The plays of William Shakespeare fall into three categories: tragedy, comedy, and history. The Bard’s tragedies and histories are tied in number, at 10 each. But comedy is king, with 18 comedic plays. To my […]
I thought I knew Swan Lake. Tchaikovsky’s evocative score is on my brain’s playlist. As a young ballet student, I learned some of the steps from the iconic 1895 revival, choreographed by Maurius Petipa and […]
As we settled into our seats in Steppenwolf’s Upstairs Theatre, my seatmate shared her worry that Rajiv Joseph’s two-character play Guards at the Taj might turn out to be something like Samuel Beckett’s minimalist Waiting […]
Even with a sure bet like Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, it doesn’t hurt to shake things up — and few choreographers shake things up like Ohad Naharin, artistic director of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company. Known […]
In 2016, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in his sleep after hunting quail in Texas. The coroner cited natural causes, but the coroner was wrong. Scalia appears to be alive and in fighting […]
If an extra-large audience flocks to Macbeth at Chicago Shakespeare Theater because of the fame of co-adapter/director Teller, “the quieter half” of Penn & Teller, that’s not a bad thing. Although Teller’s magic tricks are […]
Lucky Chicago. Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman chose the Joffrey Ballet for the North American premiere of his game-changing contemporary ballet Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the union of Ekman and the Joffrey is pure magic. Although […]
Engaging from the get-go, Smart People commingles four juicy characters for a conversation on racism, professional life and personal connections that is at once witty and wistful. Kudos all around: first to playwright Lydia R. […]
When the play I hope to write opens on Broadway, I want Mary Beth Fisher in the lead — just in case my script isn’t that good. With Fisher mining my script for nuggets, the […]
Would that we truly could celebrate 100 years of the inventive music of the late, great Leonard Bernstein, but that’s mathematically impossible. Bernstein was born in 1918, in Lawrence, Mass., the son of Ukrainian Jewish […]
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