Books typically are better when the reading isn’t required. The next time your high schooler leaves their backpack open, reach in and grab their reading list. Chances are, there are several “must reads” for them that will be equally enjoyable for you—and you’ll have a chance at some parent-child bonding at the same time. […]
North Shore native Marcia Kimpton is bringing her independent film, My Reality, to the Wilmette Theatre on October 10. Kimpton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the film, which was recently submitted to the Sundance Film Festival. Shot in just sixteen days on location in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Mongolia, My Reality takes a […]
One out of every 236 people living in 1980 still alive today yearns for a theatrical homage to the song and fashion stylings of that time, according to a study by the Department of Sociology at Nevada’s Cadwallader University. That doesn’t necessarily bode well for Drury Lane Theatre’s staging of “Xanadu.” Because this musical is […]
The main characters in Tennessee Williams’ “Sweet Bird of Youth” call themselves — and each other — monsters. “When monster meets monster, one monster has to give way, and it will never be me!” proclaims the aging, drug- and sex-addled film actress Alexandra Del Lago. Her young lover, gigolo and traveling companion of the moment, […]
What’s it like to be in hell? So colossally boring that you’ll even seduce the Devil to get the hell out. That’s what happens in the National Theatre of Scotland’s merry and quite mad production of “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart.” It is now running in the charming little cabaret-style theater on the sixth […]
Remember corporate raiders? The financial guys in the 1980s who bought companies to close them? Citadel Theatre Company in Lake Forest has Larry the Liquidator right on stage — the shark who swallows vulnerable companies whole by selling off their assets to maximize shareholder value. Larry Garfinkle is part of the five-person cast of “Other […]
Think the upcoming Four Star Comedy Fest at Navy Pier is just for grown ups? Think again. The inaugural fest, scheduled for October 6, is a daylong event that features free improv workshops for kids and families. “I love that they’re doing stuff for families,” says Evanston resident Tim Kazurinsky, a well-known comedian/actor/writer and Saturday […]
Water has a mysterious power in Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses.” The actors spend much of their time wading, floating, swimming, bathing and splashing in a swimming pool — not always for any logical reason that has anything to do with the action in the stories. The very presence of the water seems to heighten the yearning […]
