92 stories by "Dmitry Samarov"
Mount Prospect's Mallory Smart, who publishes the online journal Maudlin House, has a new book coming out from Trident Press this year.
"Lit!" is what writer and…
The author takes a deep dive into the culture of the lifestyle and his personal connection to it.
What do you think of when you hear the word skateboarding? A ki…
Even though its titular character always does just the opposite
Meiselman is put-upon. Everything and everyone in his world is bent on humiliating and belittling…
An excerpt from Dmitry Samarov's Old Style, an illustrated book set in Chicago bars
I pay the guy no mind the first couple times he comes up. Young, kind of conc…
In her book Faux Pas, the painter makes a rarified field approachable with humor and profundity.
"You take a picture, but you make a drawing." I've tried for dec…
Stand-up comedian Sam Tallent's hilarious novel follows a dumpster fire of a man looking for redemption.
Is a monster still a monster if it knows it's a monster?…
Empty bookshelves aren't a bad thing.
No one has ever used the words joy or spark to describe me and I haven't read Marie Kondo's book or seen her TV show. Yet, …
Poet Damian Rogers explores her relationship with her mother in her new memoir.
Do you know your mother? I don't mean her identity but who she is as a person.…
In his debut novel, Pete Beatty fashions historical fantasy that feels contemporary.
Ours is a time ripe for tall tales. So Pete Beatty's yarn about two brothers…
Wendy Woloson's book dives deep into America's obsession with cheap stuff.
Crap is a fun and easy word to say. But what crap is is a lot harder to pin down.…
What it's like to explore a familiar place under unfamiliar circumstances.
When it was announced the Art Institute of Chicago was reopening I swore I wouldn't go…
TUTA gives Ibsen's classic a contemporary musical update.
Lauren Demerath rages, leers, screams, flirts, and, best of all, sings her way through an unforgettable…
The cast in Redtwist's drama about a police shooting makes the heavy lifting look easy.
Ruby (Brooke Reams) and Wilson (Kevin Tre'Von Patterson) seem to have a p…
His debut collection, Stateway's Garden, captures the city's unique, ugly beauty.
It's not often that a writer will make me see Chicago in a new way, but with hi…
JFK's eldest sister pays the price for nonconformity in Trap Door's production.
Kate Hendrickson directs the Chicago premiere of Krista Knight's Lipstick Lobotom…
An "empathy coach"' tries to fix a toxic workplace in A Red Orchid's latest.
Jess McLeod directs the Chicago premiere of Do You Feel Anger?, Mara Nelson-Greenber…
Sean Graney's production offers a visually clever update of Agatha Christie's classic whodunit.
Sean Graney directs a revival of the most commercially successful…
But Theatre Y's staging covers up the Romanian prison camp story with too many needless additions.
As the audience enters The Ready storefront space in Lincoln S…
Karel ÄŒapek's rarely produced parable feels like a timely tragedy at Trap Door.
Nicole Wiesner directs Karel ÄŒapek's 1937 parable (translated by Peter Maje…
Lauren Gunderson's 2012 play trades in tropes, but Joy Productions' cast is strong.
Joy Productions' inaugural show, Exit, Pursued by a Bear, begins with a compe…
Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is moving and magical.
Marionette-like figures in colorful, exaggerated costumes dance on a…
Sid Feldman's adaptation has relevance on its side, but not brevity.
Wm. Bullion directs Sid Feldman's update of a 1970 Dario Fo comedy about a chameleon-like ch…
Prop Thtr's devised ensemble piece is a timely reminder of the importance of remembering the past.
Anna Gelman directs the world premiere of I Am Going to Die Al…
Encroaching fascism and gender fluidity make for a timely revival with Cowardly Scarecrow.
Cowardly Scarecrow Theatre Company turns Chief O'Neill's Attic Bar int…
Jeffrey M. Jones's 1990 play about the horrors of disintegrating relationships gets a rare revival with a brand-new company.
For its inaugural production, direct…
