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    Nov 23, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 2011 Holiday Guide

    Like the creeping tinsel at the mall, holiday shows in Chicago seem to start earlier each year. This season, it was “White Christmas” at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire even before the trick-or-treaters had ventured forth from their stoops. But bear in mind that theaters know how much Chicago audiences love their seasonal entertainments. If, like me, you're an urban romantic in love with the classic downtown experience, this is the golden time of the year, full of family members enjoying the arts together and cramming in a live show between busy days and nights of shopping, eating and merrymaking.
    Like the creeping tinsel at the mall, holiday shows in Chicago seem to start earlier each year. This season, it was “White Christmas” at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire even before the trick-or-treaters had ventured forth from their...

    Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Christmas, Celebrities, Goodman Theatre

    2. Sep 8, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Broadway in Chicago spring season to include 'American Idiot,' 'Fela' and 'Bring it On'

    Touring productions of the musicals "American Idiot," "Bring it On" and "Fela!" are the highlights of the spring 2012 season at Broadway in Chicago. They join the <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/theaterloop/ct-ent-0907-book-mormon-chicago-20110906,0,1405547.column" target="_blank">previously announced blockbuster, "The Book of Mormon."</a>
    Touring productions of the musicals "American Idiot," "Bring it On" and "Fela!" are the highlights of the spring 2012 season at Broadway in Chicago. They join the previously announced blockbuster, "The Book of Mormon." The presenter said Thursday that...

    Tags: Music Theater, Theater, Music, Lincoln Center, Palace Theater

    3. Apr 29, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. 'Chicago Fire' renewed, just like Jesse Spencer expected

    It's difficult to tell who should be more excited NBC officially picked up &ldquo;Chicago Fire&rdquo; for a second season Friday: The cast and crew of the firefighter drama or the Illinois Film Office.
    It's difficult to tell who should be more excited NBC officially picked up “Chicago Fire” for a second season Friday: The cast and crew of the firefighter drama or the Illinois Film Office. The good news allows the Dick Wolf-produced show to...

    Tags: Natalie Dormer, NBC (tv network), The Shawshank Redemption (movie), Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, Chicago Fire (tv program)

    4. Jan 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Even a stripped-down 'Heights' still resonates

    THEATER REVIEW: "In the Heights" at the Oriental Theatre &#9733;&#9733;&#189; ... The current setting feels rather more like everybodyheaded for the Legoland version of Washington Heights. But as non-union "re-creations" go, this one is better than most.
    The 2008 Broadway musical "In the Heights," the story of a mostly Latino community struggling to both move up and stay together, is now in its waning days as a touring attraction. Since the show last was in Chicago — in late 2009 — the...

    Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Music, Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events

    5. Feb 8, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. 'American Idiot' is a loud, hard, Green Day lament

    THEATER REVIEW: "American Idiot" at the Oriental Theatre &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#189; ... For all their Berkeley punk-rock bona fides - unassailable and enough to send a certain kind of ill-prepared theatergoer headed for an early exit - Green Day songs are actually filled with hope and longing.
    For all their Berkeley punk-rock bona fides — unassailable and enough to send a certain kind of ill-prepared theatergoer headed for an early exit — Green Day songs are actually filled with hope and longing. They may rail hard, loud and long...

    Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Music, Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events

    6. Dec 7, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Osmonds deliver just what we want for Christmas

    THEATER REVIEW: "Donny and Marie: Christmas in Chicago" at the Oriental Theatre &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; ... After completing a frenetic, yule-themed dance number that would be taxing for someone half his age, Donny Osmond had a moment Tuesday night where he clearly needed to catch his breath.
    After completing a frenetic, yule-themed dance number that would be taxing for someone half his age, Donny Osmond had a moment Tuesday night where he clearly needed to catch his breath. "You've got 23 shows to go," boomed a voice from the audience at the...

    Tags: Music, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Arts and Culture, Entertainment

    7. Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Swimming in father's stories in 'Big Fish'

    THEATER REVIEW: "Big Fish" at the Oriental Theatre &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; ... Time surely is ripe for an American family musical, at once fantastical and emotional.
    With British and Irish yarns so dominant at the higher end of Broadway, time surely is ripe for an American family musical, at once fantastical and emotional, with its heart in family reconciliation and its roots in the florid storytelling culture of...

    Tags: Music, Movies, Petroleum Industry, Fishing, Human Interest

    8. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. 'Big Fish' writer chats with the minnows

    A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films).
    A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films). They'...

    Tags: NBC (tv network), The Hangover (movie), Animation (Movie Genre), The Second City, The New Girl (tv program)

    9. Mar 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Chicago catches a 'Big Fish'

    <strong>NEW YORK &mdash;</strong> A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: "No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad."
    NEW YORK — A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: "No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad." Chastened, the man talks of...

    Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Rentals, Billy Elliot (musical), Celebrities

    10. Feb 20, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. 'Once' and 'Evita' coming to Chicago next fall

    The first national tour of "Once," the Tony Award-winning musical based on the movie of the same name about an Irish street musican and his Czech angel, is headed to Chicago. "Once" will play the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.) for three weeks, beginning Oct. 9.
    By Chris Jones, Tribune theater critic
    The first national tour of "Once," the Tony Award-winning musical based on the movie of the same name about an Irish street musican and his Czech angel, is headed to Chicago. "Once" will play the Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.) for three weeks,...

    Tags: Music Theater, Music, Evita (musical), Chicago Loop, Entertainment Events

    11. Oct 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Ideas Week highlights

    Here are some of the high-profile Ideas Week speakers and Talks: Colin Powell and Tom Brokaw, both on Monday's 4:30 p.m. program "Military: From the Front Lines to the Home Front" at the Goodman Theatre. "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory, Time...

    Tags: Edward Norton, Museums, Music Industry, Tom Brokaw, Artists

    12. Feb 17, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. 'Wicked' coming back to Chicago in the fall

    The Broadway musical "Wicked," which ran for more than three-and-a-half years in a dedicated Chicago production from 2005 to 2009, is making another return visit to the city that so embraced it. "Wicked" will have&nbsp; a hefty, eight-week engagement this fall.
    The Broadway musical "Wicked," which ran for more than three-and-a-half years in a dedicated Chicago production from 2005 to 2009, is making another return visit to the city that so embraced it. "Wicked" will have  a hefty, eight-week engagement this...

    Tags: Music Theater, Music, Wicked (musical), Broadway Theater, Entertainment

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