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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Aug 29, 2018
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You & Me masterfully bridges theater and improv comedy

Michael Patrick Thornton invites everyone from theater newbies to high-powered actors to play alongside him.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, You & Me, Michael Patrick Thorton, Filament Theatre, improv, Cory Ardin, Michael Shannon, Amy Morton, Atra Asdou, Sadieh Rifai, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jun 13, 2018
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Two Guards at the Taj meditate on the nature of beauty

The most beautiful thing ever made also contains unspeakable suffering.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Theater Review, guards at the taj, steppenwolf theatre, Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal, Ustad Isa, Taj Mahal, Rajiv Joseph, Omar Metwally, Arian Moayed, Amy Morton, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 12, 2017
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Hir is Steppenwolf’s latest, funniest victim-impact statement

Oh dad, poor dad, Taylor Mac’s hung you up on meds . . .
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Steppenwolf Theatre, Taylor Mac, Hallie Gordon, Young Jean Lee, Straight White Men, Antoinette Nwandu, Pass Over, Hir, Francis Guinan, Amy Morton, Ty Olwin, Em Grosland, Collette Pollard, genderqueer, judy, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 20, 2017
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The Barn is Amy Morton’s worthy follow-up to Found

At the Evanston steak house located down an alley in a former stable, chef Nicole Pederson does amazing things with meat and vegetables.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Restaurant Review, The Barn, Evanston, Found Kitchen & Social House, Amy Morton, Nicole Pederson, Sam Worley, steak house, Lula Café, Arnie Morton, Morton's the Steakhouse, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2016
Where's Chicago in Chicago P.D.?

Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf's cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Small Screen, Television, Arts, Chicago P.D., Chicagoland, Chi-Raq, Shameless, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Law, Dick Wolf, Law & Order, The Chicago Code, The Shield, The Wire, Kojak, Barney Miller, Hill Street Blues, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Southland, Michael Chiklis, Jason Beghe, Laquan McDonald, Jon Burge, police torture, Homan Square, Amy Morton, Elias Koteas, Al Capone

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2015
Video
Taste the blood of Jemaine Clement, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, What We Do in the Shadows, Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords, Taika Waititi, Boy movie, Eagle vs Shark, Shaun of the Dead, Music Box Chicago, Ben Sachs, Wild Tales, Actress movie, Ballet 422, New York City Ballet, Bluebird movie, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Amy Morton, Focus Will Smith, Focus movie, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, The Lazarus Effect, Poison Pen, Chicago Irish Film Festival, Tales movie, What's the Time in Your World?, Leila Hatami, A Separation, Jean-Luc Godard, Every Man for Himself, Hail Mary, Gene Siskel Film Center, Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man, Marx Brothers, Horse Feathers, Annoyance Film Night, Annoyance Theatre, An Evening With Ernie Gehr, University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts, film festivals, movies, Video

Film, Movie Feature Oct 9, 2013
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Our guide to the 49th Chicago International Film Festival

Reviews of all the highlights from the festival's first week, plus spotlights of four directors whose films shouldn't be missed
- By Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones, Tal Rosenberg, Ben Sachs, Brianna Wellen, Dave Kehr, and Fred Camper
- Tags: Movie Feature, CIFF, Chicago International Film Festival, Djamila Sahraoui, Parvis Shahbazi, Dario Argento, James Gray, John McNaughton, Tsai Ming-liang, Frederick Wiseman, Federico Fellini, Magali Noel, Bruno Zanin, João Viana, Yu Liu, Abdellatif Kechiche, Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, John Slattery, Emily Meade, Margo Martindale, Adam Driver, Jody Lee LipesLance Edmands, Licia Maglietta, Silvio Soldini, Bruno Ganz, Lonesome Solo, Marlon Moreno, Robert Flores Prieto, Penny Vozniak, Jennifer Lynch, Adrian Sitaru, Rutger Hauer, Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Tomasz Wasilewski, Mateusz Banasiuk, Bartosz Gelner, Brianna Zepeda, John RangelRodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, David Grann, Justin Webster, Paulina Garcia, Valentina Muhr, Moisés Sepúlveda, Joel Karekezi, Khaled Jarrar, Bernard Attal, Stefan Zweig, Gregory Nava, Diego Quemada-Diez, Jacek Borcuch, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge, Ilya Isayev, Nestor Guzzini, Denis Shvedov, Alain Guiraudie, Yuri Bykov, Pierre Deladonchamps, Haskell Wexler, Rodrigo Reyes, Verna Bloom, Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza, Peter Bonerz, Saleh Bakri, Carlos Lechuga, Chung Mong-Hong, Peter Plaugborg, Jimmy Wang Yu, Sonja Richter, Simon Staho, Rithy Panh, Alex de la Iglesia, Michael Noer, Marie Bäumer, Mark Waschke, Denis Dercourt, Saskia Rosendahl, Sophie Rois, Santiago Loza, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 10/8: Moveable Feast, Comedy Bang! Bang! Live, and Jhumpa Lahiri

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, October 8
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Found Kitchen, Amy Morton, Nicole Pederson, Moveable Feast, Virtue Cider, Scott Aukerman, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Paul F. Tompkins, The Birthday Boy, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland, Chicago Tribune, Mary Schmich

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Everything

Found Kitchen
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, best everything, Found Kitchen & Social House, Amy Morton, Nicole Pederson, Evanston, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2012
I was lost till I was at Found Kitchen

Where I found food that was absolutely flawless
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Do This, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Nicole Pederson, Amy Morton, C-House, Found Kitchen & Social House, Evanston dining

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2012
Why didn't Bruce Norris play the game?

Producer Scott Rudin drops the Broadway version of Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Arts, Bruce Norris, Scott Rudin, Clybourne Park, Steppenwolf Theatre, Anna D. Shapiro, Amy Morton, Martha Lavey, Michael Riedel, The Pain and the Itch

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Dec 15, 2011
Despite the Speedos . . .

Steppenwolf’s production of Enda Walsh’s Penelope could use some oomph
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Enda Walsh, Bedbound, The New Electric Ballroom, Amy Morton, speedos, Logan Vaughan, Homer, The Odyssey

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 23, 2011
Best local actress
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best local actress, Readers' poll, Amy Morton, Mary Hollis Inboden, Mary Beth Fisher, Jill Valentine, Erica Elam

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Feb 4, 2010
Human in Hard Times

Clifford Odets’s Depression classic gets a gripping treatment
- By Zac Thompson
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Awake and Sing, Northlight Theatre, Amy Morton, Cindy Gold, Mike Nussbaum, Jay Whittaker, Clifford Odets

Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2009
Dinner & a Show: Wednesday 12/30

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Fiery Furnaces, Yoshi's Cafe, Josh Berman's Old Idea, Hideout, Luc Thang Noodle, Police Adjective, Music Box, Deleece, American Buffalo, Steppenwolf, Amy Morton, Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge, Seijiro Matsumoto

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Dec 17, 2009
The Delusions of Losers

Mamet’s hard look at a hopeless pursuit of the American Dream
- By Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, American Buffalo, David Mamet, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Tracy Letts, Francis Guinan, Patrick Andrews, Amy Morton, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Downstairs Theater

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Michael Patrick Thornton invites everyone from theater newbies to high-powered actors to play alongside him.

The most beautiful thing ever made also contains unspeakable suffering.

Oh dad, poor dad, Taylor Mac’s hung you up on meds . . .

At the Evanston steak house located down an alley in a former stable, chef Nicole Pederson does amazing things with meat and vegetables.

Seen in light of the real Chicago Police Department, Dick Wolf's cop series looks even more clueless and tone-deaf.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Reviews of all the highlights from the festival's first week, plus spotlights of four directors whose films shouldn't be missed

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, October 8

Found Kitchen

Where I found food that was absolutely flawless

Producer Scott Rudin drops the Broadway version of Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park

Steppenwolf’s production of Enda Walsh’s Penelope could use some oomph

Clifford Odets’s Depression classic gets a gripping treatment

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Mamet’s hard look at a hopeless pursuit of the American Dream

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