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Funny article full of Ebert's memories of his friend.
Actress Hollis Resnik has briefly settled into a Manhattan sublet--a friend's place on the Upper West Side--for a monthlong rehearsal period in New York.
Before long, however, the actress will truly be on the road as she heads out on the first national tour of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," the 2002 Tony Award-winning musical.
Collectively, the three men now at work on "Bounce," which receives its world premiere Monday night at the Goodman Theatre, could easily represent the history of the American musical theater…
Bruce Norris is such an unabashed misanthrope, and such a fearsome truthteller, that his plays leave you gasping for air and groping for balance.
What a disappointment. The combination of Robert Lepage, the endlessly inventive French-Canadian director and multimedia maestro, and Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter whose life was as color…
David Hawkanson, who has held important positions at such top-flight regional operations as the Guthrie Theatre of Minneapolis and Connecticut's Hartford Stage, has been named the new execut…
Amy Morton had a cold when we chatted last week. Not surprising. The actress, who in recent years has forged a formidable second career as a director, is probably living through one of the m…
The news will come as no surprise to audiences who caught Chicago-bred actor Chester Gregory II in his electrifying performance as rock 'n' roll legend Jackie Wilson in the Black Ensemble Th…
At Lookingglass.
As a horse-drawn tourist carriage approached the Water Tower Water Works near the corner of Michigan and Chicago avenues Friday night, the driver turned to his passengers and announced: "Thi…
Blake Hammond--currently starring as legendary New York theater critic Alexander Woollcott in Northlight Theatre's musical "At Wit's End"--has built his 17-year acting career on faith, persi…
During a recent conversation with Elaine Stritch, I asked the actress what she might take on after she completes her tour of "Elaine Stritch At Liberty."
Reviews of "Elaine Stritch at Liberty" and Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days."
Two exceptional revivals--TimeLine Theatre's searing version of "Awake and Sing," the Depression-era classic by Clifford Odets, and the Hypocrites' stunningly stylized version of "Machinal,"…
A decade in Hollywood as one of the highest paid actors in television has not spoiled David Schwimmer. He remains the same thoughtful, down-to-earth, quietly confident person that he was 10 …
Lookingglass Theatre has become one of Chicago's most respected ensembles, staging imaginative work and slowly building to its latest adventure--a move to a newly renovated performance space…
Interview with Lara Teeter, regarding his theater company's new production of RAGTIME.
It was 11 o'clock on a recent Friday evening, and for Elaine Stritch that was the ideal time for an interview.
The Spoleto Festival.
Richard Cusack, patriarch of Chicago's most famous acting family, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.
Playwright Wendy MacLeod is probably best known for the dark, caustic comedy that marks many of her plays. Examples include "The House of Yes," about a pair of death-obsessed incestuous twin…
Cheri Coons is a good candidate for time travel. Her destination? The Algonquin Roundtable.
