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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: Concerts, The Cosby Show (tv program), Blue Man Group, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley
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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: Michigan Avenue, University of Chicago, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Entertainment, Phylicia Rashad
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
5 - 6 a.m. The Saturday Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong 6 - 9 a.m. Mr. Fix-It with Lou Manfredini 6:50 a.m. Keep an eye on your little one - whether from the kitchen, the gym, your office or while on a trip! It's Saturday’s...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Morgan Fairchild, Preakness Stakes, Chris Farley, Home Run Derby
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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: Concerts, Groupon, Inc., Broadway Theater, Chicago Restaurants, Entertainment
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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: Harvey Fierstein, Concerts, Chicago, War Horse (movie), Religion and Belief
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From where it cameth: An 'Iceman Cometh' timeline
1939:Eugene O'Neill writes "The Iceman Cometh," an epic American play set in Harry Hope's New York bar. It premieres on Broadway in 1946. 1986: Brian Dennehy plays the lead in Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls' production of "Galileo," the...Tags: Galileo Galilei, Nathan Lane, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Arts and Culture
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Water By The Spoonful" and Other Hudes Plays To Be Published
Hartford CourantQuiara Alegría Hudes’s “Water by the Spoonful,” the 2012 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Which was commissioned, developed and produced by Hartford Stage, will be published by TCG Books on Aug. 1. It will be quickly followed...Tags: Journalism, Eugene O'Neill, Awards and Prizes, Hartford Stage, Entertainment Events
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Cast change at 'Iceman Cometh'
The New York-based actress (and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member) Kate Arrington is joining the cast of Robert Falls' upcoming Goodman Theatre production of "The Iceman Cometh," the Goodman said Wednesday. The production of the Eugene O'Neilldrama...Tags: Nathan Lane, Steppenwolf Theatre, Brian Dennehy
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With 'Time Stands Still,' Margulies is finally on solid ground in Chicago
Over a recent lunch, genial playwright Donald Margulies was wondering why it took so many years to get a foothold in Chicago. Margulies, who seemed genuinely quizzical on the subject, had a point. With the exception of a (to my mind) quotidian 2003...
Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment, Steppenwolf Theatre, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Music
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Phylicia Rashad to direct in Chicago
Phylicia Rashad has signed on to direct a play called "Immediate Family," in a new commercial production to be staged this summer in rented space at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. The play, which is produced by Paul Boskind, Ruth Hendel and Stephen...Tags: Cynda Williams, Arts and Culture, Hyde Park, Phylicia Rashad
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Facets of Africa, now on Chicago stages
The Midwest is often accused of parochialism — and Chicago theater assumed to be preoccupied with dysfunctional American families. But there has been the distinct flavor of Africa in the air these last few weeks. Chicago theaters have offered a...
Tags: Concerts, Music Theater, Namibia, Broadway Theater, Entertainment
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Playwright Explores Themes Of Redemption, Love In 'Water By The Spoonful'
The Hartford CourantQuiara Alegria Hudes had no plans to write a trilogy after she completed her play, "Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue," which went on the be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. Hudes went on to other projects, including the Broadway musical "In the...Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief, Aetna Inc., Waterford, Waterbury
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