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Review: Le Bal at Trap Door Theatre Portrays an American Century with Music, Dance and No Dialogue
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (274+ words) Trap Door's program includes historical notes by dramaturg Milan Pribisic. The dramaturgical timeline starts with the 1930s and moves through the drama of post-WWII, 1980s activism in Chicago, including the AIDS epidemic, early 2000s unrest, and 2020s social fragmentation and political upheaval. Le Bal…...
Review: Timeline Opens Its New Home With a Sizzling Staging of An Enemy of the People
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (237+ words) Dr. Stockman, a widower, is the medical doctor for the Baths, the new spa resort, which town leaders expect to be an economic engine for the town. Allan's performance is serious and determined as he tries to ensure that those…...
Review: Ivy's Traces of You Tour Comes to Park West
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (253+ words) Third Coast Review After last year's release of Traces of You, a brand-new record based around abandoned song fragments from their archives, the thought of Ivy playing live in 2026 seemed too fanciful to ever consider. The band had reservations about…...
Review: Do You Hear the People Sing? Les Mis'rables Stuns Chicago Once Again
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (928+ words) Third Coast Review Producer Cameron Mackintosh and his insanely talented creative team invite audiences to step into 19th century France in the infamous tale and beloved musical that is Les Mis'rables. Inspired by Victor Hugo's 1862 historical novel Les Mis'rables, the story…...
Review: Curry Barker's Obsession Turns Romance Tropes Into Terror
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (381+ words) What really makes Obsession a stellar watch though is its lack of reliance on horror movie fads and cheap tricks. The characters aren't making constant, nonsensical decisions, and there's no tireless jump scares in every scene. Instead, Barker uses good…...
Review: Filmmaker Olivier Assayas Takes on Russia in The Wizard of the Kremlin, Starring Jude Law, Paul Dano
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (718+ words) Third Coast Review There's no escaping the truth that The Wizard of the Kremlin, the latest work from the great Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Non-Fiction, Demonlover, Irma Vep series), is long, dense, complex, and perhaps even confusing at times. And…...
Review: Fueled by Trauma and Rage, Is God Is Follows Sisters on a Mission to Heal
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (620+ words) Third Coast Review Everywhere The Monster goes, he leaves a trail of destruction in his path. Everything The Monster touches is damaged to one degree or another. Sometimes the damage is on the outside, but it's always on the inside....
Review: Independent Documentary The Chaplain & The Doctor Offers a Rare and Bold Glimpse into the Power of Faith and Compassion in Medicine
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (26+ words) Third Coast Review...
Feature: All in All, It's Just Another Brick in Chicago with Brick Tours
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (243+ words) On a sunny spring afternoon, Quam walked an enthusiastic entourage around the Lincoln, Wellington and Southport quadrant to showcase other brick buildings near the Athenaeum and St. Alphonsus Church, which was built in 1889 by German immigrants. Some of the asphalt…...
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 5/14 and Beyond
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (221+ words) Third Coast Review Get ready for a mini heat wave as the temp rise to nearly 90 this weekend! Pull out those summer get-ups and take advantage of the unseasonably warm weather. There's no reason not to geet out there and…...