LaRita S. Smith – Splash Magazines

Tank and the Bangas Perform with Chicago Philharmonic – Phenomenal

October 3, 2023 LaRita S. Smith 0

On Saturday, September 30, 2023, New Orleans-based group Tank and the Bangas collaborated with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra at the Auditorium Theatre at 50 E—Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago, Illinois. For those unfamiliar with […]

Blues For An Alabama Sky Review – The Ties That Bind Can Also Destroy

September 20, 2023 LaRita S. Smith 0

The Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents Blues for an Alabama Sky, written by Pearl Cleage and directed by Mikael Burke, through October 15, 2023, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Set during the Harlem […]

A Hidden Gem – Beyond The Shadow Of COVID

August 24, 2023 LaRita S. Smith 0

According to statistics, Black American Consumerism averages over three hundred billion dollars and there are only a small fraction of black business owners. It is time that everyone is welcomed to the table and offered […]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Review – Love Is A Mood

March 10, 2023 LaRita S. Smith 0

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago for six exceptional performances under the artistic direction of Robert Battle at the Auditorium Theatre at 50 E Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago, Illinois. Opening night […]

Trial In The Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till Review – Powerful!

February 13, 2023 LaRita S. Smith 0

Collaboraction presents the Stage Production of the Emmy award-winning teleplay Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till. The show runs February 9 – 19, 2023, at The DuSable Museum of African American History, […]

American Son Review – Differences in Black & White

November 2, 2022 LaRita S. Smith 0

Fleetwood – Jourdain Theatre presents American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown, directed by Tim Rhoze, through November 12, 2022, at Noyes Cultural Arts Center at 927 Noyes Street, Evanston, IL 60201. I am familiar with the […]

1919 Review – An Abstract of an Era

October 10, 2022 LaRita S. Smith 0

Steppenwolf Theatre Company opens with the world premiere of 1919 by Eve L. Ewing. This story was adapted by J. Nicole Brooks and directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent and Taisia A. Jones. 1919 runs through October […]

What To Send Up When It Goes Down Review – Homage to Dante Kittrell

October 3, 2022 LaRita S. Smith 0

Congo Square Theatre revisits, What To Send Up When It Goes Down, written by Aleshea Harris at the Looking Glass Theatre, located inside the historic Water Tower Water Works Pumping Station at 821 N. Michigan […]

My Brother Langston Review – Witty and Intentional

August 23, 2022 LaRita S. Smith 0

The Black Ensemble Theater continues its four Play Season with My Brother Langston, written and directed by Rueben D. Echoles. The production runs through September 18, 2022. Langston Hughes is one of America’s most outstanding […]

Fences Review – Intense and Emotional

July 11, 2022 LaRita S. Smith 0

The American Blues Theater presents August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning production of Fences, directed by Monty Cole, July 1-August 6, 2022 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago. Fences is the sixth of the […]