Thursday, February 10, 2011
A sign for "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" towers over 42nd Street in New York. (Getty) When the Supreme Court of the United States decided the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Let us think of these things always. Let us speak of them never" ★★★ Through Sunday at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave.; Tickets: $28 at…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:50PM[SHARE]Bella Itkin " formally Bella Itkin-Konrath, informally Dr. Bella " a teacher who taught several generations of American actors, died on Wednesday, DePaul University has ann…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:38PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Guys and Dolls" ★★★ Through March 27 at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire; Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes; Tickets: $40-$48 at 847-6…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 9, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles" ★★ Through Sunday at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $35-$75 at 800-775-2000 and www.br…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:31PM[SHARE]Kerry Reid gives ★★★ to First Folio's witty production of Noel Coward's spirited confection about a writer haunted by the ghost of his "morally untidy" first wife. "Blithe …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:27PM[SHARE]Kate Fry at Candida and Alan Schmuckler as Eugene in "A Minister's Wife" at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe in 2009. Casting has been announced for the New York transfer of Michael Halberstam's …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 8, 2011
The Victory Gardens Theater said Tuesday that it will present the Chicago premiere of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" at the start of its 2011-12 season. The Tony-nomina…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Big Meal" ★★★★ Through March 6 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St.; Running time: 1 hour, 20 minutes; Tickets: $30 at 773-409-4125 and…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 03:15PM[SHARE]Nina Metz has the Chicago Tribune review for "Bordello" at Chicago Dramatists, a world premiere by playwright Aline Lathrop that chronicles the lives of women employed at a Nevada brothel. R…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:23PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Do the Hustle" ★★½ Through March 20 at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe; Running time: 1 hour, 25 minutes; Tickets: $46-$65 at 847-242-6000 or www.w…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:10AM[SHARE]Monday, February 7, 2011
Alfred Molina as Rothko and Eddie Redmayne as Ken in the London production of "Red." ' 'Red' by John Logan: An angry artist, plotting a revolution (review posted Dec. 29, 2009) ' John Logan …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00PM[SHARE]"Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" plays on Broadway at the Foxwoods Theatre, 213 W. 42nd St., New York. (Tickets at 877-850-2929 or www.tickestmaster.com) BROADWAY REVIEW NEW YORK " After the $…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 06:29PM[SHARE]Yet another theatricalized circus is headed to Chicago. Broadway in Chicago said Monday that "Cirque Eloize iD" will play a short run at the Cadillac Palce Theatre beginning Apr. 26 through …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:33PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "Les Miserables" ★★★½ Through Feb. 27 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St.; Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes; Tickets: $18-$90 at 800-775…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 5, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "John Leguizamo Warms Up" ★★★ Through Feb. 12 at Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted St.: Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes; Tickets: $40-$45 at 312-988-9…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]Friday, February 4, 2011
Joyce Sloane, the beloved maternal powerhouse of The Second City, and the woman who found and nurtured such comedy giants as John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chris Farley and Bill Murray, died Th…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 08:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 3, 2011
On Wednesday night, some intrepid theatergoers were determined to get to see "John Leguizamo Warms Up." They took a turn into the Royal George Theatre, paid $1, checked their equipment, and …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:52PM[SHARE]Left, Brian Parry as the middle-aged John and John Arthur Lewis as the novice therapist Ian in the Dublin-set "Shining City" at Redtwist Theatre. Nina Metz gives ★★★ to bot…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:59PM[SHARE]Even as Chicago digs out from the blizzard, Chicago's long-moribund commercial theater scene seems to be getting a sudden and welcome shot of heat. Two new shows, "White Noise" and "Working,…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:37PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 2, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "Burn the Floor" ★★½ Through Feb. 13 at Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.; $16-$80 at 800-775-2000 and broadwayinchicago.com. Wednesday's performance c…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 1, 2011
THEATER REVIEW: "The Boys Room" ★★★ Through Feb. 20 at Victory Gardens at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $20-$50 at 773-871-…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:18PM[SHARE]Both the Drury Lane Oakbrook and the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire have cancelled all their Wednesday performances.
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 03:53PM[SHARE]Second City says its mainstage revue, "Spoiler Alert! Everybody Dies," will be performed as scheduled Tuesday night.
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]Steppenwolf Theatre is cancelling Tuesday night performances of "Sex with Strangers" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," along with the Wednesday matinee of "Virginia Woolf." At this poin…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:38AM[SHARE]Monday, January 31, 2011
Mark L. Montgomery stars in "Short Shakespeare! Macbeth," running through March 5 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier; $16-$20 at 312-595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com "Fair is foul …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 07:37PM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "reasons to be pretty" ★★½ Through March 13 at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway; Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes; Tickets: $35-$40 at 773-549-1815 or www.pr…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:56PM[SHARE]"Ghosts of Atwood" runs through Feb. 17 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.; tickets $15-$23 at 773-404-7336 or www.mpaact.org Every so often a play comes along that captu…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:52PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 30, 2011
THEATER REVIEW "Sex With Strangers" ★★★ Through May 15 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted St. Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes; tickets: $20-$73 at 312-335-16…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 07:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 29, 2011
In the light of the recent flap over the long preview period of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," Nina Metz takes a Chicago-centered look in Sunday's Tribune at how previews are disclosed (or…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:15PM[SHARE]Michaela Petro in "Carmilla" by WildClaw Theatre at the Storefront Theater | REVIEW by Nina Metz (Tribune photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo) The Tribune's Chris Borelli probes the horrors of WildClaw.…
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