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Feeling the absence of an everyman in 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway
In one of the pivotal scenes in "Death of a Salesman," the great Arthur Miller drama from 1949, Willy Loman, a single-company traveling salesman of some 36 years standing, must beg for his job from his old boss' son Howard, whom he remembers as a baby...Tags: Broadway Theater, Entertainment, Death of a Salesman (play), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Theater
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Feeling the human cost of colonialism in 'The Convert'
When Jekesai, the young African woman at the core of the intense and deeply affecting new play by Danai Gurira, first arrives at the home of Chilford, the catechist who'll change her life, she sniffs his floor. In this part of southern Africa, the part...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Kevin Mambo, Zimbabwe, Africa, Arts and Culture
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What exactly is Team StarKid?
The door at the back of a Wilmette movie house cracked open. A young girl poked her head in. She spotted a half dozen or so twentysomethings standing amid the seats of an otherwise empty theater and her eyes grew wide. “Wow! Hey! Team StarKid!&...Tags: Rentals, Social Media, YouTube, Graduation, Glee (tv program)
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'Water By The Spoonful' To Make New York Bow At Second Stage
Hartford CourantThose 6,000 theater-goers at Hartford Stage who saw Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water by The Spoonful" at Hartford Stage last fall -- and who are the only folks who so far have seen this year'sPulitzer Prize-winning pl;ay -- is going to get some company. This...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Entertainment, Music Theater, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Music
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Goodman to stage Noah Haidle play in 2013-13 season
The Goodman Theatre said Thursday that it will stage "Smokefall," a new play by Noah Haidle ("Vigils," "Mr. Marmalade") as part of its 2013-14 season. Anne Kauffman is scheduled to direct the piece, which is about three generations of a Michigan family...Tags: Entertainment, Concerts, Music
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Canadian actor Stephen Ouimette on being Harry in 'Iceman Cometh'
Over lunch last week, I asked actor Stephen Ouimette, who is simply extraordinary as Harry Hope in Robert Falls' Goodman Theatre production of "The Iceman Cometh," how many seasons he has performed at the Stratford Festival in Canada, where he is a...
Tags: Neil LaBute, Brian Dennehy, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Celebrities, Arts and Culture
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Why Chicago needs bigger place on world's stage
At its 25th summit in Chicago this weekend, NATO will be preoccupied with the tricky business of how to advance its various institutional priorities — like global security and the building of stability — even as its member nations are more...
Tags: Fine Artists, Steven Spielberg, Broadway Theater, Entertainment, Concerts
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South Coast Repertory lines up Guirgis, Hwang for new season
The new 2012-13 season at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa is scheduled to feature recent comedies by Stephen Adly Guirgis and David Henry Hwang, as well as a world-premiere work by playwright Noah Haidle. The season is also to feature plays by Sarah...
Tags: Comedy (genre), Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Chris Rock, David Henry Hwang
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40 shows for your Chicago summer, from 'Rock of Ages' on stage to 'Richard III' outdoors
School is winding down and the days are stretching out, which is the perfect time for fun at the old ballpark, beach, street fair, and all the other seasonal frolics that Chicagoans dream about during the dreary winter months. But don't forget that...
Tags: Health, United Center, Marriott Theatre, Broadway Theater, Entertainment
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Summer Theater Guide 2012: Our top 10 most-anticipated shows
A potential superhero awaits the unleashing of his powers. Tracy Letts mourns over Moscow. A Chicago disaster is revisited. A young man misses his appointment with Goldman Sachs. Oedipus hits the streets of Los Angeles. Hats fly on the Goodman Theatre...
Tags: Riverfront Theater, David Hare, Marriott Theatre, Tony Awards, Entertainment
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There's a new commercial player in town
Mel Brooks' savvy producer Max Bialystock would never have closed down a hit show. But in Chicago, it happens all the time. The Goodman Theatre production of David Mamet's "Race" sold out its final weeks of performances, yet the show still closed with...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Broadway Theater, Chicago Restaurants, Entertainment, Concerts
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Take your seats for these tryouts and Chicago productions
How important are pre-Broadway tryouts and dedicated Chicago productions to Chicago's cultural economy? Very. Especially since the business of touring theater has changed so very much.
As Lou Raizin, Broadway in Chicago's savvy president, well knows,...Tags: Cyndi Lauper, Companies and Corporations, Concerts, Entertainment, Music
Mar 15, 2012
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Mar 5, 2012
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Nov 1, 2011
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May 16, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 17, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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May 18, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 17, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 23, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 9, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 23, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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