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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, Brian Dennehy, Goodman Theatre
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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: Rick Bayless, Music, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Report: Steppenwolf co-founder, actor Gary Sinise injured in Washington accident
The Washington Post is reporting this morning that Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder Gary Sinise was injured in a car accident on Friday inWashington, D.C., and spent some time in the hospital. According to the report, his injuries were described as minor,...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Gary Sinise, The Washington Post, Health
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The theater season never ends
A Spring Theater preview? But doesn't the regular theater season end in May? For some of the state's half-dozen major regional theaters, that's true. Others, which follow a spring-to-winter schedule instead of the academic-year calendar preferred in...
Tags: Concerts, Politics, Music Theater, Paul Giamatti, Entertainment
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The Chicago actor's dilemma: Love Chicago but leave it
"No actor should be in Chicago 'cause they wanta make money," a character says in "The Last Duck," a new play that includes a brief but pointed look at our Second City complex. "It's more about art," the guy says. "You know, whatever that means. Or you...
Tags: Lucas Neff, Keegan-Michael Key, The Second City, Amy Poehler, Ian Gomez
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At Steppenwolf, a Shakespearean march through the South
Aside from being a ruthless killer-general who put a stake through the bleeding heart of the Old South, and did so right in its own backyard, William Tecumseh Sherman was quite the student of human nature. Indeed, as played by the ever-restless, raw and...
Tags: Literature, Slavery, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Arts and Culture
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If by saying 'star,' you mean ...
On Monday, a colleague stopped by who'd seen "Angels in America." He wanted to talk about Larry Yando's performance as Roy Cohn in the epic drama by Tony Kushner, now playing at the Court Theatre. There was plenty to talk about. Yando is giving one of...
Tags: Concerts, Music, Marriott Theatre, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Tony Kushner
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Steppenwolf announces 2012-13 season
A production of Harold Pinter’s “The Birthday Party” directed by Austin Pendleton, a fresh staging of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Broadway hit “Good People,” a new play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, a remounting with a new...Tags: John Mahoney, Yale Repertory Theatre, Drama (genre), Harold Pinter, Austin Pendleton
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'Hit the Wall' sold out
Citing formidable world of mouth, Steppenwolf Theatre said Wednesday that the extended engagement of "Hit the Wall," the show about the Stonewall riots created by The Inconvenience and staged in the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre, sold out its entire... -
Dan Savage on helping gay kids, his TV show & his Chicago roots
For RedEyeYou're probably familiar with Dan Savage because you—or, OK, "a friend"—has taken advice from his humorous, nationally syndicated sex advice column, "Savage Love." Or perhaps you know Savage from his work as the co-founder of It Gets Better, a...Tags: Dan Savage, Advice Columns and Columnists, MTV (tv network), Social Sciences, Carson McCullers
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Malkovich to headline 'World Theatre Day'
Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member John Malkovich will give the "international message" on World Theatre Day, March 22, in Paris. This will be the 50th anniversary of the event, run by the International Theatre Institute and designed to...Tags: UNESCO, John Malkovich, Arthur Miller, Arts and Culture
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