2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (387+ words) Review: Is This Thing On?Chicago Reader Bradley Cooper's third film as director, Is This Thing On?, tells the story of Alex (Will Arnett) and Tess (Laura Dern), an unhappy married couple introduced in a blunt exchange that prompts the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (366+ words) Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia makes a chilling update to Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 cult masterpiece Save the Green Planet!. Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia is a feverish mix of ecological panic and conspiratorial mania. It feels newly prophetic as it returns to the familiar nightmare…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (238+ words) Local references abound, from Mothman to legendary gay nightclub La Cueva. The show is in both English and Spanish, but even those of us with limited Spanish can easily pick up on what's going down in those segments, thanks to…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (407+ words) With surprising success, Akiva Schaffer's The Naked Gun cannonballs into the absurdity of the original franchise. Akiva Schaffer's The Naked Gun cannonballs into the absurdity of the original franchise. It's packed with absolutely shameless fun: pratfalls, pun-heavy wordplay, deadpan chaos,…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (313+ words) From L: India Huy, Kelcy Taylor, and Teah Kiang Mirabelli in Sweet Charity with Blank Theatre Company Credit: Steven Townshend/Distant Era Through 6/8: Thu'Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 3 PM; also Mon 6/2 7: ... Hey. We see you. When director/choreographer (and Ravenswood native) Bob Fosse…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (300+ words) From L: Eddie Martinez, Michel Rodr'guez Cintra, and Laura Murillo Hart in Circus Quixote at Lookingglass Theatre Credit: Joe Mazza/Brave Lux The most enchanting moments in this production are ... Adventures await as Lookingglass Theatre reopens its doors on Michigan Avenue…...