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Friday, December 4, 2015

'Bel Canto' to premiere on Chicago Lyric Opera stage by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- Two things make the Lyric Opera of Chicago's world premiere of "Bel Canto" on Monday unique: Famed soprano Renee Fleming commissioned the wo…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:44PM

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

John Mahoney finds home onstage after 'Frasier' by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- John Mahoney is known to most television fans for playing Frasier Crane's father on the long-running series "Frasier," but the actor has spent much of his time in the yea…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58AM

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Joan Allen back at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- More than two decades after she last acted on the Steppenwolf stage, Joan Allen has returned to the theater where she started her career as the lead in the company's seas…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:48AM

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Schwartz working on draft of musical 'Houdini' by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- Acclaimed Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz says he's hard at work on a full draft of his next endeavor, the musical "Houdini" that has actor Hugh Jackman playing the le…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:09AM

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

David Schwimmer finds 'artistic home' in Chicago by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- Before he became a famous TV star on "Friends," actor and director David Schwimmer helped start a theater company in Chicago with a group of his Northwestern University c…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:31AM

Monday, June 17, 2013

Second City co-founder brought intellect to comedy by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- Comedy fans know the names - John Belushi, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Joan Rivers - but before those famous faces graced Hollywood movies or the "Saturday Night Live" sta…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:57PM

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Choreographer recreates 'Oklahoma!' at age 91 by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- Gemze de Lappe first danced in "Oklahoma!" in 1943 as a member of the Broadway hit's first national touring company. Seventy years later, at age 91, she's still with it -…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:18AM

Monday, November 26, 2012

Tax credit luring pre-Broadway shows to Chicago by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- The New York-bound musical "Kinky Boots" enjoyed a pre-Broadway run at a downtown Chicago theater this fall, but only after the state of Illinois lured producers with som…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:26PM

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Diane Lane takes the stage in Chicago play by Caryn Rousseau

CHICAGO (AP) -- More than two decades after she last graced the stage in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Lane is returning to the theater in a Chicag…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:37AM

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