From Dickens to Godzilla to the Flintstones, dinosaurs have long occupied a central place in popular culture. Arts reporter Katherine Chen reviews a new exhibit at the Regenstein Library surveying their reptilian history.
Hours before Madonna emerges, as crowds pour into the United Center, excitement hangs in the air like a mist. A sparkly mist. The atmosphere is celebratory, and why shouldn’t it be? Less than a year...
Although its plot and songs could use direction, Boop! The Musical delivers visual delight and old-timey music for a nostalgic, family-friendly audience.
Associate Arts Editor Toby Chan reviews “The Immortal Jellyfish Girl” at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, which offers a compelling mythos about mankind’s future for a present where climate disasters and visions of catastrophe threaten our survival as a species.
