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 Thursday, Nov 29 American Girl Place first opened in Chicago 20 years ago. The first store was about an experience, not a sale, and way ahead of its time. There was also a live show, and a new one is coming in Skokie and the Broadway Playhouse. |   | |
| When Joffrey Ballet's "Nutcracker" was revised for Chicago, artistic director Ashley Wheater, choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and storyteller Brian Selznick choose to set it at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. How they did it, navigating cultural appropriation in both the fair and ballet. |
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| Remembering magician Ricky Jay: In the Chicago renaissance for magic, from Dennis Watkins' "Magic Parlour" to the new "iMagician" at the Harris Theater, it's all in Ricky Jay's mold. |
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| REVIEW: "A Christmas Carol" at the Goodman Theatre (3 stars) ... Larry Yando's Scrooge is more repressed than fierce in this 41st season of the Charles Dickens classic. |
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| REVIEW: "Familiar" at Steppenwolf Theatre (3 stars) ... Danai Gurira, a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright, has a written a comedy about first-generation Zimbabwean-American immigrants. |
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| REVIEW: "HeLa" by Sideshow Theatre Company at the Greenhouse (3.5 stars) ... J. Nicole Brooks' world premiere begins with the true 1951 story of Henrietta Lacks and ends in the stars. |
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