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Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 27, 2018
Mexican theater company Los Colochos' Mendoza presents a visceral, blood-soaked tale of ambition and corruption

A new adaptation of Macbeth makes its U.S. debut at the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance’s Destinos festival.
- By Dan Jakes
- Tags: Theater Review, Mendoza, Los Colochos, Goodman Theatre, Henry Godinez, Latin American theater, Elizabeth Doud, Fundarte, Macbeth, Antonia Zúñiga, Juan Carrillo, Mexican Revolution, Ayotzinapa massacre, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance, Destinos festival

Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 9, 2018
Aaron Posner and Teller’s Macbeth is no Tempest

But the new Chicago Shakespeare production makes a worthwhile storm of its own.
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Theater Review, Macbeth, Aaron Posner, Teller, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shozo Sato, Kabuki Macbeth, The Tempest, Weird Sisters, Ian Merrill Peakes, Andrew White, McKinley Carter, Theo Germaine, Emily Ann Nichelson, Chaon Cross, The Mothman Prophecies, Scottish play, Shakespeare

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jun 22, 2017
Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies, Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers . . . , and nine more new stage shows

A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Bette Davis, Bette Davis Ain't for Sissies, Joan Crawford, Jessica Sherr, Howard Hughes, Drag Party Party, Bina Martin, the Annoyance, Julia DeFerdinando, Hell in a Handbag Proudctions, The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, David Cerda, Lady X: The Musical, Adrian Hadlock, Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night, Theo Ubique, No Exit Cafe, cabaret, Jeremy Ramey, Randolph Johnson, Joshua Stephen Kartes, Fred Anzevino, Arnold Johnston, The King and I, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jose Llana, London Assurance, Dion Boucicoult, City Lit Theatre, Oscar Wilde, Terry McCabe, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Matthey Fahey, Barbara Zahora, The Agency Theater Collective, Nautilina, Brian Foster, Sommer Austin, Anna Lucero, Brendan Duffy, Safe in My Own Head, Jenn Noyes, Natalie Moretti, Tempel Lizzipans, Tempel Farms, dressage, When the Fog Begins to Lift

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 22, 2017
The Invention of Morel, Monster, and 13 more new stage shows

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, At the Table, Michael Perlman, Spencer Davis, Broken Nose Theatre, By the Bog of Cats, John Mossman, Marina Carr, Kristin Collins, Elise Wolf, Tim Musachio, Caroline Dodge Latta, The Artistic Home, The Fantasticks, Quest Theatre Ensemble, Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, Kent Joseph, Sara Cate Langham, The Invention of Morel, Stewart Copeland, the Police, Jonathan Moore, Chicago Opera Theater, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Andrew Wilkowske, Lee Gregory, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Andreas Mitisek, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare, Love's Labors Lost, Marti Maraden, Kevin Depinet, Allen Gilmore, Shakespeare All-Stars Theatre Company, Macbeth, Ellen Cribbs, Erika Lebby, Maggie Miller, Arin Mulvaney, Chris Lesy, Merrick Robison, Clark Bender, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus—Live!, Amadeo Fusca, John Gray, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Monster, Walter Dean Myers, Aaron Carter, Hallie Gordon, Daniel Kyri, Black Ensemble, My Brother's Keeper: The Story of the Nicholas Brothers, Rueben D. Echoles, Shari Adams, Vincent Jordan, Accomplice Theatre, Nameless Mountains, Megan Donahue, Courtney Abbott, Jake Kaufman, Laura Coleman, Chelsea David, Nevermind, It's Nothing, Chicago Slam Works, Teagan Walsh-Davis, Kyla Norton, Shelley Elaine Geiszler, First Floor Theater, Hutch Pimentel, Peerless, Jiehae Park, William Boles, Arnel Sancianco, the Gift Theatre, Unseen, Mona Mansour, Maureen Payne-Hahner, Alexandra Main, Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett, Tympanic Theatre Company, Aaron Mays, Christopher Acevedo, Felipe Carrasco, Christian Castro, Endgame

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 Aug 19, 2016
Avoid the Air and Water Show with Wizard World Comic Con, David Cross, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Catzilla 4: A Cat Fest, SlutWalk Chicago, and more happenings from August 19-21
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Fly Honey Show, Chopin Theatre, Wizard World Comic Con, Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Festa Italiana, Catzilla 4: A Cat Fest, Prop Thtr, SlutWalk Chicago, Millennium Park, Mortified, Lincoln Hall, Modern School of Film, David Cross, Thalia Hall, South Shore Summer Festival, South Shore Cultural Center, Theater Zuidpool, Macbeth, Shakespeare 400

Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2015
Video
The fountain of Youth, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Opening, Youth movie, Paolo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty, Almost There, Peter Anton, The Big Short, Michael Lewis, The Danish Girl, Eddie Redmayne, Don Verdean, Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess, Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Keeping Room, Macbeth, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, David Thewlis, Paradise Is There, Natalie Merchant, Stinking Heaven, Theeb, Michael Curtiz, White Christmas, Frank Capra, It's a Wonderful Life, Jacques Tati, Playtime, Busby Berkeley, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Tobe Hooper, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Mar 4, 2015
The king is dead—but Lady Macbeth is alive and vibrating with power in Dunsinane

The National Theatre of Scotland returns with the U.S. premiere of David Greig's imagined sequel to the Scottish play.
- By Chloe Riley
- Tags: Theater Review, Dunsinane, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare Company, David Greig, Darrell D'Silva, National Theatre of Scotland, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Roxana Silbert, Ewan Donald, Siobhan Redmond, Oscar Wilde

Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2014
Tonight: COT's heated, in-your-face Macbeth

There's a big role for video in Chicago Opera Theater's heated production of Ernest Bloch's Macbeth.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Opera, Theater, Arts, Music, Chicago Opera Theater, Ernest Bloch, Macbeth, Nmon Ford, Suzan Hanson, Francesco Milioto, Andeas Mitisek, Sean T. Cawelti, Harris Theater

Blogs, Bleader Oct 1, 2013
Maestro Muti's Macbeth, minus the theatrics

Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra deliver a magnificent version of the Verdi opera.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Music, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Giuseppi Verdi, CSO Chorus, Macbeth, Luca Salsi, Tatiana Serjan

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 17, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Hollywood Holt joins Beyonce and Andre 3000 on the Great American Soundtrack

Plus: A sophomore effort from synth-popper Fielded and toil and trouble from dirt-rock trio Lil Tits
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby, Amy Winehouse, Andre 3000, Beyonce, Treated Crew, Hollywood Holt, Alfonso Mayen, Le Fonz, Fielded, Lindsay Powell, South by Southwest, Ninety Thirty Thirty, Genesis, Gel Set, Macbeth, Lil Tits, Rat Mansion//Do It Til You Puke, Electrical Audio, Frightwig, Flipper, Record Breakers, Reggie's Rock Club

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2009
New shows, new reviews
- By Tony Adler
- Tags: Onstage, Performing Arts, Comedy, Dance, Arts, Bent, Cavalia, The Conduct of Life, The Cousins Grimm, Disney's Aladdin, Girls Vs. Boys, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Macbeth, Naked July, Never the Sinner, Our Future Metropolis, Storybox, Viva Che Latte, Wanted, What We May Be

Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2008
My Blagojevich problem...

Does Rod Blagojevich really look like someone Tom Cruise ought to play in the movie? What about Steve Carell?
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: News, News Bites, Rahm Emanuel, Governor Rod Blagojevich, Tom Cruise, Patti Blagojevich, Macbeth, Steve Carell, The Office, Michael Scott, Shannon Doherty

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Mexican theater company Los Colochos' Mendoza presents a visceral, blood-soaked tale of ambition and corruption

A new adaptation of Macbeth makes its U.S. debut at the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance’s Destinos festival.

Aaron Posner and Teller’s Macbeth is no Tempest

But the new Chicago Shakespeare production makes a worthwhile storm of its own.

Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies, Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers . . . , and nine more new stage shows

A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week's best bets.

The Invention of Morel, Monster, and 13 more new stage shows

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week's best bets.

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

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

Avoid the Air and Water Show with Wizard World Comic Con, David Cross, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Catzilla 4: A Cat Fest, SlutWalk Chicago, and more happenings from August 19-21

Video
The fountain of Youth, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The king is dead—but Lady Macbeth is alive and vibrating with power in Dunsinane

The National Theatre of Scotland returns with the U.S. premiere of David Greig's imagined sequel to the Scottish play.

Tonight: COT's heated, in-your-face Macbeth

There's a big role for video in Chicago Opera Theater's heated production of Ernest Bloch's Macbeth.

Maestro Muti's Macbeth, minus the theatrics

Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra deliver a magnificent version of the Verdi opera.

Gossip Wolf: Hollywood Holt joins Beyonce and Andre 3000 on the Great American Soundtrack

Plus: A sophomore effort from synth-popper Fielded and toil and trouble from dirt-rock trio Lil Tits

New shows, new reviews

My Blagojevich problem...

Does Rod Blagojevich really look like someone Tom Cruise ought to play in the movie? What about Steve Carell?

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A new adaptation of Macbeth makes its U.S. debut at the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance’s Destinos festival.

But the new Chicago Shakespeare production makes a worthwhile storm of its own.

A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week's best bets.

A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week's best bets.

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

Catzilla 4: A Cat Fest, SlutWalk Chicago, and more happenings from August 19-21

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

The National Theatre of Scotland returns with the U.S. premiere of David Greig's imagined sequel to the Scottish play.

There's a big role for video in Chicago Opera Theater's heated production of Ernest Bloch's Macbeth.

Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra deliver a magnificent version of the Verdi opera.

Plus: A sophomore effort from synth-popper Fielded and toil and trouble from dirt-rock trio Lil Tits

Does Rod Blagojevich really look like someone Tom Cruise ought to play in the movie? What about Steve Carell?

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