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Last Dinosaurs perform at Thalia Hall in Chicago. Photo courtesy of Emily Zhang.

Last Dinosaurs Light Up Chicago with KYORYU

By Emily Zhang / May 13, 2025

Just over a year since their 2023 tour, the Last Dinosaurs returned to the Chicagoland stage at Thalia Hall with a brand-new look, sound, and message. Back in 2023, Lachlan Caskey—one of the two Caskey...

Gabriela Diaz and Alice Wu in Time is a Color and the Color is Blue. Photo courtesy of Akosua-Asamoabea Ampofo.

Time Is a Color and the Color Is Blue and the Blue Is Warm

By Zachary Leiter / May 12, 2025
In the end, messiness aside, Time is a Color reminds us just how captivating live theater can be.
A crowd gathers in First Presbyterian Church of Chicago for a Toast to the South Side. Photo by Max Li.

South Side Night kicks off EXPO CHICAGO 2025

By Nolan Shaffer and Jessalin Nguyen / May 12, 2025

EXPO CHICAGO, an annual gathering of contemporary art galleries at Navy Pier, kicked off at South Side Night on April 22. In collaboration with UChicago Arts and Block Club Chicago, 10 venues across the...

From left to right: Millie Walsh, Robert Stimpson, Maggie Onsager, Joshua Winston. Courtesy of University Theater.

What’s in a Photograph? University Theater’s 35mm: A Musical Exhibition Offers a Glimpse

By Elias Buttress / May 9, 2025

It’s said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but which words, and whose stories? University Theater’s recent production of Ryan Scott Oliver’s 35mm: A Musical Exhibition invites us to explore...

Johnard Washington as David in Red Theater’s Kairos. Courtesy of Wannabe Studio.

Kairos Makes a Mess of Immortality

By Zachary Leiter / May 7, 2025
Where Kairos falters is in overestimating its own insight. For a play contending with themes of love, death, eugenics, and immortality, Kairos says frightfully little.

The Arts Podcast, E7: Tate McRae Got So Close

The Arts Podcast, E7: Tate McRae Got So Close On this episode, your favorite podcast hosts review Tate McRae’s most recent album, So Close to What. They are joined by special guest Justin (resident Tate...

The exhibition space included a maze of Wakaliga Uganda's films. Left: Wakaliga Uganda, Once a Soja: Agubiri the Gateman, 2015; Right: Wakaliga Uganda, If Uganda Was America, 2025. Courtesy of The Renaissance Society.

Wakaliga Uganda Crafts Evocative Stories

By Faer Son / May 5, 2025

The moment I walked into the pastel-colored, dimly lit room at the Renaissance Society, I was struck by the sound of gunshots. The exhibition is a maze of seven differently sized rectangular rooms, each...

Marthe (Raven Whitley) and Kurt (Tim Decker) in a snowstorm in Berlin. Courtesy of Michael Brosilow.

In Berlin, Beauty in the Life of the City and the Fall of Liberalism

By Zachary Leiter / May 5, 2025
Berlin wants to feel like the city in a way that recalls the early Soviet theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold and others.
Kierra Bunch, Shanésia Davis, Brian Keys, and Martasia Jones as members of the Younger family. Courtesy of Michael Brosilow with Court Theatre.

A Night at Court Theatre’s A Raisin in the Sun

By Gabrielle Ortega / May 5, 2025

As I sat house left at Court Theatre’s performance of Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun, waiting for the lights to dim, audience members snapped and sang along under their breath to...

Zainab Jah and Namir Smallwood in Suzan-Lori Parks’s The Book of Grace. Courtesy of Michael Brosilow.

Steppenwolf’s The Book of Grace Wanders Through the Desert

By Zachary Leiter / April 30, 2025
The Book of Grace does not quite add up to a play so much as it adds up to a collection of attractive images held together by suggestions of a theme.
Betye Saar's banner from the exhibition.

Neubauer Collegium Exhibits Costume Design and Colonial Legacies

By Elias Buttress / April 30, 2025
Arts Reporter Elias Buttress reviews Neubauer Collegium’s newest exhibition, which explores the inspiration and early works of Betye Saar.
The film poster for The Legend of Ochi, courtesy of A24.

The Legend of Ochi Hesitates, but Charms

By Nolan Shaffer / April 28, 2025
Head Arts Editor Nolan Shaffer reviews A24’s latest film.
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