Kabuki Lady MacBeth

A special presentation of Kabuki Lady MacBeth at Chicago Shakes. It was just a little disturbing to have seen the same actress playing Lady MacBeth in The Scotch Play who very, very recently was playing Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

NYC: All Over Again

A work trip to NYC--basically the rescheduling of all the work appointments I missed when I was sick for Christo in February. And they all worked out.

Joffrey Ballet

Can you believe it? Our first outing to the Joffrey. Shameful. Very strong company, and a good program. Theme was American Masterworks, featuring George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor.

Balanchine’s Square Dance
Robbins’ N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz
Tudor’s Dark Elegies

Chicago Luxury Apartments

Neil Harris, of U of Chicago's Department of History, gave a lecture at the Cliffdwellers on his new book on Chicago luxury apartments. Entertaining, and man, can he work the slide projector.

Intimate Apparel

By Lynn Nottage at Steppenwolf. A sentimental, but very strong production. Acting great throughout.

Measure for Measure

At the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Reset in late 1800s. Pretty effective ending.

Ralph Lemon at MCA

The last of the Geography Trilogy: Come Home Charley Patton. Part of Ralph Lemon’s large-scale international trilogy on race and spirituality.