Rachael Scholten - Arts & Culture Contributor

The Good Negro, now playing at the Goodman, does for the American Civil Rights movement what Primary Colors did for Clinton – turn over the polished rock ... read more >>

Existentialism, according to critic Martin Esslin, holds the “belief that we are absurd beings loose in a universe empty of real meaning.” Good existential ... read more >>

  After two sold-out runs in 2005 and 2008, Lookingglass’ Hephaestus is back and better than ever.  Based on the myth of Hephaestus, Greek god ... read more >>

Wicked, Jersey Boys, and now Billy Elliot – the newest blockbuster musical sure to please the tourist and out-of-town-guest crowd dances its way into the ... read more >>

The Illusion, now playing at the Court Theatre in Hyde Park, is nothing short of a masterpiece. Freely adapted by Tony Kushner (Angels in America) from the French ... read more >>

As I've said before, it's always a sign of a good play when a production is extended. Trust, Lookingglass’ newest show about sexual predators in a digital ... read more >>

In 1889, a poorly constructed dam broke in the hills of the Allegheny Mountains, and the subsequent flood took 2200 lives in the downstream, blue-collar town of ... read more >>

In the woods of South Dakota, a white man named Sam has found refuge in an Indian reservation and attempts to drink away painful memories of a long-ago trauma. ... read more >>

Although they’re set near a bayou in Louisana, and have echoes of Afro-Caribbean folklore, The Brother/Sister Plays are much more than stories from an African ... read more >>

Don't let the generic name fool you – Duets For My Valentine will most definitely not be an evening of tutus, tight pants, and selections from Swan Lake and ... read more >>