There’s no shortage of people who believe their lives would make a killer movie. And given the differences in human beings, just as many don’t see their lives unique enough to warrant anything as ostentatious as a screenplay. Still, no matter how you parse it, all our lives are stories touched with pathos, humor, failure …
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The first thing you’re reminded of in Swing State, the quietly sensational Rebecca Gilman play now running at the Goodman, is that few things are as they seem. A woman is going through the steps of making zucchini bread in her cozy wood rich kitchen when suddenly she almost does something unthinkable. She shakes off …
Consider the two new exhibitions featured in Lincoln Park’s Wrightwood 659 like a fine dining experience. Something that’s best appreciated unrushed and with a receptive mind. That approach will leave you with a new appreciation for art’s ability to transcend language. Impressively ambitious, The First Homosexuals looks at the elusive essence of sexuality from the …
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When people leave their original homeland, they take pieces of it with them. Not all reminders of what they left are tangibles that you can see or touch. Some, like religion or the customs and holidays that bring people together, reside in the mind and heart. Diwali, the festival of lights, hails from the Indian …
You need a minute to unpack all the messages in Tiger Style! Essentially a story about self-discovery, it’s rare this kind of journey to self-knowledge includes two people undergoing it together. But Tiger Style! seems to thrive on the unexpected as it busily sheds much needed light on a group of overlooked fellow Americans. Missing …
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Sometimes it’s just good to tap into origins. To connect to how something began before it explodes and flowers into something grand. Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival (HCCDF) held a lot of that kind of wonder. An annual dance festival featuring companies from across the country, with a concentration of those from Illinois, it offers …
Clyde’s, that wild masterpiece garnering nightly standing ovations at the Goodman Theatre, is one of those stories you didn’t know you were waiting a life time to see until you do. Even when it’s over, you don’t quite know how to describe what you experienced. Too funny to be considered straight drama and grounded in …