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A refreshing October Storm - Chicago Reader
Despite glorious voices, mighty ‘Big River’ musical gets conventional staging at Mercury Theater
Ready to rock - Chicago Reader
Glorious music fills a frenetically paced ‘Tina: The Tina Turner Musical’
Harold Dennis’s diamonds are in his own backyard - Chicago Reader
Sing a song - Chicago Reader
Sundance: risk-free in 2023 - Chicago Reader
Infatuation and identity - Chicago Reader
David Razowsky wants to set “yes, and” on fire - Chicago Reader
The strength of community - Chicago Reader
Apartheid and Antigone - Chicago Reader
In must-see ‘Lion King,’ the commitment to great artistry is everywhere
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Chicago Reader
The Woman King - Chicago Reader
The theme is love at Pop-Up Magazine - Chicago Reader
‘Wicked’ remains an enjoyable tale, but it’s time for some updating
Family recipes - Chicago Reader
‘Clyde’s’ serves up food for the soul in a deliciously comedic staging at the Goodman Theatre
In the timely Steppenwolf curiosity ‘Miz Martha,’ enslaved people confront Washington’s widow
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. - Chicago Reader
'Little things make a huge difference' - Chicago Reader
Ms. Marvel - Chicago Reader
New generation, old family stories - Chicago Reader
‘Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations’ takes jukebox musicals to new, fabulous heights
The price of exposure - Chicago Reader
‘Intimate Apparel’ a revealing romantic drama about finding just the right fit
King James explores basketball and male bonding - Chicago Reader
Rewriting the rules of journalism (with fire) - Chicago Reader
Epic kindness is born amid epic tragedy in ‘Come From Away’
2 upcoming films look back at the Jane Collective, the South Side’s underground abortion provider in the ’70s
Sundance at home, again - Chicago Reader
Theater is a place for all of us, and so is Sundance. - Chicago Reader
Film looks back at Ye as a young, awkward, audacious Chicago rapper
Chicago native Tonya Pinkins dramatizes local history in Emmett Till series
Something’s here: A West Side Story for a new generation - Chicago Reader
The invisible board - Chicago Reader
Fun ‘Frozen’ glistens with music and messaging that isn’t just for kids
One man’s voice recounts the horrors of the Holocaust and implores us to ‘Remember This’
Fannie Lou Hamer takes us to church - Chicago Reader
Video | Inventing Improv | Chicago Stories | WTTW Chicago
Dune - Film Review - Chicago Reader
Less is Moor in Court Theatre's stripped-down Othello - Chicago Reader
As You Like It - Theater Review - Chicago Sun-Times
TV Appearance - Chicago Tonight with Brandis Friedman
WGN Radio with Anna Davalantes
Candyman review - Chicago Reader
School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play - Chicago Sun-Times
Zola - Chicago Reader Feature Review
A.B.L.E. Ensemble - Chicago Sun-Times - Feature
Pivot Arts Festival - Chicago Reader - Feature
Downstream to Kinshasa - Chicago Reader
Godzilla vs Kong - Chicago Reader
Lanise Antione Shelley and the House Theater - Chicago Sun-Times - Feature
A Non Obit For Improv -Chicago Reader
A Love Song For Latasha - Film Review - Chicago Reader
The United States vs Billie Holiday - Film Review - Chicago Reader
Sundance 2021 Wrap Up - Chicago Reader
Virtual Reality at Sundance
Hit Em On The Blackside Melds Social Justice and Sketch Comedy - Feature - Chicago Reader
Wonder Woman 1984 - Film Review - Chicago Reader
Hillbilly Elegy, Film Review - Chicago Reader
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, Film Review - Chicago Reader
Elsa Hiltner Advocates for Pay Transparency, Chicago Reader, Feature
The 40 Year Old Version - Sundance Film Review - Chicago Reader
Scare Me, Film Feature - Chicago Reader
Enola Holmes, Film Review - Chicago Reader
Black Artistic Leaders Take Charge at Several Chicago Theaters, Theater Feature - Chicago Reader
A Kids Play About Racism, Feature - Chicago Sun-Times
What We Loved at Sundance, Film Reviews - Chicago Reader
Beyond the Canon, Theater Feature - Chicago Reader
Kill Move Paradise Theater Review - Chicago Sun-Times
John Lewis: Good Trouble, Film Reveiw - Chicago Reader
City So Real Film Review, Sundance Film Festival - Chicago Sun-Times
Despite 45 Male and Predominantly White U.S. Presidents In a Row, It Is a Terrible Idea to Prefer a Candidate Based On Their Gender or Race, Satire - McSweeneys
How To Defend Yourself Theater Review - Chicago Sun-Times
HOWARD’S END, Theater Review - Chicago Sun-Times
Six, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Lin Manuel Miranda Rebuilding Puerto Rico - Chicagoland Musical Theater
Chicago Theater Needs a Midwife, Not a Critic, Editorial - Chicago Tribune
BLKS, Theater Review, Steppenwolf - PerformInk 12/2017
FORUM ON THE -ISMS, Reflection, Black Ensemble & Steppenwolf - Chicagoland Musical Theater 10/2017
Yank - Chicagoland Musical Theater
Miss Saigon - Chicagoland Musical Theater
A New Attitude - Chicagoland Musical Theater
Merchant on Venice - Chicagoland Musical Theater
Margaritaville - Chicagoland Musical Theater
BLIND DATE, Theater Review, Goodman - PerformInk 2/2018
Altered Boy - Chicagoland Musical Theater
PLANTATION, Theater Review, Lookingglass- PerformInk 3/2018
SWEENEY TODD, Theater Review, Theo Ubique - PerformInk 3/2018
HANG, Theater Review, Remy Bumppo - PerformInk 3/2018
Rooming House - Chicagoland Musical Theater
Patience and Sarah - Chicagoland Musical Theater
SHAKIN’ THE MESS OUT OF MISERY, Theater Review, Pegasus - PerformInk 11/2017
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Theater Review, Lyric Opera - PerformInk 4/2018
SOUTHERN COMFORT, Theater Review, Pride Film and Plays - NewCity
With Blood With Ink - Chicagoland Musical Theater
THE REVOLUTIONISTS, Theater Review, Organic Theater - PerformInk 6/2018
FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2, & 3), Theater Review, Goodman - PerformInk 6/2018
ALTAR BOYZ, Theater Review, Theo Ubique - PerformInk 12/2017
Flies The Musical - Chicagoland Musical Theater
TILIKUM, Theater Review, Sideshow - PerformInk 7/2018
CAROLINE OR CHANGE, Theater Review, Firebrand - PerformInk, 9/2018
La Boheme, Theater Review, Lyric Opera of Chicago - PerformInk 10/2018
Masterclass, Theater Review - PerformInk
SAMMY: A TRIBUE TO SAMMY DAVIS JR., Theater Review - Black Ensemble - PerformInk
This Bitter Earth, Theater Feature - Windy City Times
The Color Purple - Chicagoland Musical Theater
We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time, Theater Review - PerformInk
Twilight Bowl, Theater Review - NewCity Stage
Flyin’ West, Theater Review - Rescripted
Wedding Band, Theater Review - Chicagoland Musical Theater
Pamplona, Theater Review - PerformInk
Reviewing While Black at Sundance, Film Feature - Chicago Reader
A Chorus Line, Theater Review - NewCity
West Side Story, Theater Review - Performink
The Children, Theater Review - PerformInk
True West, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
We Are Pussy Riot, Theater Review - PerformInk
Ms Blakk For President, Theater Review - PerformInk
Drury Lane Hangs Itself on it's Own Race Blindness, Editorial - Rescripted
If I Forget, Theater Review - NewCity
Grindr, The Opera, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Head Over Heels, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Miss Juneteeth, Film Review - Chicago Reader
The Speed Cubers, Film Review - Chicago Reader
A Black Girl on Black Panther, Essay - Chicago Defender
Antebellum, Film Review - Chicago Reader
Fatal Affair, Film Review - Chicago Reader
Masterclass, Theater Reveiew - Performink
Remebering Michael McCarthy, Theater In Memoriam - Chicago Reader
Graveyard Shift, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Voice of Good Hope, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Hoodoo Love, Theater Review - Performink
N, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
The Master Comic, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Hope: Part II of a Mexican Trilogy, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
King Hedley III, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Teatro ZinZanni, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
International Falls, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Spamalot, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Wrong Way Journey, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
I...Am Festival, Theater Feature - Chicago Reader
Lottery Day, Theater Reveiw - Chicago Reader
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Theater Reveiw - Chicago Reader
The Bridges of Madison County, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
The Incredible Jan and Rose Alba Transform Magic Into a Woman's Game, Feature - Chicago Reader
Single Black Female, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
How to Catch Creation, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
First Love is the Revolution, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
The Vagina Melodies, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Noises Off, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
The Santaland Diaries, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Familiar, Theater Reveiw - Chicago Reader
Twelfth Night, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
An Oak Tree, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Eclipsed, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
American Jornalero, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Radio Golf, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Black Boy Joy, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
Anything Goes, Theater Review - Chicago Reader
The African Company Presents Richard III, Theater Review- Chicago Reader
