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Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas can still remember the stage fright he felt last spring when he made his Broadway debut in the musical ''Nine.''
Choreographer Graciela Daniele was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, moved to Paris as a young ballerina, and then became so entranced by "West Side Story" that she headed to New York to stud…
You'd never know it, but Cy Coleman -- one of the living legends of Broadway -- is just as happy in a smoky jazz club as he is watching one of his musicals.
Nilo Cruz, the Cuban-American writer whose play "Anna in the Tropics" was the surprise winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize, is a man with boundless faith in the power of literature.
With Ryan Shively.
Consider nothing more than the five contenders for the Jeff Award for best production of a play during the 2002-03 season--the nominations have just been announced--and you will quickly unde…
Going once, going twice, sold: the best seats in the house.
This could be good or bad... depending upon how it is executed and accepted.
The costume design theories of Colleen Atwood and William Ivey Long reveal how individual interpretations of the same production can result in fantastic results on screen and stage.
"Chicago" revs up audiences with its sassy songs, acrobatic dance moves and pithy dialogue. But it's the costumes that punctuate the storyline. Atwood, who designed the movie's wardrobe, and Long, who outfitted the play's, know how to paint a picture in their respective genres, defining a mood with fabrics, color and design.
It's not often that a theater company starts out in New York City, finds a modest level of success and then relocates to Chicago. But in this time of uncertainty, that is exactly what transp…
Lonny Price and Paul Gemignani discuss "Passion."
'STAGES 2003: A FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS'
It has been a very good year for Jackie Taylor's Black Ensemble Theater at 4520 N. Beacon.
Call it the "Urinetown" syndrome. Or simply a classic case of New York stage fever.
Bob Hope became such an American icon that his mere presence made people smile. That was the lesson I learned one day in 1978, when I joined him aboard a private jet after he had made a pers…
Midweek performances should start no later than 7 p.m., and theaters might even experiment with 6:30 p.m. shows on Tuesday through Thursday evenings.
It happens every night at the same time. On stage, well into the second act of the hit musical comedy "Mamma Mia!," Dee Hoty--who plays single mom Donna in the show that opened Friday--moves tenderly through ABBA's "Slipping Through My Fingers."
And Chicago actress Rosalyn Rahn Kerins--who plays one of Donna's best friends, Rosie--is backstage fighting back the tears. Some nights, the mother of a 17-year-old son says she loses the battle.
Rarely has a play been so timely and at the same time so upstaged by its timeliness as Tony Kushner's "Homebody/ Kabul."
Earlier this week I caught the double bill of Chicago favorite Hollis Resnik and New Yorker Sara Ramirez in concert at the Ravinia Festival's Martin Theatre. It was a case study in taste and…
As the Latino population of Chicago and the suburbs grows, so does a theater community aimed at presenting works relevant to a Latino audience, as well as other theatergoers interested in a …
