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L.A. Drama Critics Circle announces 2012 nominations
The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced on Thursday its nominations for its 2012 awards. Leading the way, with five nominations each, were productions of August Wilson's "Jitney," "Silence! The Musical" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."...
Tags: Arts and Culture, French Stewart, Music, Elections, Entertainment
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'Book of Mormon' to lead 2013-14 Broadway series in Orlando
"The Book of Mormon," the hottest show to hit Broadway in recent years, will headline Florida Theatrical Association's 25th anniversary season in Orlando. Florida Theatrical Association confirmed the booking, which had been widely anticipated, on...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fiction, Trey Parker, Sesame Street (tv program), Entertainment Events
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Christopher Durang, Bobby Lopez To Join In Cole Porter Event At Yale
Hartford CourantPlaywright Christopher Durang and director Bobby Lopez will be among those participating in an all-Yale concert presentation of Cole Porter's "Kiss me Kate," celebrating Porter's centennial of his graduation from Yale University in New Haven in 2013....Tags: Mormonism, Tony Awards, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Entertainment Events, Yale University
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Golden night for Hollywood. 'Zero Dark Thirty' tops box office
After the coffee. Before shaking off the Globes hangover. The Skinny: I hope I get to have a Jodie Foster moment when I reach that age! Of course, for me it is still decades away. Monday's Morning Fix includes recaps and analysis of Sunday night's...
Tags: Trey Parker, Jodie Foster, YouTube, Damian Lewis, Advertising
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'Wicked' breaks Broadway box-office record over holidays
The holiday season is usually a bountiful time of year for Broadway shows. Hordes of tourists bring about a bump in box-office receipts for musicals and plays across the board. The most recent holiday period proved to be no exception. "Wicked," still...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mormonism, Music, Wicked (musical), The Lion King (movie)
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'Book of Mormon' rakes in $1.493 million
"The Book of Mormon" pulled down a whopping $1,493,961 in its first full week of sold-out performances at the Bank of America Theatre, breaking the house record for that Loop venue. That means "Book of Mormon" raked in more cash than "Jersey Boys"...
Tags: Mormonism, Chicago Loop, Bank of America Corp., Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Sighting: Star-filled New Year's Eve -- and week ahead
Where did the famous and semi-famous spend New Year's Eve in the Chicago area? NASCAR driver Danica Patrick dined New Year's Eve at the newly opened Baume & Brix in the River North neighborhood before heading nearby to The Grid. "Cooler Than Me"...
Tags: Marco Belinelli, National Basketball Association, Rakim, Chicago Hotels, Christianity
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Amid the seasonal shows, the surprise of 'Glass Menagerie'
Most years, the last full week before Christmas is quiet — the best-of-the-year lists are already done, and the holiday perennials are up and running. Steppenwolf, which is not about to program "The Gift of the Magi," sometimes opens a defiantly...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mormonism, Holidays, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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'Faith Healer': An intimate, matured return
The last time the trio of Si Osborne, Lia D. Mortensen and Brad Armacost performed Brian Friel's "Faith Healer" in Chicago, they all were 18 years younger and working in a short-lived venue, the Turnaround Theatre, named, with a note of optimism, for...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mormonism, Chicago Transit Authority, Fiction, Religion and Belief
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These 'Boots' are made for reworkin'
You would not exactly tag Cyndi Lauper as one of those old-school composers who work on a Broadway show, see a musical number that's not working, scurry back to their hotel room to stay up all night writing a new song by breakfast, and, that following...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Stark Sands, Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events
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Annoyance Theatre celebrates 25 years
It's time, dear reader, to raise a glass to Mick Napier, improv queen Susan Messing, wild Joe Bill, hard-toiling Jennifer Estlin, restless Mark Sutton and the Annoyance Theatre, which have, improbably, survived together for 25 years. On Aug. 18, the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Twitter, Inc., Annoyance Theatre, Andy Richter, Entertainment
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From gypsies to Mormons, the big stories of 2012
As 2012 draws to a close, let's take a look back at the year in Chicago theater. January started with a roar — Klea Blackhurst doing Ethel Merman doing "Gypsy" at the Drury Lane Theatre. Twyla Tharp, an artist who refuses to stop reworking her...
Tags: Park Forest, Victory Gardens Theatre, Diane Lane, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, David Mamet
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