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    May 22, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Summer 2013: 10 theater shows for a sunny Chicago

    Here are 10 of what might well turn out of be the hottest shows of an essential Chicago summer. And after the kind of springs we get, aren't they all essential?
    Two components of many a Chicago summer of live entertainment are absent this year — there's no Cirque du Soleil tent at the United Center and no Riverfront Theater at the Tribune Company's Freedom Center. So you'll have to go camping for fun...

    Tags: Robin Williams, Steppenwolf Theatre, Cirque du Soleil, Nora Dunn, The Lion King (movie)

    2. Jun 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. An answer to a mystery: What happened to Theatre Building money?

    An answer to a long-standing mystery finally was forthcoming today: What would the organization known as Chicago Muse do with the remaining proceeds from the sale of the Theatre Building Chicago, located at 1225 W. Belmont Ave., to Lukaba Productions?...

    Tags: Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music

    3. Feb 20, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Molusi's voyage in 'Cadre' is set in years after apartheid

    THEATER REVIEW: "Cadre" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★½ ... The voice of Nelson Mandela crackles through much of "Cadre," the interesting new work-in-progress created by the South African writer-director Omphile Molusi.
    The voice of Nelson Mandela crackles through much of "Cadre," the interesting new work-in-progress created, mostly in Chicago, by the South African writer-director Omphile Molusi, known internationally for his play "Itsoseng." Those of us of a certain age...

    Tags: Navy Pier, Arts and Culture, Nelson Mandela, Celebrities, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

    4. May 16, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Once on the bus, you don't have a chance

    THEATER REVIEW: 'Roadkill,' presented by Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★★ ... A plain-looking bus full of theater-goers pulled up to an ordinary Chicago street corner on Tuesday night and a couple of Nigerian women jumped on board.
    A plain-looking bus full of ticketed passengers pulled up to an ordinary Chicago street corner on Tuesday night and a couple of Nigerian women jumped on board. One was wary of the people on the bus and sat quietly, watching. The other, younger woman...

    Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Navy Pier, Arts and Culture

    5. Jul 15, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Walking this 'route' will change the way you see this city - and yourself

    THEATER REVIEW: "en route," presented by Chicago Shakespeare Theater &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<br>Good theater can make the strange familiar. Great theater usually makes the familiar strange.
    Good theater can make the strange familiar. Great theater usually makes the familiar strange. And for someone like me who has worked on Michigan Avenue for years, what is more familiar than the city of Chicago? A city one thinks one knows, having lived...

    Tags: MP3 Players, Michigan Avenue, Music Industry, Entertainment, Metra

    6. Oct 13, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Real regret earns standing ovations in Gary Griffin's Chicago-style 'Follies'

    THEATER REVIEW: "Follies" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; ... No glamorous ghosts haunt Gary Griffin's human-scaled, Chicago-style production of "Follies." And, unlike the current Broadway revival, there is no beautiful spectacle to help us forget.
    No glamorous ghosts haunt Gary Griffin's human-scaled, Chicago-style production of "Follies." And, unlike the current Broadway revival of this most unstinting, despairing and gorgeously scored of musicals, there is no beautiful spectacle on Kevin Depinet'...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Navy Pier, Entertainment, Theater, Arts and Culture

    7. Aug 12, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. The Goodman Theatre celebrates a decade of drama

    "I sort of like the snowstorm," Robert Falls said in the lobby of the new, $46 million Goodman Theatre on the night of its inaugural performance. "It keeps the riffraff out. The people who are here are really here to see a play and not just socialize." It was a classic Falls assertion.
    When the new $46 million Goodman Theatre opened its doors on Dec. 11, 2000, with the inaugural performance of August Wilson's "King Hedley II," the Loop was beset by a blizzard. Ever cognizant of the political perils of Chicago snowstorms, Mayor Richard...

    Tags: Regina Taylor, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, Politics

    8. Dec 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Rachel Rockwell brings out the best in child actors

    For Chicago stage director Rachel Rockwell, 2012 began with the brood of Capt. von Trapp and ended with the little orphan girls of "Annie."
    For Chicago stage director Rachel Rockwell, 2012 began with the brood of Capt. von Trapp and ended with the little orphan girls of "Annie." Be the kids proud Austrians or precocious New Yorkers, Rockwell knows how to wrangle the little darlings. Most of...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, The Sound of Music (movie), Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Theater

    9. Apr 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. "Yellow Moon" at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe ★★

    Like several theater artists with connections to bonnie Scotland, David Greig seems to have the golden ticket of the moment. This thrilling scribe &mdash; perchance you saw his grand piece "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" last fall at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater &mdash; also has written the book to the much-anticipated new musical version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," which begins previews in London in a couple of weeks.
    Like several theater artists with connections to bonnie Scotland, David Greig seems to have the golden ticket of the moment. This thrilling scribe — perchance you saw his grand piece "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" last fall at the Chicago...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Authors, Celebrities, Salt

    10. Feb 15, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Liveliness of 'Midsummer' gets it halfway there

    THEATER REVIEW: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier &#9733;&#9733;&#189; ... For sure, "Midsummer" is a comedy involving Puck, star-crossed lovers and fairies with names like Peaseblossom and Cobweb. We known that things will work out in the end.
    Deep in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a weaver named Nick Bottom, the kind of ordinary, clumsy, clueless, overweight, middle-age, Cubs-and-Old Style-loving guy who can get his head transformed into that of an ass without really noticing the change,...

    Tags: Navy Pier, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Rock of Ages (movie), William Shakespeare

    11. May 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. A fast-paced, entertaining 'Henry VIII'

    THEATER REVIEW: "Henry VIII" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; 1/2 ... William Shakespeare and his company were not the first artistic entity to suck up to their funders ...
    William Shakespeare and his company were not the first artistic entity to suck up to their funders and protectors, and they surely weren't the last. Still, it's hard to watch the last scenes of “Henry VIII” without fantasizing that Wily Old...

    Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, William Shakespeare

    12. Nov 2, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Chicago Shakespeare to produce National Theatre of Scotland at the Hideout

    Chicago Shakespeare Theater said Wednesday that it will present the National Theatre of Scotland (which did "Black Watch") in an intimate production called "Long Gone Lonesome" at the Hideout, a neighborhood bar located at 1354 W. Wabansia Ave.
    Chicago Shakespeare Theater said Wednesday that it will present the National Theatre of Scotland (which did "Black Watch") in an intimate production called "Long Gone Lonesome" at the Hideout, a neighborhood bar located at 1354 W. Wabansia Ave. "Long...

    Tags: Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music

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