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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 12, 2019
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier remains delightful in its second year

Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is moving and magical.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Theater Review, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Lookingglass Theatre, Mary Zimmerman, Hans Christian Andersen, Chicago Puppet Studio, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 21, 2018
Recommended
The Steadfast Tin Soldier brings us hope, gratitude, and magic

The enchanting Christmas pantomime is masterfully crafted for play and wonder.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Hans Christian Andersen, Alex Stein, Kasey Foster, Chicago Puppet Studios, Tracy Walsh, Christmas, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2018
Five literary biopics whose pictures are worth a thousand words

Five literary biopics whose visual style lives up to the words.
- By Patrick Friel
- Tags: Books, Film, Foreign, History, On Video, Poetry, Biopic, Gene Siskel Film Center, Haifaa al-Mansou, Mary Shelley, Chicago Film Society, Charles Vidor, Hans Christian Andersen, The Color of Pomegranates, Sergei Paradjanov, Armenia, Sayat Nova, Sergei Yutkevich, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Karl May, Hans Jurgen Syberberg, Germany, Ludwig, Requiem for a Virgin King, Our Hitler: A Film From Germany, Richard Wagner Third Reich Dave Kehr, An Angel at My Table, Jane Campion, Sweetie, New Zealand, Janet Frame, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Kerry Fox, Laura Jones, High Tide, Stuart Dryburgh, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson, Las Vegas, Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Richard Lester, Amour Fou, Heinrich von Kleist, Jessica Hausner, Lourdes, Henriette Vogel, Eric Rohmer, The Marquise of O, Ben Sachs

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2018
Facility Theatre transforms The Little Match Girl Passion from a vocal piece into a meticulously pitched spectacle

This new theatrical adaptation of David Lang's Pulitzer-winning choral piece is a lot to take in, but it's worth it.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Theater, Arts, David Lang, The Little Match Girl Passion, Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Match Girl, Dado, Alex Monroe, Beyond This Point, Facility Theater

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Apr 19, 2018
Facility Theatre presents an intricate, complicated Little Match Girl Passion

Composer David Lang and director Dado turns Hans Christian Andersen's tragic fairy tale into a performance installation.
- By Justin Hayford
- Tags: Theater Review, facility theatre, the little match girl passion, dado, david lang, hans christian andersen, alex monroe, holy trinity church school

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 1, 2016
From Scrooge to the Snow Queen: eight stage shows for the holidays

The Goodman's A Christmas Carol leads the seasonal onslaught.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Eric Schaeffer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown, Peanuts, Emerald City Theatre, children's theater, holiday shows, Ann Filmer, Goodman Theatre, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Larry Yando, Scrooge, Henry Wishcamper, Annoyance Theatre, It's Christmas, Goddamnit!, American Blues Theater, It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago, Gwendolyn Whiteside, Frank Capra, Jimmy Stewart, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Northlight Theatre, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet, Mary Bennet, Emily Berman, Erik Hellman, Arthur de Bourgh, The Rip Nelson Holiday Spectacular, David Cerda, Hell in a Handbag Productions, Steve Love, David Lipschutz, Ed Jones, Bruce Jenner, Doug Henning, Piccolo Theatre, The Snow Queen, Hans Christian Andersen, Jessica Puller, Arne Parrott, Under the Gun Theater, holiday improv, Hanukkah, dreidels

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Oct 25, 2016
Grounded, Dogs of Rwanda, and a dozen more new theater reviews

Two solo performances are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Allá en San Fernando, Collectivo El Pozo, Leslie Magdalena Holguín, José Rochel, Carolina Escrich, Raúl Doronte, Stage Left Theatre, The Bottle Tree, Beth Kander, Kathryn Acosta, Amy Szerlong, The Right Brain Project, The Dancing Plague, Joseph Ramski, Nathan Robbel, Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints, Dark Sisters, Nico Muhly, Stephen Karam, Third Eye Theatre Ensemble, Jason Carlson, Dogs of Rwanda, Sean Christopher Lewis, Rwandan genocide, Grounded, George Brant, drone warfare, Amber Kelly, Lexi Saunders, Leavings, Polarity Ensemble Theatre, Gail Parrish, Ashley Honore Roberson, Lecherous Honey, Henrik Ibsen, Ghosts, Cock and Bull Theatre, Ariane Mnouchkine, Théâtre du Soleil, Georges Bigot, Theatre Y, Macbeth, Runaways Lab Theatre, Mary Shelley Sees the Future, Frankenstein, Olivia Lilley, Multitudes, John Hollingworth, Rasaka Theatre Company, Vitalist Theatre, Liz Carlin Metz, Bradford, England, Saturn Returns, Tif Henderson, NeoFuturists, NeoFuturarium, Thumbelina, Lifeline Theatre, Hans Christian Andersen, Brandi Lee, Zombie Broads, The Factory Theater, Corrbette Pasko, Sara Sevigny, Janice L. Blixt

Blogs, Bleader Nov 29, 2013
Video
Sperm blowout, hoop dreams deferred, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Delivery Man, Starbuck, Vince Vaughn, Lenny Cooke, Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie, Third Ward TX, Joe Swanberg, All the Light in the Sky, Jane Adams, Claire Denis, Bastards, Kasi Lemmons, Black Nativity, Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Langston Hughes, Disney Frozen, Hans Christian Andersen, Homefront movie, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressberger, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, Gene Siskel Film Center, Joe Dante, The Burbs, University of Chicago Doc Films, Olivier Assayas Carlos, Jean-Luc Godard Contempt, Joseph Losey, The Servant, Claire Denis, The Intruder, W.C. Fields, Million Dollar Legs, Joel McCrea, Girls About Town, Terence Davies, Of Time and the City, Dario Argento, Suspiria, Patio Theater Chicago, The Sound of Music, Music Box Chicago, Block Museum of Art, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis, Logan Center for the Arts, From 2337 West Monroe Street, Fred Hampton, Greg Sestero, The Disaster Artist, The Room movie, Cinema Minima, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deck the Holodeck, Cole's Bar, Chicago movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 27, 2013
The Dead Prince has trouble coming to life

Strange Tree Group's new musical plays down the dark themes that characterize the best fairy tales.
- By Zac Thompson
- Tags: Theater Review, The Dead Prince, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Little Red Riding Hood, Emily Schwartz, The Dead Prince, Paul S. Holmquist, Disney, Strange Tree Group, Noah Ginex, Princess Sara, Ann Sonneville, Zachary Sigelko, Michael Thomas Downey, Dan Behrendt, Kate Nawrocki, Scott Cupper

Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2009
Lilli Carre's The Fir Tree

Lilli Carre's illustrated adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Fir-Tree"
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: RE Gift, Lit & Lectures, Books, Lilli Carre, The Fir-Tree, Hans Christian Andersen, HarperCollins

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Recommended
The Steadfast Tin Soldier remains delightful in its second year

Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is moving and magical.

Recommended
The Steadfast Tin Soldier brings us hope, gratitude, and magic

The enchanting Christmas pantomime is masterfully crafted for play and wonder.

Five literary biopics whose pictures are worth a thousand words

Five literary biopics whose visual style lives up to the words.

Facility Theatre transforms The Little Match Girl Passion from a vocal piece into a meticulously pitched spectacle

This new theatrical adaptation of David Lang's Pulitzer-winning choral piece is a lot to take in, but it's worth it.

Facility Theatre presents an intricate, complicated Little Match Girl Passion

Composer David Lang and director Dado turns Hans Christian Andersen's tragic fairy tale into a performance installation.

From Scrooge to the Snow Queen: eight stage shows for the holidays

The Goodman's A Christmas Carol leads the seasonal onslaught.

Grounded, Dogs of Rwanda, and a dozen more new theater reviews

Two solo performances are among this week's best bets.

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Sperm blowout, hoop dreams deferred, and the rest of this week's screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The Dead Prince has trouble coming to life

Strange Tree Group's new musical plays down the dark themes that characterize the best fairy tales.

Lilli Carre's The Fir Tree

Lilli Carre's illustrated adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Fir-Tree"

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Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is moving and magical.

The enchanting Christmas pantomime is masterfully crafted for play and wonder.

Five literary biopics whose visual style lives up to the words.

This new theatrical adaptation of David Lang's Pulitzer-winning choral piece is a lot to take in, but it's worth it.

Composer David Lang and director Dado turns Hans Christian Andersen's tragic fairy tale into a performance installation.

The Goodman's A Christmas Carol leads the seasonal onslaught.

Two solo performances are among this week's best bets.

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Strange Tree Group's new musical plays down the dark themes that characterize the best fairy tales.

Lilli Carre's illustrated adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Fir-Tree"

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