James Franco is not just in Chicago for a poetry reading. The actor, who stars along with Chris O'Dowd in Anna D. Shapiro's upcoming Broadway production of "Of Mice and Men," actually is rehearsing here through the end of February, prior to the show's April opening on Broadway. Shapiro, a Northwestern University professor and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member, was able to persuade her stars to rehearse in her home …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 02:03PM on February 17, 2014