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THREE TO REMEMBER: FROM THE ARCHIVES OF JANE ADDAMS HULL HOUSE THEATER
In Jackie Hoffman's case, the old adage about there being no small roles and only small actors is a bit of a misnomer.
Oh, how George Gershwin would have loved Audra McDonald. Harold Arlen, too. And Irving Berlin. And Vincent Youmans. And Duke Ellington. In fact, there's probably no Broadway or jazz-influenc…
Article on the upcoming Chicago production, including quotes from Zoe Caldwell and Lonny Price.
Arthur Miller's newest play wasn't the only highly anticipated work debuting over the weekend. At the same time Miller's "Resurrection Blues" was going on at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theatre Fri…
Never one to miss out on a marketing opportunity, rock legend David Bowie may become the latest music superstar to hit Broadway with a musical based on his ground-breaking tunes.
Plus an item on Chita Rivera.
Before boy bands and Britney, violent rap, sexually explicit hip-hop, Elvis' swivelling hips or even the mop-top haircuts of a fabulous foursome from Liverpool, Richard Rodgers struck a chor…
Seeing a musical on a Saturday or Sunday morning isn't something you'd do very often. But once a year, the Theatre Building Chicago offers that eye-opening experience during its annual festival of new musicals. Running for two days, back-to-back musicals are presented at a whirlwind pace.
Featuring Lillias White.
Audra McDonald's new album "Happy Songs" (Nonesuch) was a long time in the making, and during its gestation, much was happening in her own world, as well as in the world at large.
It's lunchtime at the Grillroom and Michael Cavanaugh is in a bit of a rush. On a short break from rehearsals of "Movin' Out," he's just crossed the street from the Shubert Theatre, where he…
Plus news on Martha Plimpton's next Steppenwolf show.
NEW YORK--Among the clutter of saucers and portraits of Queen Elizabeth that hang on the yellowed walls of Tea and Sympathy, Johnny Rodgers takes a seat. With his spiky haircut and freckles,…
As many members of the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble approach 50, and those in the Lookingglass Theatre crowd progress well into the thirtysomething bracket, it's time to keep a lookout for t…
LOS ANGELES--Even out here in La-La Land you can hear the angry screams from the producers of the Billy Joel musical "Movin' Out," created by dance legend Twyla Tharp. Seems the show's backe…
Ask Welz Kauffman, president of the Ravinia Festival, where his idea for "The Romeo and Juliet Project" originated, and he enthusiastically confesses that it was Baz Luhrmann's recent film m…
Where can they go from here? That's the question I've been asking myself since seeing "Movin' Out," the theatrical ballet (and I use the word "ballet" in its broadest sense) that opened at t…
Review: "Movin' Out."
Pamela Anderson in a stage version of "The Girl Can't Help It"?
Had Henrik Ibsen been around to chronicle the age of "The Brady Bunch"--those far-from-halcyon days of the early 1970s, when the Vietnam War raged a vast ocean away, and Nixon reigned in the…
The last time I saw Rosemary Prinz I was about 10 years old and sitting in front of an old Zenith television with my grandmother.
When it comes to plays, "I'm a purist," said Bruce Norris.
The British detective is a revered icon of the crime novel genre, and author Dorothy L. Sayers' creation--the gentleman sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey--is one of its best and most complex characters.
I liked the book, but it's an odd choice for a stage adaptation.
