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Film
,
Movie Feature
Feb 19, 2021
A new perspective at Sundance with virtual reality
The New Frontier program introduced groundbreaking multimedia series watched through a pair of VR goggles.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Movie Feature
,
Sundance Film Festival 2021
,
virtual reality
,
VR
,
COVID-19
,
Judas and the Black Messiah
,
Don't Go Telling Your Mama
,
BJ's Mobile Gift Shop
,
Jason Park
,
4 Feet High
,
Maria Belen Poncio
,
Rosario Perazolo Masjoan
,
Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality
,
The Changing Same
,
Michèlle Stephenson
,
Yasmin Elayat
,
The Quantum Summer
,
Traveling the Interstitium with Octavia Butler
Film
,
Movie Review
Feb 19, 2021
What we loved at Sundance 2021 . . . from our couch
The best of the virtual fest is coming to you soon.
By Josh Flanders and Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Movie Review
,
Sundance Film Festival 2021
,
film festival
,
Ailey
,
Jamila Wignot
,
Captains of Za'atari
,
Ali El-Arabi
,
Eight for Silver
,
Boyd Holbrook
,
Flee
,
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
,
Homeroom
,
Oakland High School
,
Peter Nicks
,
In the Same Breath
,
Nanfu Wang
,
John and the Hole
,
Michael C. Hall
,
Charlie Shotwell
,
Pascual Sisto
,
Mass
,
Fran Kranz
,
Martha Plimpton
,
Jason Isaacs
,
Reed Birney
,
Ann Dowd
,
Marvelous and the Black Hole
,
Miya Cech
,
Rhea Perlman
,
Mayday
,
Grace Van Patten
,
Pleasure
,
Bella Cherry
,
Ninja Thyberg
,
Rebel Hearts
,
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
,
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
,
Rita Moreno
,
Mariem Pérez Riera
,
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
,
Jim Henson
,
Summer of Soul (. . . Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
,
Questlove
,
Black Woodstock
,
Try Harder!
,
Lowell High School
,
Writing With Fire
,
Khabar Lahariya
,
Sabaya
,
Hogir Hirori
,
Philly D.A.
,
Larry Krasner
,
Passing
,
Rebecca Hall
,
Ruth Negga
,
Tessa Thompson
,
Night of the Kings
,
Phillipe Lacôte
,
My Name is Pauli Murray
,
Betsy West
,
Julie Cohen
,
Faya Dayi
,
Jessica Beshir
,
At the Ready
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Jan 5, 2021
Hit 'Em on the Blackside
melds social justice and sketch comedy
Congo Square launches a new online series.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Hit 'Em on the Blackside
,
Congo Square Theatre Company
,
Charlique Rolle
,
Second City
,
Anthony Irons
,
Dionna Griffin-Irons
,
Kelvin Roston Jr.
,
Alexis J. Roston
,
Malcom Banks
,
August Wilson
,
Douglas Turner Ward
,
Jitney
,
Day of Absence
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Oct 27, 2020
Elsa Hiltner advocates for transparency in theater design salaries
A crowdsourced spreadsheet pulls back the curtain on who makes what at theaters across the country.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Costume designers
,
Theatre Communications Group
,
ARTSEARCH
,
Elsa Hiltner
,
HowlRound
,
Collaboraction
,
Theatrical Designer Pay Resource
,
Bob Kuhn
,
Christine Pascual
,
Theresa Ham
Film
,
Movie Review
Oct 9, 2020
Recommended
Black women have mid-life crises, too
The 40-Year-Old Version
deftly offers a fresh and exciting perspective on a tired film trope.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Movie Review
,
The 40 Year Old Version
,
Radha Blank
,
mid-life crisis
,
Netflix
,
Peter Kim
,
Oswin Benjamin
,
Sundance Film Festival
,
Watchmen
,
Recommended
Film
,
Movie Feature
Oct 5, 2020
Laughing and screaming with Chris Redd in
Scare Me
The comedian talks finding his voice and acting his ass off.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Movie Feature
,
Chris Redd
,
Scare Me
,
Shudder
,
Sundance
,
Saturday Night Live
,
Aya Cash
,
Josh Ruben
,
Mary Shelley
,
Leprechaun
,
Vampire in Brooklyn
,
The Shining
,
Goosebumps
,
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
,
The Cabin in the Woods
,
The Blair Witch Project
,
Scream
,
Us
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Sep 29, 2020
Black artistic leaders take charge at several Chicago theaters
"There is no other way forward": reflecting on those who shaped them and the future they envision
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
We See You White American Theater
,
Sana Selemon
,
BoHo Theatre
,
Shelley Delaney
,
Brian Evans
,
Neel McNeill
,
Definition Theatre
,
Sophiaa Nayar
,
Mariah Copeland
,
Kamille Dawkins
,
Kamille Dawkins
,
Strawdog Theatre
,
Sonita Surratt
,
Kemati J. Porter
,
eta Creative Arts Foundation
,
Fall Arts Preview
Arts & Culture
,
Feature
Jun 16, 2020
Beyond the Canon highlights BIPOC playwrights
If you want to decolonize theater, start with the script.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Feature
,
Black Lives Matter
,
Beyond the Canon
,
Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway
,
Black Lives Black Words
,
I Am . . . Fest
,
Mojisola Adebayo
,
The Interrogation of Sandra Bland
,
James Ijames
,
Kill Move Paradise
,
Kristiana Rae Colón
,
Tilikum
,
Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm
,
korde arrington t
Arts & Culture
,
Comedy
Apr 29, 2020
Remembering Michael McCarthy
Tributes from actors, comedians, and friends of the Chicago comedy legend.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Comedy
,
Michael Clayton McCarthy
,
Second City
,
iO
,
Saturday Night Live
,
improv
,
Monday Night Live
,
POV
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Feb 18, 2020
Recommended
Sandra Bland's life and death provides the inspiration for
graveyard shift
The Goodman's production is lyrical and heartbreaking.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
graveyard shift
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Korde Arrington Tuttle
,
Sandra Bland
,
Danya Taymor
,
Aneisa J. Hicks
,
Debo Balogun
,
Keith D. Gallagher
,
Kristen Robinson
,
Recommended
Film
,
Movie Feature
Feb 10, 2020
What we loved at Sundance
There are a lot of great movies coming your way in 2020.
By Josh Flanders and Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Movie Feature
,
Sundance Film Festival
,
And Then We Danced
,
City So Real
,
Coded Bias
,
Crip Camp
,
The Father
,
The 40-Year-Old Version
,
Hillary
,
Into the Deep
,
The Perfect Candidate
,
Scare Me
,
Uncle Frank
,
Zola
Film
,
Movie Feature
Feb 5, 2020
Reviewing while Black at Sundance
On criticism, inclusion—and exclusion—at one of the most diverse Sundance festivals in history.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Movie Feature
,
Sheri Flanders
,
Sundance Film Festival
,
diversity
,
inclusion
,
Press Inclusion Initiative
,
Chaz Ebert
,
Janicza Bravo
,
Jacqueline Coley
,
Chicago Theater Accountability Coalition
,
Salt Lake City
,
Park City
,
Crip Camp
,
Zola
,
Coya Paz
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jan 23, 2020
Recommended
Barbara Jordan's story takes center stage in
Voice of Good Hope
City Lit's docudrama captures some of the “moral muck” facing the south's first Black Congresswoman.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Voice of Good Hope
,
City Lit Theater
,
Kristine Thatcher
,
Barbara Jordan
,
Terry McCabe
,
MiKayla Boyd
,
Andrea Conway-Diaz
,
Robert Strauss
,
Paul Chakrin
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Nov 19, 2019
Recommended
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
is Christopher Durang at his darkest
Eclipse Theatre's all-Durang seasons finishes strong with a brutal black comedy about post-9/11 paranoia.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
,
Eclipse Theatre
,
Christopher Durang
,
Steve Scott
,
Athenaeum Theatre
,
Tracey Green
,
Siddhartha Rajan
,
Patrick Thornton
,
Elaine Carlson
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Oct 30, 2019
N
gets lost in both sides’ debates over the use of racial epithets.
Sturdy performances can't hide the faulty premise underlying David Alex's new play.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
N
,
Greenhouse Theater
,
David Alex
,
TaRon Patton
,
Stacie Doublin
,
Ryan Smetana
,
Reginald Hemphill
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Oct 16, 2019
Recommended
Despite some flaws,
The Master Comic
offers a compelling portrait of a predator
The grimy legacy of Bill Cosby haunts this world premiere at MPAACT.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Master Comic
,
MPAACT
,
Bill Cosby
,
Aaron Todd Douglas
,
Yusef Williams
,
Terrance T. Brown
,
Runako Jahi
,
Donn Carl Harper
,
Venice Averyheart
,
Kenneth Johnson
,
Delysa Richards
,
Benjamin T. Jenkins
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Oct 2, 2019
Recommended
Hope: Part II of A Mexican Trilogy
shows the 1960s through the eyes of an immigrant family
Teatro Vista presents Evelina Fernández's play as part of the 2019 Destinos festival.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Hope: Part II of A Mexican Trilogy
,
Destinos
,
Teatro Vista
,
Evelina Fernández
,
Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel
,
Eddie Martinez
,
Tommy Rivera-Vega
,
Janice Carballo
,
Aysette Muñoz
,
Janyce Caraballo
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 25, 2019
Recommended
August Wilson's
King Hedley II
shows the ravages of the 1980s
Ron OJ Parson's production for Court Theatre hits with torrential force.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
King Hedley II
,
August Wilson
,
Court Theatre
,
Ron OJ Parson
,
Kelvin Roston Jr.
,
Dexter Zollicoffer
,
Kierra Bunch
,
TayLar
,
A.C. Smith
,
Ronald L. Conner
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 11, 2019
Recommended
It's a silly place, but you should go to
Spamalot
Your quest for a comedy master class ends at the Mercury Theater.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Spamalot
,
Mercury Theater
,
L. Walter Stearns
,
Jonah D. Winston
,
Greg Foster
,
Angela Weber Miller
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Aug 7, 2019
International Falls
brings a
Seinfeld
twist to a stand-up tragedy
A comedian and a desk clerk in a podunk town share laughs and secrets.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
International Falls
,
Agency Theater Collective
,
End of the Line Productions
,
Thomas Ward
,
Cody Lucas
,
Sean Higgins
,
Marie Weigle
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Preview
Aug 7, 2019
Wrong Way Journey
takes a trip through the life of one Black, queer, Christian woman
In R.C. Riley’s solo show, a rape and a crisis of faith lead to self-acceptance.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Preview
,
R.C. Riley
,
Wrong Way Journey
,
Center on Halsted
,
Ada Cheng
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jul 24, 2019
Recommended
Teatro ZinZanni proves that variety shows are the spice of life
Love, Chaos & Dinner
offers a delicious feast of comedy, thrills, and music.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Teatro ZinZanni
,
Love Chaos and Dinner
,
Cambria Hotel
,
Frank Ferrante
,
Rizo
,
Amelia Zirin-Brown
,
Tim Tyler
,
Joe De Paul
,
Debbie Sharpe
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
May 29, 2019
Recommended
In
Six
, Henry VIII's wives come back as pop divas
Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived—and slaying.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Six
,
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
,
Toby Marlow
,
Lucy Moss
,
Jamie Armitage
,
Brittney Mack
,
Anna Uzele
,
Andrea Macasaet
,
Henry VIII
,
wives of Henry VIII
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
May 15, 2019
Recommended
Black women and the city
'Ain't nobody want to hear us,' say the stars of the joyous
Single Black Female
.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Single Black Female
,
Congo Square Theatre
,
Lisa B. Thompson
,
Tiffany Addison
,
Ginneh Thompson
,
TaRon Patton
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Preview
Apr 25, 2019
The I Am . . . Fest celebrating women of color comes to the Goodman Theatre
Three days of performances and workshops encourages participants to become leaders in their communities.
By Sheri Flanders
Tags:
Theater Preview
,
I Am Fest, Goodman Theatre, Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway, Reginald Edmund, Black Lives Black Words International Project, Nambi E. Kelley, Loy Webb, 10-Minute Play Showcase, The Interrogation of Sandra Bland
,
Mojisola Adebayo, Sandra Bland, Artistic Directors of the Future, National Theatre Black Play Archive, Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed, Surviving the Mic, Nikki Patin, Making the Artivist, Red Clay Dance Company
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