Measure for Measure marked Shakespeare’s final comedy before embarking upon the series of tragedies, which confirmed his legacy. Written after the monstrous Hamlet and succeeded by Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, it seems appropriate that …
Posts by Logan Moore:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Unspools Saturday
Long before the Coen brothers garnered Oscars for their own pseudo-western masterpiece, screenwriter/director John Huston crafted the definitive tale of greed giving birth to violence amidst the barren landscapes of the southwest. That No Country …
The Lieutenant of Inishmore Opens Tonight at Station Theatre
It begins with a decapitated cat. Today begins the Station Theatre’s presentation of Martin McDonagh’s comedic experiment in absurd ultra-violence, The Lieutenant of Inishmore. McDonagh, best known for the award-winning The Beauty Queen of Lenane, …
Henry IV Opens Tonight
During an election season, Henry IV should be required viewing for the voting public. Ever the cynic, Shakespeare portrays politics as a complex of interactions; leadership not for the public good but for lineal obligation, …
Wayne Hancock Brings Juke Joint Swing to Rose Bowl Sunday
Wayne Hancock is sort of the ultimate No Depression cover story, and an exemplary member of the Bloodshot Records cast. More than his record label or membership in any perceived country-rock insurgency, it is Hancock’s …
Shakespeare’s R & J Opens Tonight
William Shakespeare’s plays have seen more adaptations, re-imaginings, and contemporary reinterpretations than, perhaps, any other artistic works in literary history. He laid the foundations for so much of what came after, that writers and directors …
Six Organs of Admittance Tonight
Music fans, like voters, tend to love a “uniter,” not a divider. For practically the entirety of his career, Californian Ben Chasny, under the nom de plume of Six Organs of Admittance, has brought together …
Noisy Improv with Your Snow?
Ah, the pretentious joys of kooky academes. Though tonight may end in a foot of snow on the ground and the requisite feelings of trapped hopelessness, there are those among us who can think of …
Sudden Sound Concert Tonight at Krannert Art Museum
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum will present the Sudden Sound Concert featuring bassist Yosef Ben Israel leading an all-star, Chicago-based, progressive jazz ensemble featuring keyboardist Robert ‘Baabe’ Irving III, saxophonist …
Album Review: Sunset Rubdown, Random Spirit Lover
One might ask Sunset Rubdown’s principle singer and songwriter, Spencer Krug, “How baroque is too baroque?” He might have difficulty providing a straight answer. Sure, most Sunset fans have managed the difficult transition from the …