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Theatre, TV, Movies and the Visual Arts

Rickie Lee Jones at Old Town School of Folk Music Review — Still Rickie After All These Years

Equus Review — A Thoroughbred Production of a Broken-Down Nag of a Play

Stephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio at Constellation Review – Refreshing Drum-Free Jazz

Dana H. Review — Not Like Any Play You’ve Ever Seen

“Squeeze” at Chicago Theatre review – Still Tuneful After All These Years

Howards End Review — A Sterling Adaptation of One of the Great Novels of the 20th Century

Come From Away Review – A Musical Perfectly Suited to Our Era

The River review – A Poetic Playwright Casting in the Shallows

American Girl Live at Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place — Girl Power on Stage

Rock of Ages at the Nederlander Theatre Review – A Hymn to Mediocrity

Bridges of Madison County Review – A Warmly Lyrical Romance With a Problem

2 Unfortunate 2 Travel – A Provocative Revue With 2 Distinct Layers

Among Wolves Review – A Tender Meditation on the Aftermath of Trauma

Southern Gothic Review – Windy City Playhouse Adds an Immersive New Dimension to Chicago Theatre

Noises Off Review – Windy City Playhouse Mounts an Ambitious Production of Michael Frayn’s Famous Farce

Contraptions by Heath Robinson

The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen edited by Maria Tatar

Mission Accomplished by Khalil Bendib

A Personal Essay on the Paintings of the American Realist Linden Frederick

ART: Over 2,500 Works from Cave to Contemporary

101 Forgotten Films by Brian Mills

The Night Gallery, Season Two

The Films of Morris Engel

Thirtysomething

The Andy Griffith Show

A Review of Oliver Stone’s “W.”

A Non-Conventional Review, by Way of a Childhood Movie-Going Memory, of Robert DeNiro’s and Al Pacino’s “Righteous Kill”

Black Orpheus: Essential Art House Edition

The Cider House Rules

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

Once Upon a Time in America

The Wrestler

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Trouble the Water

thirtysomething, Season One

Armored

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II

Party Down Season Two

Graham Parker & The Figgs, Live at the FTC

Pale Flower

Steamy Art House Hits