Oak Lawn native stars in Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ ‘a home what howls’
Leslie Sophia Pérez graduated in June 2023 from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago but the Oak Lawn native already is starring in her second world premiere production. Steppenwolf for...
View Article‘How to Have Sex’ review: A teen holiday frames an arresting portrait of...
A sharp and illuminating answer to nearly every losing-virginity teen comedy in existence, debut feature filmmaker Molly Manning Walker’s “How to Have Sex” follows three teenaged British friends, all...
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Review: ‘Selling Kabul’ at Northlight Theatre is a tense and truthful story...
In “Selling Kabul,” the playwright Sylvia Khoury homes in on a recurring phenomenon of U.S. geopolitics in troubled areas of the world: the need for informants and fixers on the ground. That, of...
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What to do around Chicago for Valentine’s Day: Fireworks, orchids and a dance...
Our list of what to do around Chicago takes on a holiday theme this week with our top 10 suggestions for your Valentine’s Day — including first-time fireworks on the lakefront. The Orchid Show of...
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Review: In ‘Mothers’ at Gift Theatre, tensions in a mommy’s group. Then bombs...
The first act of Anna Ouyang Moench’s play “Mothers,” directed by Halena Kays in its Chicago premiere at the Gift Theatre, is a sharply written and smartly acted satire of the absurd dynamics that can...
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Here’s what you can expect from Super Bowl commercials this Sunday
NEW YORK — Big name advertisers will be pulling out all the stops on Super Bowl Sunday — enlisting high-profile actors, investing in dazzling special effects and, they hope, going for laughs as they...
View ArticleTaylor Swift’s connections to sports go back to her early days performing the...
PHILADELPHIA — Years before Taylor Swift grew into the global superstar who has become the talk of this Super Bowl, she was just a young Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, singer happy to strum her guitar and...
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Ye and Ty Dolla $ign preview ‘Vultures’ at a Chicago listening party full of...
What’s it like to attend a listening event for the album “Vultures” by Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, in 2024? Bizarre. At times, admittedly exhilarating. Deeply challenging. Ye (his...
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Review: ‘Notes from the Field’ at TimeLine Theatre shows a different face of...
In her two great masterpieces, “Fires in the Mirror” and “Twilight: Los Angeles,” the playwright-performer Anna Deavere Smith introduced America to a novel kind of docudrama. In shows dealing with the...
View ArticleTaylor Swift reaches LAX in journey from Tokyo to Super Bowl, online sleuths...
By MARIA SHERMAN and FOSTER KLUG (Associated Press) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will she make it in time? Intrepid flight trackers online seem to think so. On social media, fans of Taylor Swift and aviation...
View Article‘Lisa Frankenstein’ fails to revive North American box office on a very slow...
“Lisa Frankenstein” didn’t come to life at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The horror comedy written by Diablo Cody and starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse earned...
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Review: Katy Sullivan roars as ‘Richard III’ at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
“I am determined to prove a villain,” Richard III famously tells us at the very top of the Shakespearean drama that bears his name, justifying his choice by himself being “rudely stamped,” “not shaped...
View ArticleCarl Weathers’ cause of death revealed
Carl Weathers died from complications of heart disease, which he’d reportedly been battling for years, according to details shared from the late actor’s death certificate. The 76-year-old’s official...
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Donna Kelce on what she texts Travis on game day and her Super Bowl essentials
Taylor Swift’s influence at the 2024 Super Bowl isn’t simply about red and yellow friendship bracelets and adorable “Taylor’s Version” NFL-inspired sweatshirts. The singer and songwriter’s recent run...
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Usher rocks 2024 Super Bowl halftime show with help from Alicia Keys, Lil...
Usher emerged at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium for the Super Bowl halftime show seated on a throne, joined by a marching band and a trove of Vegas performers — but stayed its center. It was an immediate...
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Taylor Swift chugs beer, cuddles Blake Lively and cheers as Chiefs play 49ers...
With the run she’s having, how could Taylor Swift be on anything other than the winning side? Swift was smothered by her celebrity suite-mates at Allegiant Stadium when the Kansas City Chiefs clinched...
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A deep dive into Bob Dylan and ‘Girl From the North Country’
Bob Dylan is an all-time great, a given when looking at the annals of the greatest songwriters in history. With hits like “Hurricane,” “All Along the Watchtower,” and “Like a Rolling Stone,” Dylan’s...
View ArticleBeyoncé drops new songs ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages.’ New music ‘Act...
By MARIA SHERMAN LOS ANGELES — After a Verizon commercial starring Beyoncé aired during the Super Bowl ended with the superstar saying “They ready, drop the new music,” the question became — was she...
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Hits and misses from the 2024 Super Bowl commercials
Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs delivered another Super Bowl championship. Ding dong! DoorDash here. Trophy’s on the porch. Don’t forget to tip your quarterback. Like Popeye’s wings, BetMGM’s Tom...
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement rumors should heat up after ‘fairy...
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrated the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl 2024 victory by dancing to what else? Video posted on social media shows the world’s favorite super couple dancing at the...
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