Tuesday, February 2, 2016
James Corden, the 37-year-old, British-born host of "The Late Late Show with James Corden" on CBS, will host the 2016 Tony Awards, it was announced Tuesday. Corden has theater credits on bot…
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The Mercury Theater, in Chicago's booming Southport corridor, is a jewel-box of a theater. But it rarely has contained a jewel box of a show, mostly because producers and directors have thor…
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"Don't they know it's the end of the world?" Karen Carpenter once asked in a deeply poignant song marveling how time marches on, the perplexingly cheery populace seemingly oblivious to the b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMBefore the one-percentery raised its collective, meritocratic, self-justifying head, the posh ruled.
Actually, the posh still rule across the pond, where class, as distinct from mere wealth…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PM"Don't they know it's the end of the world?" Karen Carpenter once asked in a deeply poignant song marveling how time marches on, the perplexingly cheery populace seemingly oblivious to the b…
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Ernie Nolan, the artistic director of the Emerald City Theatre company, said Friday afternoon that he had been asked to leave his position as artistic director of the children's theater com…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:58PMErnie Nolan, the artistic leader of the Emerald City Theatre company, said Friday afternoon that he had been asked to leave his position as artistic director of the children's theater compa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:20PMBefore the one-percentery raised its collective, meritocratic, self-justifying head, the posh ruled. Actually, the posh still rule across the pond, where class, as distinct from mere wealth,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:49PMIn 2005, an auction of jazz memorabilia was held at the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, benefiting foundations, archives and young musicians. One item, which went for $3,500, was a letter fr…
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"Measure for Measure," the opening production in Chicago's hugely exciting Shakespeare 400 celebration, is performed in Russian, with English surtitles. I throw that out at the beginning mos…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:42PMTerrence McNally, the author of such celebrated works of drama as "Love! Valour! Compassion!," "Master Class" and "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," and the bookwriter of such musica…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:50AMTerrence McNally, the author of such celebrated works of drama as "Love! Valour! Compassion!," "Master Class" and "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," and the bookwriter of such musica…
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What would you find inside a Colombian women's prison? Well, dear reader, may you never live to find out except through avenues theatrical, journalistic and metaphorical.
But if the narrato…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:43PMWhat would you find inside a Colombian women's prison? Well, dear reader, may you never live to find out except through avenues theatrical, journalistic and metaphorical. But if the narrator…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:56PMAnother hit Broadway show is headed to Chicago for an extended run — this time it's Disney's "Aladdin," a hugely popular attraction in New York that routinely finishes third in the list of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:02PMAnother hit Broadway show is headed to Chicago for an extended run — this time it's Disney's "Aladdin," a hugely popular attraction in New York that routinely finishes third in the list of…
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For which generation of gays and lesbians was the coming of same-sex marriage the most complicated?
What's complicated about the joy of freedom and equality, you might well ask. Still, amon…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:02PMFor which generation of gays and lesbians was the coming of same-sex marriage the most complicated? What's complicated about the joy of freedom and equality, you might well ask. Still, among…
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With a live telecast staging planned for NBC in December and a Broadway revival also in the works, the masterful 14-year-old musical "Hairspray" is enjoying renewed attention. And that usual…
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"Love became a liability," it is observed in Dominique Morisseau's play "Sunset Baby." "It costs too much to be open."
Since children look for love, that's not a confession you want to hear…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:58PM"Love became a liability," it is observed in Dominique Morisseau's play "Sunset Baby." "It costs too much to be open." Since children look for love, that's not a confession you want to hear …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:03PMThe year 2015 was not the easiest for Ryan Martin, the developer and operator of the Den Theatre, the Wicker Park arts venue that's playing an increasingly critical role in Chicago's off-Loo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:36PMDid any celebrity in the history of the world ever die as well as David Bowie? We certainly have had ample recent opportunity in the last week or two to compare the exits of other famous act…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:36PMDid any celebrity in the history of the world ever die as well as David Bowie? We certainly have had ample recent opportunity in the last week or two to compare the exits of other famous act…
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Celebrity spotters and hungry actors have reason to rejoice. Steppenwolf Theatre said Thursday that it plans to open a new cafe and bar, developed in collaboration with the Boka Restaurant G…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMCelebrity spotters and hungry actors have reason to rejoice. Steppenwolf Theatre said Thursday that it plans to open a new cafe and bar, developed in collaboration with the Boka Restaurant G…
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As a lousy folder myself, I've always been in awe of origami, the ancient, fiendishly complex, Japanese art form that can make a paper crane to remember, and that also, in the right hands, c…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:28PMAs a lousy folder myself, I've always been in awe of origami, the ancient, fiendishly complex, Japanese art form that can make a paper crane to remember, and that also, in the right hands, c…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:54PMThe year 2015 was not the easiest for Ryan Martin, the developer and operator of the Den Theatre, the Wicker Park arts venue that's playing an increasingly critical role in Chicago's off-Loo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:15PMTuesday, January 19, 2016
Bette Midler, one of the biggest names and personalities in the entertainment business, will star in a new Broadway revival of the beloved Jerry Herman musical "Hello Dolly," it was announce…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:01AMBette Midler, one of the biggest names and personalities in the entertainment business, will star in a new Broadway revival of the beloved Jerry Herman musical "Hello Dolly," it was announce…
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