Monday, March 10, 2025
THE PERPETUATION OF LEGACY Once a year we’re reminded of the unique space Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) occupies in the global dance sphere. And every year we’re also remind…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:34PMJOFFREY ADDS SURPRISE TO A PROGRAM ALREADY BRIMMING WITH EXCELLENT DANCE Joffrey Ballet certainly must be conscious of its earth shifting habits. More likely, its propensity for greatly bro…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:34PMThursday, February 20, 2025
Titus Andronicus brings prejudice and the politics of revenge to the forefront in Shakespeare’s bloodiest script. Foreign wars have left the country divided, an impulsive leader stokes res…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:40PMMonday, February 17, 2025
Frida…A Self Portrait Enlightens and Beguiles with Impressive Force You’d have to go a long way to find someone with as potent a life force as Frida Kahlo’s. She left this branch of ex…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:12PMWednesday, February 12, 2025
A BRILLIANTLY BRACING LOOK AT LOVE’S OTHER SIDE Romantic love is rarely easy. Even when a relationship progresses from first attraction to full commitment to picture-perfect nuptials, ther…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:20PMTuesday, January 28, 2025
Steep Theatre Company’s A Slow Air: An Astonishing Journey Into Forbidden Territory “Estrangement” is an unfriendly word that carries with it all kinds of negative connotations–hosti…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:32AMThursday, January 23, 2025
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE FUN HOME One of the first penetrating statements Alanna Chavez makes very early as Alison Bechdel in Porchlight’s Fun Home, now playing at the Ruth Page Center for …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:01PMTuesday, January 21, 2025
AN UNFORGETTABLE LAUGHTER-ETCHED LESSON ON LIFE BY WALKING IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES There are two things to know about Jocelyn Bioh, playwright of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, the theatr…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:17AMTuesday, December 24, 2024
EXCAVATING THE PAST TO SOLVE PUZZLES ABOUT THE PRESENT Family is so integral to our identity that it’s difficult not to be enthralled by them. A complicated source of delight, distress, cu…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:00AMSunday, November 3, 2024
HOT DOGS! Red Theater’s Take on Speed Eating is a Fast and Furious Glimpse into the Fascinating Sometimes you need to head in a different direction to uncover life’s true hidden treasure…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:03PMTuesday, October 29, 2024
A CAVALCADE OF RICHES Anticipating Giordano Dance Chicago’s (GDC) newest season is getting to be a lot like looking forward to an extravagant Christmas that happens twice a year. In the Sp…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM 
