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“Galileo’s Daughter”: A Play of Time Travel

SAIC Alum John Boesche on his collaboration with Remy Bumppo Theater Company

The Art of Obsession

A Letter From the Entertainment Editor

Theatre Review: Life is Still a ‘Cabaret’

Chicago's Porchlight Music Theatre celebrates the long history of ‘Cabaret.’

Alum Report: Javier Carmona

Alumnus Javier Carmona (BFA 1994) talks photography, acting, SAIC, and how to measure time.

No Cheerleader: ‘Lysistrata Jones’ Stumbles at Refuge Theatre

In "Lysistrata Jones," Refuge Theatre puts on a sad excuse for an empowering female piece.

Part of the Problem: Porchlight’s Casting of ‘In the Heights’

Porchlight's casting misstep is only one in a series of racially irresponsible production mistakes on national stages.

“Thaddeus and Slocum” Revisits Vaudeville with Eye to Inequality

Lookingglass Theatre's production of "Thaddeus and Slocum" asks audiences to face the problems facing actors of color in theater, then and now.

The Kitchen “Micro-Festival”: A Conversation With A Neo-Futurist

Local favorites the Neo-Futurists host a "micro-festival" that's not small at all.

Live Art from Lebanon

Was it planned for a long time or an act of depression? Was Yamout acting out against his default role of a leader because he wanted to be an anarchist?

The Weight of a Real Woman

Elana Cooper, 2012 MFA graduate in FVNMA, has written and produced "The Weight of a Real Woman," which addresses the issues of four diverse personalities, each battle their own demons; that ultimately reveal the weight of their character and "The Weight Of A Real Woman."

Louder and Larger: An interview with actor John Judd

I love that moment when the lights come up and we see each other face to face as nothing more than people.

"The Lost Boys of Sudan" Victory Gardens Theater From March 19-April 25

The Lost Boys meet the American dream in a new Chicago play that relies on stereotype in order to critique it.

Steppenwolf’s After the Quake:

Of Murakami’s six collected stories, Steppenwolf’s After the Quake blends “Super-frog Saves Tokyo” and “Honey Pie” into a one-act play where one’s imagination can keep a disaster resonating long after it’s over.

Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich

Sure to be a hot ticket Steppenwolf Theater Company's world premier production of Lost Land opens April 10. Actually, it already is a hot ticket. When F News went to press, an employee at the box office said the play is 99 percent sold out. Lost Land is written by Stephen Jeffrey and directed by Terry Johnson and stars the well-known actor, John Malkovich.

Camille @ Gallery 37 Center for the Arts

The UFO of human feelings: a hardly believable phenomenon where you not only have hot pants for one another but every worldly care is forgotten