Q&A With La Shawn Banks
byA veteran of film, television and theater, actor La Shawn Banks has steadily amassed a thorough body of work that is both diverse and…
Theater
Q&A With Hope Boykin of The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
byHope Boykin hails from Durham, NC and is a three-time recipient of the American Dance Festival’s Young Tuition Scholarship. She attended Howard University and,…
Q&A – James Earl Jones II of The Scottsboro Boys
byHailed as one of the most visionary and controversial musicals to grace the stages of Broadway and London, and nominated for 12 Tony Awards…
Q&A w/ Anthony Irons & Javon Johnson of “Hobo King”
byInspired by true events, “Hobo King” tells the story of a homeless man unjustly slain by city police. Enraged, the homeless community attempts to…
Q&A with Rod Dixon
byFor the past 12 years, The Auditorium Theater has presented TOO HOT TOO HANDLE on its stage. I chaired this event for 9 years,…
Black Maleness in Dance
byThe Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago welcomes choreographer-performer nora chipaumire with her most recent artistic investigation of the black body, Africa and the…
SPAA: Black Theater In The South Suburbs
byShowbiz produces some interesting people. Mike Wilkins is certainly one of them. “Dr. Mike,” or “Pastor Mike” as he’s called – Wilkins has two…
Review: WAR PAINT
byGoodman Theater until August 21, 2016 Tickets range from $44 to 182 Visit Goodman Theater War Paint is a story about high-powered, pioneering women,…
Morris Gearring-Something About Oscar
byIt wasn’t long after the late great Oscar Brown Jr. took Morris Gearring under his wing in 1985 that Gearring realized the incredible position…
AnJi White Sizzles In “Sunset Baby”
byChicago media tends to cover local theater by especially noting the acclaimed playwright or the gifted director or the timeless play. For whatever reason,…
Emmett Till
byThe North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie presents Mike Wiley’s one-man theatre piece, Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till. The…
Satchmo at The Waldorf @ Court Theatre thru Feb 7
byI thought Satchmo At The Waldorf would be a play about Louis Armstrong and his music. It is not. It is a drama about…