Giant water slides, over the top fireworks, or a night at the circus might all be reliable bets to cure the doldrums, but none of them holds a candle to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The 1994 cult classic movie finally got refitted into a musical in 2006 and is now blowing the doors off …
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It’s not so unusual when you give it a little thought. People meet online all the time and use the written word as their bridge to connect to others. Using apps like Bumble or Hinge as matching tools is all but de riguer these days. That reality takes a little of the quaintness out of …
Reaching all the way back to ancient Rome, city governments have long understood the rejuvenating power of the creative arts. Just as they did then, music and dance still serve as potent salves to the barrage of stimulus showering the average city dweller. In places like Chicago, summer’s the perfect season to relieve the frustrations …
It’s not often that taking your seat at the theater feels like going to a party, but it certainly did Friday night in Glencoe. The warm current filling the lobby of Writers Theatre as people waited to take their seats for Pearl’s Rollin’ with the Blues: A Night with Felicia P. Fields, proved an excellent …
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After seeing Where We Belong, it’s clear some one-man shows are made of just three things; courage, intelligence and an irrepressible spark of passion. That’s certainly true for this revealing and highly satisfying effort in the Goodman’s Owen Theatre. More accurately a one woman autobiographical exposé about its creator and performer, Madeline Sayet, Where We …
Summer translates to festival season and their variety keeps growing with every cycle of the calendar. From colossal neighborhood bashes featuring live bands and copious brew, to prestigious art fairs and tributes to ribs and hamburgers; every year their variety keeps magnifying. Four years ago, Mandala South Asian Performing Arts launched its own festival …
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Because of its power, there must be an untold or unknown story behind flamenco. Rarely do you get a satisfying explanation on the true source of its passion. Or why there’s such an undercurrent of defiance running so freely through it. Let’s not even go into how proud it reads. A pride that bleeds right …
Opening last week at the Goodman, Life After proves musical theater can tell serious stories just as compellingly as straight drama. Musicals with sober or unconventional themes aren’t rare. This year’s Tonys saw two, Paradise Square and A Strange Loop vying for top awards. Musicals about death and grief however can qualify as unusual which …
Grandma’s Jukebox, playing now at Black Ensemble Theatre (BET), deserves a lot of love for the way it prizes a shero we never meet. One of those rare forces whoradiate purpose, Grandma Betty has just passed away. We meet her family gathered in the living room of her home following her services as they come …
On a glorious spring morning along Chicago’s magnificent lakefront, a touching ribbon cutting tied a location to a movement. AIDS Garden Chicago, a 2.5 acre swatch of lakefront park land, was dedicated June 2 to the memory of the thousands of Chicagoans who’ve died from the scourge of AIDS. The AIDS epidemic began its sweep …