Chicago Tribune1 day agoRespect tradition, go forward: Tap dance in Chicago doesn’t want to stay still, and Rhythm World is the place to see it this summerChicago Tribune - Lauren WarneckeImage 1 of 8 Tap dancer Kenn "Djedi" Russell rehearses at the Mayfair Arts Center on June 27, 2022. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city’s flagship summer festival, Rhythm World, is back. Now in his second year on the job, director …
Chicago Tribune3 days agoReview: ‘It Came From Outer Space’ at Chicago Shakespeare has its musical fun with the aliens on Navy PierChicago Tribune - Chris JonesIn the 1953 movie “It Came From Outer Space” — a groundbreaking, 3D, science fiction attraction — an amateur astronomer and his schoolteacher girlfriend run into aliens in Arizona. The extraterrestrial visitors, unfortunate enough to have a single bulging eye and a resemblance to a giant jellyfish, …
Chicago Tribune4 days agoReview: Thank goodness for Eliza in this tour of ‘My Fair Lady,’ now in ChicagoChicago Tribune - Chris Jones“My Fair Lady” has some of the most beautiful music ever written for the theater: “On the Street Where You Live,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” The songs, as sticky as the ground in Covent Garden, are …
Chicago Tribune5 days agoReview: A satire of suburbia now at Theater Wit, ‘Hurricane Diane’ struggles to make landfallChicago Tribune - Chris JonesIn Madeleine George’s 2019 play “Hurricane Diane,” now produced by Theater Wit in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, the Greek god Dionysus arrives in New Jersey to do some mischief. The deity has a helpful disguise: She takes the form of a lesbian landscape gardener who talks a really good game …
Chicago Tribune5 days agoReview: In touring ‘Where We Belong’ now at the Goodman, a Mohegan theater-maker forges a deep connection with her audienceChicago Tribune - Emily McClanathanIn her solo play, “Where We Belong,” Madeline Sayet shares her story with such warmth, passion, honesty and humor that one feels honored to have spent an evening in her presence. And what a tale she has to tell. A Mohegan theater-maker, Sayet moved to England in 2015 to pursue a doctorate degree in …
Chicago Tribune6 days agoNew leadership at the Chicago Human Rhythm ProjectChicago TribuneImage 1 of 8 Tap dancer Kenn "Djedi" Russell rehearses at the Mayfair Arts Center on June 27, 2022. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city’s flagship summer festival, Rhythm World, is back.
