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The comics artist's latest book is the culmination of lessons learned in her decades-long career.
Lynda Barry is now officially a genius. She was bestowed with t…
Viewing his latest novel as both the prequel to and the conclusion of his novel trilogy helped the celebrated author find a way to write it.
Ben Lerner, the cele…
In its fifth year, Surviving the Mic continues to provide a place for survivors of sexual harm to tell their stories in their own words.
Writer and spoken word a…
There are three public performances of Lyric's new children's opera this weekend.
Contemporary stories are having a welcome moment at Lyric Opera. While Dead Man…
Githa Sowerby's tale of a grasping patriarchal capitalist still has resonance today.
If you've never heard of Githa Sowerby, don't feel bad. When she died at 93 …
Jane Martin's story of a pregnant rape victim kidnapped by antichoice extremists wallows in both-sidesism.
For decades, there has been speculation as to the iden…
Court Theatre
Under artistic director Charles Newell, Court Theatre is all over the place in the best possible way.…
Prop Thtr and Haven
When the big theaters have a changing of the guard in artistic directors, it's understandably big news.…
Red Clay Dance
Unlike musicians, dancers never put their instruments down. That's especially true of Red Clay Dance, where the intersection of art and activism f…
All of them
Chicago is a lucky spot for people who like emerging and otherwise overlooked visual art. We have a bunch of college programs in the area that recrui…
Muntu Dance Theatre
Muntu's ambitions are vast, both in terms of space and time. Helmed by executive director Sekou Tepaka Lunda Conde, the 47-year-old South Sho…
Gift Theatre
On its website, Jefferson Park's tiny the Gift Theatre states as one of its founding beliefs that "a play never closes until everyone who saw it st…
Trap Door Theatre
It's not uncommon for newbies to leave Trap Door wondering what just hit them.…
The songs are strong, but the story needs work in this new musical about depression.
In David Gosz and Leo Fotos's clinically subtitled new show, Tru: A Musical …
The Poetry Foundation
It might seem strange to think of the Poetry Foundation as in need of a booster"after all, there it was in the semifinals, running off agai…
Three one-acts from the fight for women's franchise provide a cutting history lesson with Artemisia.
If nothing else, this trio of one-acts that explore the uphi…
Rena Butler explores otherness and adaptation to new spaces in her contribution to Hubbard Street's Forge Forward program.
This week, Hubbard Street Dance Chicag…
Siobhan O'Loughlin's touring solo uses actual bathrooms to explore vulnerability and community.
Siobhan O'Loughlin is tired. As her "cast" of friends files into …
Katori Hall's play takes its time but weaves a spell.
"I lost my song. I lost it because I didn't know what it was worth," laments a young bluesman freshly retur…
A coworker's suicide leads to soul-searching in Kate Tarker's darkly comic meditation.
We spend at least 40 hours a week next to them and countless more rehashin…
Forty-three years after its first production, Jackie Taylor's African American adaptation still enchants and empowers.
Now in its 43rd year, this Black Ensemble …
New American Folk Theatre's world premiere needs stronger characters and a more compelling story to match the music.
The story Anthony Whitaker tells in his 90-m…
Beau O'Reilly's latest play for Curious Theatre Branch celebrates weirdness as resistance.
If Chicago theater has a high priest, a white-ponytailed president of …
Photographer Rick Majewski covered the 40th annual Muertos de la Risa on Saturday, November 2, 2019, in Pilsen. The longest-running Dia de los Muertos celebration in the city honors the …
