308 stories by "Kt Hawbaker"
Does the "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" exhibition and others like it go too far in their pursuit of bigger audiences?
"Make sure you can read the label!"…
Kale Williams initiates an online movement celebrating Black softness and purpose.
Like all great social justice movements, Chicagoan Kale Williams's revolution …
Complicating gender and racial identity adds texture to the gory Shakespearean stew.
Titus Andronicus is a bloody tale about the illusion of peacetime. Despite b…
The 60 wrd/min project aims to keep overseas creatives in the U.S.
Among the matches burning in the dumpster fire of U.S. immigration is the system of chutes and…
Broken Nose examines the high-stakes world of global finance.
You'd think by now we'd need no more convincing: bankers are crooks, the financial system is a top-…
Kevin Artigue's fraught story is one helluva play for Shattered Globe.
You know you've just seen one helluva play when you spend the next 24 hours doing mental j…
A little more defiance of the genre would give this Otherworld Theatre show more bite.
I low-key love how Otherworld Theatre fully explores the concept of "theat…
A gender-bending Catskills resort in 1962 takes center stage at Pride Films & Plays
My favorite question as an arts journalist is "Why now?" When Harvey Fier…
Elinor Cook's drama gets a gritty and tender U.S. premiere from Interrobang Theatre Project.
Gender isn't binary. It's an idea that should also apply to depictio…
Otherworld Theatre's Stupid Shakespeare Company makes a low-budget, high-laugh debut.
Do you remember laughter? Most days"especially the days when I log on to Tw…
The show's real power lies in how it acknowledges the complicated intergenerational conversations between queer artists of color.
Thirty minutes after I left "Ab…
Unfortunately, this Something Marvelous production takes on more than it can handle.
On paper, Josh Wilder's Leftovers sounds like a radical magical realism romp…
It envisions a queer domestic space we don't normally see onstage.
I was hesitant as I walked into Pride Films and Plays on Friday night. Though the theater's sh…
Five memoirs that made me the pansexual freak I am today
During every week this Pride Month, we'll ask one of our contrubutors to compile a list of essential que…
It commits the great satirical sin of punching down.
Remember High School Musical? Cool, cool, here's what would happen if someone fused the squickiest parts of …
If you've ever been to a 12 Step meeting, this will feel familiar.
After undergrad, I spent a dreary year in social work. I was terrible at it for a number of re…
While it's clearly a labor of love, the proliferation of hooks and lack of commitment make for a underbaked confection.
If I've learned anything from The Great B…
Plus there's an excellent joke about thirst traps.
According to the Pew Research Center, Gen Z"young people currently aged 14-22"are even more liberal and politi…
Curators have recreated the defunct company's rehearsal space at the Chicago Cultural Center to explore 23 years of groundbreaking visual art and theater.
Chicag…
Chicago Is A Drag will include performers from across generations, neighborhoods, and performance styles.
To my fellow queer folks who live in the overlap of re…
Chicago Shakespeare's staging draws upon the concept of a legacy interrupted and destroyed by racial violence.
Though the Bard wrote Hamlet sometime on the cusp …
How do we hold corporatized institutions accountable for the decisions they make?
On one level, it's thrilling to see that several Chicago folks made it into th…
Under its new director, the Avondale theater's experiments will continue.
It all began in 2015, when Olivia Lilley made a deal with the devil.…
Against a background of Springsteen songs, they realize that baby, they were born to run.
It's time to induct Bruce Springsteen into the Queer Icon Hall of Fame.…
On Friday, Black Button Eyes Productions announced its 2019-20 Season, featuring two Chicago premiere musicals. The season kicks off this summer with "Ghost Quartet" by Broadway composer Dav…
