By Venus Zarris For artists working in any genre and children of all ages, Maurice Sendak has been an incalculable inspiration. His death today marks the passing of an unparalleled influence. Wherever he asked us[…]
Category: Quotes
Gilded Art Nouveau Under Domes of Light @ The Auditorium
Photo Essay By Venus Zarris Frank Lloyd Wright called the Auditorium Theatre, “The greatest room for music and opera in the world – bar none.” Perhaps this had something to do with the fact that[…]
UNVEILED … EXTENDED @ 16th Street Theatre
UNVEILED … EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 7! by Rohina Directed by Ann Filmer Racism. Hate crimes. Love. Islam. Culture. Language. Life. Five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil[…]
Shadows and Light in the Auditorium Theatre
Feature and Images by Venus Zarris From its opening in 1889, the Auditorium Theatre has been considered one of the world’s most splendid and functional theaters and the crowning achievement of Chicago architects Dankmar Adler and Louis[…]
Vote
“All theater is political if it engages you. If more people took theater seriously we’d have different election results. I’ve yet to meet a serious playwright who wasn’t a liberal Democrat.” — Edward Albee “On[…]
Politics on Stage
By Venus Zarris Poised on the verge of quite possibly this country’s most critically important and historically significant presidential election, let’s take a look at some of the perspectives that theater in Chicago has offered[…]
IONESCO QUOTE
“I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the[…]