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Category: Entertainment
Best of 2024: TV, movies, live music, theater and much more around Chicago
With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their favorites from the year, from the stage performances that captivated us to the books that kept us turning the page.
Naperville girl part of national Broadway ‘Les Miz’ production coming to Chicago this week
Emerson “Emmy” Mae Chang, a 9-year-old Naperville resident, plays little Cosette and young Eponine in the traveling Broadway production of “Les Misérables.” The show opens in Chicago on Tuesday.
Best viewing of the Geminids meteor shower is early Saturday. Here’s how to watch.
As many as 120 meteors can be seen per hour under perfect viewing conditions every year around mid-December.
What to do in Chicago: Jennifer Hudson, a Christmas carol singalong and plenty to do at the MCA
Also this weekend, a Latin American Christmas concert and Manual Cinema’s take on Dickens.
Review: ‘Cult of Love’ on Broadway asks why we come home, yet again, for the holidays
Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto and an ensemble cast play a Connecticut family. Dysfunctional, yes, but we need them anyway.
‘Kraven the Hunter’ review: The best you can say about the latest Sony Marvel movie is … that’s so kraven
Is ‘Kraven the Hunter’ the result of the audience’s fatigue with this sort of comics-derived material? Or the filmmakers’?
Top 10 dance in Chicago of 2024: There’s room for big, boisterous productions
From Giordano to Deeply Rooted, this year Chicago dance delivered in a big way. And why has Joffrey Ballet’s “Atonement” stuck with me so closely?
Top 10 live music shows in Chicago in 2024: The concerts that stood out, and why
On our list this year, big shows like Olivia Rodrigo at United Center and up-close moments like Julien Baker at Thalia Hall.
‘Oh, Canada’ review: Richard Gere shows the price of a lifetime of deception
Reuniting with his “American Gigolo” director Paul Schrader, Gere and his costar Uma Thurman dig deep into a dying filmmaker’s confession, on camera.