’t hide the faulty premise underlying David Alex’s new play.
Posted inArts & Culture
You Are Happy offers parallel plays
American Sign Language adds a cunning layer of commentary to Red Theater Chicago’s dark romantic fable.
Posted inArts & Culture
Underscore Theatre’s Proxy has some promise, but misses the heart of its story
A musical based on the true-life “Slender Man” attack raises more questions than it answers.
Posted inArts & Culture
Accidental Death of a Black Motorist gives a contemporary spin to Dario Fo
Sid Feldman’s adaptation has relevance on its side, but not brevity.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Fall awakening?
Complaints from the production team of His Shadow have opened a painful discussion for Berwyn’s 16th Street Theater and head Ann Filmer.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story finds the broken heart in the horror
Oak Park Festival Theatre’s production promenades through the Cheney Mansion.
Posted inArts & Culture
I’m Not a Comedian . . . I’m Lenny Bruce captures the complexities of a comic genius
Ronnie Marmo’s one-man show isn’t hilarious, but it’s arrestingly honest.