Monday, September 24, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Woody Sez" at Northlight Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Woody Sez" at Northlight Theatre ★★★ ... The show at Northlight Theatre is about t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:30PM[SHARE]"Ann," the dramatic tribute to the late Texas Gov. Ann Richards by actress Holland Taylor, has announced dates for Broadway this season.Â
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 23, 2012
In the most devastating scene of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," a young businessman named Howard fires Willy Loman, even though the past-his-prime salesman knew his new boss when How…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:13PM[SHARE]Friday, September 21, 2012
On Thursday, the Poetry Foundation, in association with the Poetry Society of America, is hosting a timely event in Chicago titled "Red, White & Blue: Poets on Politics." It's part of a nati…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:39PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 20, 2012
Production manages look but not details that made TV show so beloved
About halfway through "Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined," an edition (season three, episode 13) of CBS' "I Love Lucy" show, Et…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Jimmy Smits, known for his TV work on "L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue," and "The West Wing" is headed to the stage of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Plays about pornography have much the same problem as plays about professional sports. You can stage plenty of scenes of pregame conversation, locker-room tactics, front-office deal-making a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:38PM[SHARE]Carrie Kaufman, 49, the former editor and publisher of the now-defunct showbusiness trade paper "Performink," is to be the new general manager of the Porchlight Music Theatre, the Chicago co…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PM[SHARE]Monday, September 17, 2012
Veterans also shine in Pullinsi's revival of this familiar title
Conventional wisdom has Chicago short on Broadway-type hoofers. But a trip across the Indiana state line to a Munster "42nd …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Jitney" at Court Theatre ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Jitney" at Court Theatre ★★★½ ... They've got a kind of blues symphony going on at…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:51PM[SHARE]Eclipse Theatre said Monday that it will stage three plays by the British scribe Alan Ayckbourn during the 2013 season. Eclipse is unique among Chicago theaters in that it dedicates entire s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:23PM[SHARE]A who's-who cast in Glencoe tackles timeworn tragedy
Peter Brook once said that, in essence, everything in regard to "Hamlet" has been done before. The Moody Dane has been young and impetu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:32AM[SHARE]Friday, September 14, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "Xanadu" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Xanadu" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★½ ... The d…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:25PM[SHARE]Chris Jones reviews "Every Love Story is a Ghost Story" by D.T. Max
When the great English poet Philip Larkin worked at the University of Hull, he liked to say that the need to change train…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:50PM[SHARE]In a week full of game playing, the Hull House sociologist had some lessons for administrators and teachers
In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 13, 2012
"Unspeakable," the new biographical show about the late comedian Richard Pryor slated for the Royal George Theatre in Chicago next month, has been cancelled.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Julie Shannon, a resident of Glenview and the composer and lyricist of the beloved Chicago holiday musical, "The Christmas Schooner," died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, said John Reege…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:41PM[SHARE]At one crucial juncture of "Iphigenia 2.0," the 2007 Charles Mee mashup of the Greek tragedy by Euripides, Agamemnon finds himself in an awkward conversation with his wife, Clytemnestra, a t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PM[SHARE]Broadway in Chicago said Wednesday that is has booked the touring productions of Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll and Hyde" and the Broadway revival of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" for its spring s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A budget option for next summer
CURACAO — The Jones family never likes a vacation to come to an end, especially when work has squeezed it to a mere five days. So, unsurprisingly, we a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:34PM[SHARE]The innovative aquatic production of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance," as performed on the Tall Ship Windy, is coming back for an encore weekend this fall.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:51PM[SHARE]Monday, September 10, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: "The Iron Stag King" at House Theatre of Chicago ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Iron Stag King" at House Theatre of Chicago ★★★ ... The program…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:03PM[SHARE]BROADWAY REVIEW: "Chaplin" at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
BROADWAY REVIEW: "Chaplin" at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre ... You might think that the trickiest and most daunting thing about a st…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:59PM[SHARE]Friday, September 7, 2012
Boston native explores whether high achievers build successes on their own
British playwrights love writing about class. American scribes prefer to probe relationships.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:57PM[SHARE]Ready to leave her comfort zone, the Hollywood actress is in rehearsals at Goodman
When Diane Lane first arrived at the Goodman Theatre to begin rehearsals for David Cromer's much-anticipa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:55PM[SHARE]Of the scores of shows slated to open in Chicago this busier-than-ever fall season, here are ten marquee attractions that suggest particular promise. They're listed in alphabetical order; op…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:54PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Illegal Use of Hands" at the American Blues Theater ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Illegal Use of Hands" at the American Blues Theater ★★ ... Roy is the centra…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 6, 2012
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SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:36PM[SHARE]"Big Fish," the new Broadway musical based on the 1998 novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions") by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 movie ("Big Fish") penned by John August and directed b…
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