And you thought you knew all there is to know about Christmas. Even if you do, you’ll still fall for Eleanor’s Very Merry Christmas Wish – the Musical. Enjoying its hard-won debut at the Greenhouse Theatre on Lincoln Ave. near DePaul, Eleanor’s more than anyone could ask from a Christmas story. A labor of love …
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When something this wild is that wonderful, you can expect praise to flow far and wide. Eclipse Theatre’s season closes big this winter with Christopher Durang’s wonderfully absurdist jewel, Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them, now playing to contented audiences at the Athenaeum. The title tells both everything about the play …
Even though the marriage’s prospects looked promising; it was still surprising to see it succeed with such dazzling effect. Chicago Sinfonietta, one of Chicago’s great musical assets, celebrated Diwali at Symphony Center Monday night with a program that merged two classical music worlds. It also sagely incorporated the dynamic richness of South Asian dance by …
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Showing up to the circus early is a little like doing the same thing at a big, elaborate wedding. You get to see what a place looks like before its overcome with pomp and spectacle. With Teatro Zinzanni, the elaborate single ring circus in permanent residence on top of the Cambria hotel high above the …
When they mirror the people who live in them, cities are like living kaleidoscopes. Holidays, festivals and celebrations turn diversity into an engine that makes the city more colorful, dynamic and interesting by allowing people to reach back to their pre-America days and bring joyful memories of the past to the present. For most Chicagoans, …