Sex work is hard. As a spectator, I’ve noticed at best it can be filled with perks, and at worst, it’s a thankless, even fatal profession where your humanity is rarely, if ever, consider…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:21PMJust like families, the places we call home can be chosen. Athletes feel at home on the field and plenty of entertainers of all types declare they feel most comfortable onstage, which allo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:07PMWho knew Betty Boop had imposter syndrome and was tired of being such a generational baddie? Also . . . who knew she was Black? In Boop! The Musical she is—and somehow the original cartoon…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 04:27PMDouble Michaels! Triple threats! Joe Jackson’s aggression! MJ the Musical titillates in a new touring production of the Broadway hit navigating the chaotic life of King of Pop Michael Jack…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:32AMFor better or (probably for) worse, The Real Housewives of (enter location here) reality TV show franchise is an American institution that has infiltrated mainstream society. The show docume…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:50AMHouse Musical: Coming of Age in the Age of House, the new community production running at Center on Halsted’s Hoover-Leppen Theatre, is a great history lesson on the genre and Black Chicag…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:23PMWTF is Black Joy, anyway? Rob Wilson aims to get into specifics with his Second City directorial debut, Dance Like There Are Black People Watching: A Black Excellence Revue. Second City has …
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