‘What We Do Is Secret’: Performance saves tale of a purposeful flameout
Like so many bio-pics before it, "What We Do Is Secret" boasts a terrific reincarnation of a late talent (Shane West of "ER" as the Germs' Darby Crash) and a...
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‘Wonderful Town’: An understated trip back to the scene of a catastrophe
There's a folksy majesty to "Wonderful Town," born of its leisurely pace, pastoral views of idyllic scenery and a storytelling drive set only slightly faster than slow motion. It recalls...
Greg Cameron bringing his contacts to new Joffrey job
Greg Cameron arrived this week as executive director of the Joffrey Ballet armed with a wealth of contacts — key to success in Chicago's tight-knit nonprofit community, he says —...
Ambitious ‘Mama’s Boy’ rich in atmosphere, if a bit unclear
"Mama's Boy," a full-length original from Chicago Tap Theatre, is a splendid dance presentation built around a somewhat muddled story, though certainly a hard-hitting yarn about crime, ill-gotten-gains and retribution....
A captivating look at the dangers, beauty of rebellion
The cast of Atalee Judy's "bully.punk.riot.," the BONEdanse and Links Hall program now at Constellation, represents an expanded crew for the choreographer, who for years has been one of the...
Greg Cameron is Joffrey’s new executive director
Greg Cameron will take over as the new executive director of the Joffrey Ballet July 1 after leaving his post as chief operating officer of Window to the World Communications,...
Chicago Tap growing up for ‘Mama’s Boy’
For more than a decade, Chicago Tap Theatre has pioneered its own genre of summer entertainment in the form of the "tap opera," a tale told with lean narrative and...
Aerial Dance at its best when lean and spare
Aerial Dance Chicago is one of the city's more unusual performance organizations, blending artistic endeavor with athletic, gymnastic prowess and imagery. To assume that means a kind of flashy, cirque-du-jour...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago kicks off ‘danc(e)volve’
The pieces in Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's latest bill of new works are consistent in strengths and weakness--they're all bold and imaginative in imagery while somewhat short on structure and...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago kicks off ‘danc(e)volve’
The pieces in Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's latest bill of new works are consistent in strengths and weakness--they're all bold and imaginative in imagery while somewhat short on structure and...