More in Chicago:
- First Folio debuts new play by a late, great comedic playwrightKristine Thatcher and the late Larry Shue's Waiting for Tina Meyer celebrates barfly connections. Playwright Kristine Thatcher picked up where she and actor-playwright Larry Shue (The Nerd, The Foreigner) left off 30 years ago with the world premiere of Waiting for Tina Meyer, a romantic comedy that the pair began cowriting decades ago and that […]
- Helmut Jahn is gone, and the Thompson Center is for saleCan we save his most important Chicago building? We didn't need the death of architect Helmut Jahn to bring the plight of the James R. Thompson Center to our attention. The state's May 3 request for proposals to buy the iconic structure—minus any stipulation that it not be torn down—had already drawn widespread notice.…
- Pivot Arts Festival offers reflection after a year of upheaval"Reimagining Utopia" focuses on multidisciplinary artists and visions of a better future. Recently, several articles appeared about the phenomenon of “Hygiene Theater”—the focus on largely ineffective COVID-19 safety measures like Clorox wipes and plexiglass dividers designed to give people a false sense of security indoors. Some in the theater industry are rapidly signing up for […]
- Live at the Goodman offers three views on loss and reinventionPlays by Adam Rapp, Adrienne Kennedy, and Ike Holter make a livestream connection with audiences. Between a robust national vaccine effort and Broadway recently announcing its September reopening, the return of live Chicago theater seems imminent. But starting May 13, the Goodman Theatre’s Live series hopes to give its patrons the next best thing.…
- E. Faye Butler brings the Goods to ArtemisiaChicago musical theater star E. Faye Butler helms an online sci-fi feminist drama. Sometimes, we just don't give ourselves the space. That's something E. Faye Butler, in her new capacity as the board president of Artemisia Theatre, as well as the director of Goods, Artemisia's first production of the year, has been thinking about a […]
