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• Review: HeLa (Sideshow Theatre and Greenhouse Productions)

  

  World-premiere 'HeLa' is well-intentioned but uneven Review by Lauren Emily Whalen In 1951, Henrietta Lacks became immortal. Her cells, which later became... Read more

  The 26 November 2018 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Opera Review: Heads Will Roll

  

  Il Trovatore stuns the Lyric Opera. by Jessie Tannenbaum with edits by Paul J. Pelkonen Jamie Barton as Azucena in a scene from Il Trovatore.Photo by Todd... Read more

  The 26 November 2018 by   Superconductor
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• Concert Review: Never Break the Chain

  

  Emanuelle Haïm debuts with the New York Philharmonic. by Paul J. Pelkonen Conductor Emanuelle Haïm in flight.Photo © Askonas Holt Say the words "baroque music"... Read more

  The 25 November 2018 by   Superconductor
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• Review: Peter Pan (Bros Do Prose)

  

  Review by Lauren Emily Whalen No question about it: Peter Pan has staying power. The J.M. Barrie classic has been adapted countless times, in every... Read more

  The 27 November 2018 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Opera Review: The Three Faces of a Composer

  

  The Met (finally) revives Puccini's Il Trittico. by Paul J. Pelkonen Three faces of Il Trittico: Marcelo Alvarez and Amber Wagner in Il Tabarro, Kristine Opolai... Read more

  The 28 November 2018 by   Superconductor
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• Recordings Review: Everything Louder Than Everything Else

  

  Jaap van Zweden releases the hounds (and more) with Die Walküre. by Paul J. Pelkonen Stuart Skelton (left) and Heidi Melton, seen here in an English National... Read more

  The 28 November 2018 by   Superconductor
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• Review: Familiar (Steppenwolf Theatre)

  

  A must-see testament to the complex beauty of family Review by Lauren Emily Whalen There's no other word to describe Familiar , but warm. The family comedy... Read more

  The 29 November 2018 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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