Luftwerk | solarise: a sea of all colors Photo Essay by Venus Zarris Art is storytelling and Luftwerk, the collaborative creations of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, takes the architecturally organic story created in the[…]
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DEATHSCRIBE 2012: FEAR creates the BEST Holiday CHEER!
Feature and Photo Essay by Venus Zarris Once again, WildClaw Theatre saves the best of the year for the end of the year and gives us something to be happy about, other than the over-hyped[…]
“SPARK” Honors Vets at Trap Door Theatre
Feature and Photo Essay by Venus Zarris Obie Award-winning Playwright Caridad Svich honors the reality of homecoming for our Vets and their families in her prescient new play SPARK. Trap Door Theatre presented a powerfully captivating[…]
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween from Chicago Stage Review! “Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Harpier cries ‘Tis time, ‘tis time. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw. Toad,[…]
Happy Independence Day from Chicago Stage Review!
Photo essay by Venus Zarris Images by Venus Zarris.
DRALION – Cirque Du Soleil – REVIEW
Review and Photo Essay by Venus Zarris NO DRAGONS WERE HARMED DURING THIS SHOW, but in an unprecedented flurry of unbridled joy – they sure have a great time dancing! There is not so much[…]
Enfrascada (A Hoodoo Comedy of Jarring Proportions) captured by Anthony Aicardi
Images by Anthony Aicardi 16th Street Theater presents playwright Tanya Saracho’s magical mixture of comedy and drama in their stunning production of Enfrascada (A Hoodoo Comedy of Jarring Proportions), now in its final week at the Berwyn[…]
“Fucking A” captured by Anthony Aicardi
Images by Anthony Aicardi UrbanTheatre Company delivers a viscerally provocative Midwest premiere of playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ Fucking A. Photographer Anthony Aicardi intimately captures the tragic, comic, sensual and brutal moments of this compelling production, now in the final week of[…]
The Strange & Terrible True Story of Pinocchio (the Wooden Boy) as Told by Frankenstein’s Monster (the Wretched Creature) – REVIEW
Review & Photo Essay by Venus Zarris My favorite New Year’s ecard reads, “This year let’s resolve to make better bad decisions.” Evidently, no one sent this to Pinocchio. Some people never seem to learn.[…]
“Accidental Rapture” captured by Anthony Aicardi
Images by Anthony Aicardi 16th Street Theater delivers a thought provoking comedy about faith, friendship and the end of the world in playwright Eric Pfeffinger’s Accidental Rapture. Photographer Anthony Aicardi beautifully captures intimate moments of this compelling[…]