Thursday, May 8, 2025
TO KNOW HYMN IS TO LOVE HYMN It’s not unusual to hear creatives, especially Black creatives, quote Toni Morrison when talking about what inspires them to write, paint or compose. �
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:26PMTuesday, May 6, 2025
UNCONVENTIONAL SPIN, DARING THEATER, CAUTIOUSLY RECOMMENDED There are sequels and there are sequels. Few can be considered as aspirational or as pioneering as Taylor Mac’s Gary, a con…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:10PMThursday, May 1, 2025
Red Theater’s Kairos Makes Us Look at Time and Life from an Unexpected Perspective Chance encounters rarely end this interestingly. In Lisa Sanaye Dring’s new play Kairosâ€�…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:24AMThursday, April 17, 2025
MAMET’S HENRY JOHNSON PROVES A DIFFICULT PROTAGONIST Along with blazingly rapid dialog, there’s something aggressively determined about David Mamet plays—like Glengarry …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:25AMSunday, March 16, 2025
JOYOUSLY, GUYS & DOLLS HAS IT ALL Still touted as one of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time, Guys and Dolls turns 75 in November. You’d never know it based on Music Theate…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:25PMMonday, 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 a…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:34PMJOFFREY 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 b…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:34PMThursday, 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 stoke…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:40AMMonday, 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 thi…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:12PMWednesday, 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,…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:20PMTuesday, 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 connota…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:32AMThursday, 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 C…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:01AMTuesday, 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, …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:17AMTuesday, 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, distres…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:00PMSunday, 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 hidde…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:03AMTuesday, 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 t…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:59PM 
