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Being numb to it all no longer big shock
Sometime in the next few weeks, if you're walking down Fullerton Avenue around DePaul University and have 15 minutes to spare, duck into the tidy brick building alongside the CTA station. Here you will find the DePaul Art Museum, an institution so...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment, Ethics, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Bars and Clubs
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Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next
NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Health Treatments, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ewing's sarcoma, Genetics
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Executive profile: Maria Green
Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...
Tags: New York City, Illinois Tool Works Incorporated, Corporate Officers, Jamaica, University of Pennsylvania
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'Vera Stark' looks back at lost stars
The idea for "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," now in performances through June 2 at the Goodman Theatre, came to playwright Lynn Nottage the way so many of us discover so many slivers of old Hollywood. How? By happening upon a lesser-known title on the...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Human Interest, Celebrities, Entertainment Events
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.”...Tags: Journalism, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, The Washington Post, Cartoons
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In Pulitzer, seeing American drama's Chicago footprint
On Monday, Ayad Akhtar, author of the terrific play "Disgraced," which began life at the American Theater Company in Chicago, won the Pulitzer Prize in drama. He beat out writer Amy Herzog, who was a finalist. Others regarded as likely candidates for...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, The Happiest News!, Entertainment, Human Interest, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Kam Kardashian: Long-lost, totally made-up sister found in Chicago
Anyone with a cellphone and a laptop can make a Web series. But it's tough to pull off something that looks professionally made. Not when there's barely any money involved. There is a huge opportunity here for indie filmmakers, especially those...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Entertainment, Celebrities, Music, The Kids Are All Right (movie)
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'The Whale' and other big fish to check out right now
April can be the cruelest or the kindest month for a critic, but it most certainly is the busiest month in the Chicago theater. Over the last 30 days, I've seen about 30 shows in Chicago and New York. I'm gonna get right to the point here; there are...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment, Music, Music Industry, Marriott Theatre
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Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced" Wins Pulitzer Prize
Hartford Courant"Disgraced," by Ayad Akhtar, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his work in his off-Broadway play depicting "a successful corporate lawyer painfully forced to consider why he has for so long camouflaged his Pakistani Muslim heritage." The play...Tags: Greenwich Village, Pulitzer Prize Awards, London Theatre, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes
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Dick Meyers' Puppetry Project Set for UConn
Hartford Courant"Cinderella" and" Beauty and the Beast" will make up "The Dick Meyers Project," featuring UConn puppet Arts graduate student Seth Shaffer at the Studio Theatre in Storrs, Thursday, April 11 to Sunday, April 14. Connecticut Repertory Theatre's family...Tags: Frank Oz, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, University of Cincinnati, Storrs, Cinderella (movie)
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Andre de Shields to star in Goodman 'Jungle Book'
The Goodman Theatre said Wednesday that Andre de Shields, a growing presence on the Chicago theater scene, would be part of the ensemble cast of Mary Zimmerman's "The Jungle Book" this spring. He'll play King Louie. The show, which uses the beloved...Tags: The Jungle Book (movie), Arts and Culture, Richard & Robert Sherman
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Review: In 'Smokefall' the real drama is lost in the haze
"Smokefall" appears to be Noah Haidle's version of "Our Town." Nearly every American playwright has one, but most keep them hidden in desk drawers. This addition to the Thornton Wilder 2.0 collection, however, has been honored with an attentive...
Tags: Entertainment, Orson Bean, Arts and Culture
May 17, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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