SCARE TACTICS: Halloween horror shows usually recall plastic masks, strobe lights, and spinning tunnels. But this season, three Chicago theatre companies are taking a more subtle tack and bringing horror back to its gothic roots
It was a big weekend for floor-length sparkly gowns and penguin suits—some accessorized with swooping capes, torn from the racks of Phantoms ‘R’ Us. On Friday, the Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its season with Verdi’s Macbeth, and on Saturday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra honored its first official year with Maestro Riccardo Muti at the helm with
a one-night only performance and ball.”
LYRIC CALL: Barbara Gaines directs the Bard’s work
MASTER PIECES: An art project for architecture’s sake
Our top five picks for things to do this week: The MCA addresses a Napoleon complex . . . The Interview Show births a new installment . . . the CSO’s wunderkinds debut . . . plus, what Audrey Niffenegger is doing this weekend
POCKET GUIDE: A cultural short-list for October, in order of buzz
Eleven shows to buy tickets for now; Laurie Metcalf returns to Chicago; the business of small theatre; inside the mind of Robert Falls; and more
What the artistic director of the Goodman Theatre is reading, listening to, and buying now
PENNY-PINCH: Ann Filmer of Berwyn’s 16th Street Theater Discusses Her Budget for “Menorca”
NEXT STEP: Steppenwolf’s Crazy Pants returns to Chicago
