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MCA’s Hubbard Street Dance Chicago danc(e)volve: New Works Festival Review: Crisp Choreography that Keeps You Wide-Eyed

MCA’s Hubbard Street Dance Chicago danc(e)volve:  New Works Festival Review:  Crisp Choreography that Keeps You Wide-Eyed Hubbard Street Dance Chicago dance(e)volve: New Works Festival was well named. Audiences were delighted by a living demonstration of intriguing movement vocabularies being developed and massaged

CJO at Ravinia Review – Benny Goodman Tribute Doesn’t Miss a Beat!

CJO at Ravinia Review – Benny Goodman Tribute Doesn’t Miss a Beat! The Chicago Jazz Orchestra’s homage to Benny Goodman and his remarkably fine band was perfect in every way—even in ways one wouldn’t, couldn't possibly expect

Light Opera Works H.M.S Pinafore Review – Musical Absurdity on the High Seas

Light Opera Works H.M.S Pinafore Review – Musical Absurdity on the High Seas H.M.S. Pinafore is an over-the-top comic opera where the characters are not aware of their silliness and absurdity

WEST SIDE STORY Review - A Truly Different Side

WEST SIDE STORY Review - A Truly Different Side The youthful cast of 'West Side Story' does its best, but many of them are unable to give the story the focus it deserves

Collaboraction 13th Annual Sketchbook Review – Doing That “Crazy” Chicago Storefront Theater Thing

Collaboraction 13th Annual Sketchbook Review – Doing That “Crazy” Chicago Storefront Theater Thing Collaboraction's 13th Annual Sketchbook Festival includes 14 World premieres--most very short. This festival pays homage to the creative spirit-- and especially those of theatrical bent in Chicago

Ain't No Crying The Blues (In The Memory of Howlin Wolf) Review - The Blues Never Sounded So Good

Ain't No Crying The Blues (In The Memory of Howlin Wolf) Review - The Blues Never Sounded So Good The Black Ensemble Theater rousing celebration of Howlin' Wolf and the Blues

Hubbard Street’s Spotlight Ball Raises $1+ Million and Reunites a Family of Dancers

Hubbard Street’s Spotlight Ball Raises $1+ Million and Reunites a Family of Dancers After a performance at the Harris Theater, it was old home week for dancers and friends of Hubbard Street

Rivendell Theatre’s “The Electric Baby” Review - For Those Who Savor Metaphors

Rivendell Theatre’s “The Electric Baby” Review - For Those Who Savor Metaphors A car accident brings a long mourning middle aged couple into the world of parents of a baby who literally lights up the room, among others, in this folklore-laden tale of loss and recovery

Russian Fireworks Review-The Russians Are Coming

Russian Fireworks Review-The Russians Are Coming The North Shore Chamber Music Festival is a highly gifted, well disciplined group of musicians – their commitment to great music and excellence was evident on Wednesday evening

The Second City Guide to the Opera Review – Seeing Opera Differently

The Second City Guide to the Opera Review – Seeing Opera Differently The Second City Guide to the Opera  currently at the Civic Opera House through June 30th brings a new perspective to opera

Rush Hour Concerts presents Make Music Chicago | Friday, June 21 2013 | Schedule and Events | 98.7WFMT Broadcasts

Rush Hour Concerts presents Make Music Chicago | Friday, June 21 2013 | Schedule and Events | 98.7WFMT Broadcasts Make Music Chicago! A completely free Musical Celebration across Chicago. Taking place on the first day of summer, Friday, June 21. 98.7WFMT Broadcasts throughout the Day. Bring your instruments or just watch and enjoy. Plenty of fun for everyone

MCA's Whisper Opera Review - A Bold Experiment in "Fragile" Music

MCA's Whisper Opera Review - A Bold Experiment in "Fragile" Music The Whisper Opera is an experiment in "fragile" music commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art and reported by the composer to be part of his rumination on live performance vs. recordings

Par for the Corpse Review – You Won't Guess Who Did It

Par for the Corpse Review – You Won't Guess Who Did It "Par for the Corpse", a homicidal comedy, by Jack Markey, is playing at the charming Oil Lamp Theater, in Glenview, Illinois

Francesca Anderegg and Brent Funderburk Dame Myra Hess Concert Review - Ravel, Maya and Bártok in Vibrant Musical Colors

Francesca Anderegg and Brent Funderburk Dame Myra Hess Concert Review - Ravel, Maya and Bártok in Vibrant Musical Colors Francesca Anderegg (Violin) and Brent Funderburk (Piano) perform Ravel, Moya, and Bartok at the Dame Myra Hess Simulcast with WFMT last Wednesday May 29, 2014 in Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center

Pivot Multi-Arts Festival Preview - Cutting Edge and Fun Spirit of Vaudeville Can Be All Yours

Pivot Multi-Arts Festival Preview - Cutting Edge and Fun Spirit of Vaudeville Can Be All Yours Uptown and Edgewater are filled with fun and cutting edge entertainment in diverse venues from June 6 - 22, 2013 as part of Pivot Arts organization's community outreach

Ka-Tet Theatre Company’s “Smudge” Review - Provoking You to Re-Think Definitions of Life in Our Time

Ka-Tet Theatre Company’s “Smudge” Review - Provoking You to Re-Think Definitions of Life in Our Time Ka-Tet Theater's "Smudge" Gives Everyone's Pre-Held Notions and Convictions About What Defines Life a Jolt

North Shore Chamber Music Festival Preview - Inspired Summer Event

North Shore Chamber Music Festival Preview - Inspired Summer Event The North Shore Chamber Music Festival, in Northbrook, Illinois takes place on June 5, 7 and 8, 2013 and is becoming known as an “inspired summer event not to be missed” for Chicagoans and travelers alike

Chicago Dramatists’ “Homecoming 1972” Review – Dissecting Stuck Lives

Chicago Dramatists’ “Homecoming 1972” Review – Dissecting Stuck Lives In "Homecoming 1972" we revisit a time when returning Vietnam Veterans could not find a place or way to feel normal.

Striding Lion’s Dada Gert Review - Moving the Dada Zeitgeist to a Contemporary Context

Striding Lion’s Dada Gert Review -  Moving the Dada Zeitgeist to a Contemporary Context Relive the Dada times in a multimedia performance inspired by the renegade German dance-theater-film artist Valeska Gert

Scottish Festival Preview – You Take the High Road. I’ll Take I-290!

Scottish Festival Preview – You Take the High Road. I’ll Take I-290! We’re vacationing in Scotland this summer, so we’re looking forward to the opportunity to sample the culture while we’re still at home. Thought you, too, might want to enjoy some Scottish Culture this summer

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