“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Reviewed by Rick & Brenda McCain
byIn 1982, August Wilson’s play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom catapulted him into the national spotlight; it was one of the works from Wilson’s 10-play…
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Maya Prentiss And Bernard Gilbert “Catch Creation”
byEqual parts entertaining and thought provoking, the Goodman Theatre’s world premiere of Christina Anderson’s (Blacktop Sky, pen/man/ship, The Ashes Under Gait City, Man in Love)…
“Nina Simone: Four Women” – Review by Rick & Brenda McCain
byChristina Ham brings a profound story to the Northlight Theatre stage about the most honest woman in America during the Civil Rights Movement era…
Felicia Fields Stars In “Ma Rainey” at Writers Theatre Through March 17
byCelebrated film and stage actress Felicia Fields returns to Chicago to play the lead in August Wilson’s landmark play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Directed…
Goodman Breathes Life Into Conception – Review By Rick & Brenda McCain
byIn its new production How To Catch Creation, the Goodman Theatre brings to the stage a story of love, desire, loss, hope and inspiration,…
Q&A with Dana Anderson, of “Soul in Suburbia”
byDana N. Anderson is a Chicago-based performing artist and writer. Her experience spans on-camera, stage, voiceover and dance. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA…
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s Back In Town!
byAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Auditorium Theatre, the company’s Chicago home for nearly half a century, with six breathtaking performances from…
Pass Over’s Controversial Review
byPass Over is a play about two young African-American men on the corner talking jive about their lives. It is a riff on the…
Bravo Mr. Chance
byThis year I attended Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH’s Wall Street Project in New York and sat in on a hip hop workshop. The…
Welcome To Black (And Youthful) Creativity 2016
byBy Derrick K. Baker It’s a public secret that the annual list of black tie, no tie, and tie one on fundraisers in Chicago…
Artist Ti-Rock Moore
byGallery Guichard is an elegant contemporary art gallery, owned by Andre and Frances Guichard in a unique, South Side Chicago community called Bronzeville. The…