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Suburban theater for the week of April 27 to May 3
"When the Rain Stops Falling": Andrew Bovell's play moves back and forth in time over an 80-year span (1959 to 2039) to trace four generations of a family, rife with disappearances, disappointments and repeating tragedies. John Gawlik, vet of the Gift...Tags: Colin Mochrie, Arts and Culture
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The Book: Past, Present, Future a Baskes Lecture in History by Anthony Grafton
Staff reporterChicago Humanities Festival hosts The Book: Past, Present, Future a Baskes Lecture in History by Anthony Grafton on March 31st, 2012 2-3pm Future generations may well live without books, consuming text on various electronic devices networked to... -
Sondheim honored for his achievements
"Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement. The 81-year-old composer and...Tags: Entertainment, Human Interest, Grammy Awards, Broadway Theater, Awards and Prizes
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This 'Follies' is no second fiddle
![Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim) about a bittersweet reunion of former showgirls, they'd no idea that director Eric Schaeffer's Kennedy Center revival would attract megawatt talent like Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige, let alone move to Broadway and catch fire.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65228193-05140827.jpg "Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'\" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim) about a bittersweet reunion of former showgirls, they'd no idea that director Eric Schaeffer's Kennedy Center revival would attract megawatt talent like Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige, let alone move to Broadway and catch fire.")
Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim)...Tags: Brent Barrett, Entertainment, Stratford, Dance, Bernadette Peters
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What Chicago can learn from Toronto
![TORONTO - At Luminato, the festival of arts, culture and ideas that just concluded in Canada's largest city, one message rings the loudest and clearest: This festival was created "to shine Toronto's light on the world and the world's light on Toronto." You can't say it much clearer than that.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-07/62932814-01132508.jpg "TORONTO - At Luminato, the festival of arts, culture and ideas that just concluded in Canada's largest city, one message rings the loudest and clearest: This festival was created "to shine Toronto's light on the world and the world's light on Toronto.\" You can't say it much clearer than that.")
TORONTO — Luminato, the festival of arts, culture and ideas that just concluded in Canada's largest city, has only been held for four years. But this citywide extravaganza already attracts a collective audience in excess of 1 million and spends...Tags: Entertainment, Comedy (genre), Opera (genre), k.d. lang, China
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Words, sweat, cheers: Sondheim worked to get lyrics right
Countless words led to Stephen Sondheim receiving the Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement Sunday, but some of the most difficult for him to write were also the simplest.
Looking relaxed on the Symphony Center stage in his olive-...Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Oscar Hammerstein, Roosevelt, Minority Groups
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National honors for Chicago Tribune theater critic Chris Jones
In its November issue, American Theatre Magazine named 12 of the nation’s most influential drama critics. The Tribune’s Chris Jones is among them, to which we say: Well, of course!
Here's their honor roll of their favorite theater critics...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Scintillating prose — the second time around
On the fifth floor of the Chicago Tribune Tower is a square windowless room accessed by a single door.
This room is called, with a regrettable lack of imagination, the Book Room.
It will not surprise you to learn that it is filled with books. Day...Tags: Prague (Czech Republic), Entertainment, Harvard University, Sudoku, Umberto Eco
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Bookmark: Umberto Eco's books stir up life's dilemmas
On the fifth floor of the Chicago Tribune Tower is a square windowless room accessed by a single door. This room is called, with a regrettable lack of imagination, the Book Room. It will not surprise you to learn that it is filled with books. Day...Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Prague (Czech Republic), Harvard University, Sudoku
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'Comme Toujours Here I Stand': A performance about training a lens on mortality
The Theater LoopTHEATER REVIEW: "Comme Toujours Here I Stand" by the Big Dance Theatre ★★★ Through Sunday at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 10 minutes; Tickets: $28 at 312-397-4010 or www.mcachicago.org Hot on the...... -
Northwestern Musical Theater Faculty Member Beckie Menzie Stars In New Show & New CD Project
TribLocal - EvanstonThe award-winning singer-songwriter, musical director and pianist extraordinaire Beckie Menzie, who also serves on the faculty for Northwestern University’s musical theatre program (where her students …... -
All the world's at 'Stages, Sights & Sounds,' in Chicago May 3-15
The Theater Loop"Stages, Sights & Sounds" runs May 3-15 at Northwestern University and the Museum of Contemporary Art; tickets $5-$11 at 312-494-9509 or chicagohumanities.org. The children's event is curated by the Chicago Humanities Festival. Above, "Baobab" by...
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