Cowards, Saints, and Brigadiers
Our top five picks for things to do this week: A Coward extension; a free Hitchcock screening with a classic Hollywood star; short, cheap cinema; and more
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No True History of the Zipper in the New Play at the Goodman
When you attend the theatre, little things can break the spell of the performance on stage. Maybe the person sitting next to you has an unsettling horse laugh. Or maybe some trivial detail of the performance causes your mind to wander…
'The Celebrity Apprentice,' Episode Two: Blago Brings the Balloons
Falling back on his experience with photo opportunities—a politician’s bread and butter—Rod Blagojevich managed to squeak out of a three-man boardroom showdown without getting fired…
Dissecting the grand finale of "Billy Elliot"
Spin Cycle: The boys who play the title character discuss the toughest move in the show: a finale of pirouettes
Two-fer: Mitsuko Uchida Plays Mozart While Conducting the CSO!
Now that Daniel Barenboim is gone, CSO-goers have fewer chances to see conducting from the piano. Last night’s all-Mozart concert, where Mitsuko Uchida conducted and soloed in piano concerti nos. 17 and 27, scratched that jack-of-all-trades itch…
Allison Torem is the Reason to See Lookingglass's New Play, Trust
Whether you think Trust, a new play that opened Saturday at the Lookingglass Theatre, is a wallop-packing drama about cyberstalking or a made-for-television issues-movie poorly translated to the stage, Allison Torem is coming in for some universal praise…
Top 40 Music Albums by Chicago Artists
As the magazine’s 40th anniversary approaches, we rank the 40 best albums ever by Chicago artists
50 Nifty Aldermanic Portraits
Our top five picks for things to do this week: The free stuff gets top billing, which means you have no excuse to stay home.
Chicago: Pinball’s capital and last best hope
Once the manufacturing capital for the world’s pinball machines, Chicago is now the last, best hope for those loud and gaudy electronic games
3-D Alice at the Showplace Icon in the South Loop: Worth 20 bucks plus food?
Luxury theatres sound fantastic in theory: ginger cocktails, bacon popcorn, plush seating, and, did we mention, bacon popcorn? But how often do you want to pay $17.50—or $20 if it’s in 3-D—for a movie?…