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C-Chats: 'Sweet Bird' at the Goodman Theatre
By Emmet Sullivan and Elly Fishman
Academy Award nominee Diane Lane hasn’t been seen on stage since a 1989 production of Twelfth Night (she played Olivia), so when it was announced that she would mark her theater return in David Cromer’s Sweet Bird of Youth at the Goodman Theatre, we knew we had to check her out while we had the chance. Read our culture editors' take on the play... Read more
Fall Culture Guide
By Rachel Bertsche, Cassie Walker Burke, Elly Fishman, Kevin McKeough, Graham Meyer, Kevin Nance, Matthew Reddin, Matt Schur, Catey Sullivan, and Emmet Sullivan
Fall is typically Chicago culture's golden season, but this one gleams platinum. We're welcoming a Broadway-bound musical, an art blockbuster, first-class concerts, and the final installment of a razor-sharp literary trilogy—plus new plays, dances, movies, and more, from a crop of turbocharged Chicagoans. Read more
C-Chats: 'Hamlet' at the Writers' Theatre
By Emmet Sullivan and Elly Fishman
Culture editors Elly Fishman and Emmet Sullivan caught the opening show last week. Here are their impressions on the play, which topped our must-see theatre list in our Fall Culture Guide. Read more
C-Chats: Chicago Opera Theater's 'Magic Flute'
By Emmet Sullivan and Beth Fenner
Mozart's famous opera opened this past weekend at the Harris Theater. Read what our two editors thought of the Saturday night performance—and get their tips for viewers planning a trip this weekend. Read more