Friday, June 26, 2015
Back in 2008, the Route 66 Theatre Company made its debut with a fine production of a memorable play by John Kolvenbach, "On an Average Day." That quotidian title kept swimming around my hea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:52PMIn 2002, the Co-operative Group's Funeral Services Ltd. in the United Kingdom released what it said was the most popular song at British funerals. "My Heart Will Go On," as recorded by Celin…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:44AMThursday, June 25, 2015
On Sunday night, Lookingglass Theatre opened David Catlin's truly spectacular theatrical adaptation of Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick," the epic story of the captain of a whaling vessel's obse…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PMCubs fans have had about three months to recover from the initial thrill - or the mega-pixelated shock - of an eye-pulling, 3,990-square-foot video board located where wind once blew, and ho…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:34AMCubs fans have had about three months to recover from the initial thrill - or the mega-pixelated shock - of an eye-pulling, 3,990-square-foot video board located where wind once blew, and ho…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:22AMTuesday, June 23, 2015
Performance fused to the lineage of Jerzy Grotowski is rare these days in Chicago theater, unless you're watching a visiting international company. But Anna-Helena McLean, the British direct…
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Is God perfect? Can a feminist obey the teachings of the prophet Muhammad? Should she obey her father? Is the hijab something for a Muslim woman to wear with pride, or does it make her a vic…
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"Be gone, Starbuck," shouts Christopher Donahue's Captain Ahab in the Lookingglass Theatre's fabulous new three-act theatricalization of "Moby Dick," echoing the feelings of many an owner of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:32PMFriday, June 19, 2015
Family musicals abound in the summer. This year, though, the Marriott Theatre has put Ariel, Belle, "Godspell" and all those other vehicles for smiley, post-collegiate ingenues on ice and is…
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Within a matter of a few days, Rachel Dolezal told the "Today" show that she "identifies as black" and the perennially theatrical Donald Trump told America that he identifies as president of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:06PMWithin a matter of a few days, Rachel Dolezal told the "Today" show that she "identifies as black" and the perennially theatrical Donald Trump told America that he identifies as president of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:07PM"On Your Feet!," the classy new biographical jukebox musical about Gloria and Emilio Estefan, is not merely a celebration of the oeuvre of surely the most successful Cuban-American singer of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:32PM"On Your Feet!," the classy new biographical jukebox musical about Gloria and Emilio Estefan, is not merely a celebration of the oeuvre of surely the most successful Cuban-American singer of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMWednesday, June 17, 2015
"I'm starting to look a lot like Uncle Vanya," said Christopher Durang. And indeed, he does resemble the Chekhovian antihero. He has the beard and the grumbly demeanor. Heck, he even lives i…
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One of the gifts of going to the Gift Theatre is that remarkable little artistic operation's interest in staging plays that feature the kind of conversations you could easily hear on the por…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:28PMIthamar Enriquez may have nothing to say, but this Latino Mr. Bean has a unique niche in the crowded but potentially lucrative arena of viral-digital-cable comedy. He's signed a production d…
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Mention "The Birds" and you doubtless think of Alfred Hitchcock, Bodega Bay, the lovebirds played by Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor, and a children's party where a flock of violent sea gulls fl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:19PMMention "The Birds" and you doubtless think of Alfred Hitchcock, Bodega Bay, the lovebirds played by Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor, and a children's party where a flock of violent sea gulls fl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:23PMThe sexual orientation of the 16th president of the United States has long been a matter of politically charged curiosity; Tony Kushner grappled with the issue when he wrote his Oscar-nomina…
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The sexual preference of the 16th president of the United States has long been a matter of politically charged curiosity; Tony Kushner grappled with the issue when he wrote his Oscar-nominat…
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Like journalists and NBA stars, superheroes may look like they align to save the world, but they're actually an internally competitive bunch. And on what grounds does the average cyborg comp…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:18PMJerry Seinfeld made some news the other day by telling ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd that college campuses are no fun for a stand-up comedian these days. "A lot of people tell me, 'Don't go nea…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:25AMThursday, June 11, 2015
The Tony Awards on Sunday night were more bangers and mash than Italian beef. British shows dominated. Productions with origins in Chicago - and artists who are based in Chicago - were far l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:23AMThe Tony Awards on Sunday night were more bangers and mash than Italian beef. British shows dominated. Productions with origins in Chicago — and artists who are based in Chicago — were f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:44AMThe Tony Awards on Sunday night were more bangers and mash than Italian beef. British shows dominated. Productions with origins in Chicago — and artists who are based in Chicago — were f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:56AMTuesday, June 9, 2015
List the great American musicals you're dying to hear played by a full orchestra and I'll bet "The Fantasticks" is nowhere close to the top. Most of the great Rodgers and Hammerstein titles,…
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Brenda Didier's musical production of Michael John LaChiusa's "The Wild Party" for Bailiwick Chicago was the big winner at the 2015 non-Equity Jeff Awards, cavorting its way to eight kudos, …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:49PM"Fun Home," the deeply emotional musical about the richly complex early life of the cartoonist Alison Bechdel and a Tony Award game-changer in terms of its sourcing from a graphic novel, its…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:40AMSunday, June 7, 2015
You don't generally think of the music of Marvin Hamlisch — compositions by the great mensch of the American musical theater of the last half of the 20th century — as the kind of songs t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:28PMYou don't generally think of the music of Marvin Hamlisch — compositions by the great mensch of the American musical theater of the last half of the 20th century — as the kind of songs t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:16PMYou don't generally think of the music of Marvin Hamlisch - compositions by the great mensch of the American musical theater of the last half of the 20th century - as the kind of songs that …
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