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    Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Big Fish' writer chats with the minnows

    A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films).
    A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films). They'...

    Tags: Skype, John August, Kevin Dunn, Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie), Steven Spielberg

    2. Mar 18, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Del Close: Dueling scripts detail improv pioneer

    Charna Halpern's script about her late iO (formerly ImprovOlympic) co-founder Del Close opens with the vastly influential, hard-living, difficult, brilliant improvisation pioneer glimpsing a TV on which his former student Betty Thomas is thanking him while accepting her acting Emmy Award for "Hill Street Blues."
    Charna Halpern's script about her late iO (formerly ImprovOlympic) co-founder Del Close opens with the vastly influential, hard-living, difficult, brilliant improvisation pioneer glimpsing a TV on which his former student Betty Thomas is thanking him...

    Tags: Barbershop (movie), Eugene Levy, ImprovOlympic, Tim Meadows, George Wendt

    3. Nov 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. New North Side venue slated for iO Theater

    The iO Theater is moving. On Friday, owner Charna Halpern purchased a new space for her long-running comedy enterprise, signaling an end to iO's presence in Wrigleyville after nearly two decades.
    The iO Theater is moving. On Friday, owner Charna Halpern purchased a new space for her long-running comedy enterprise, signaling an end to iO's presence in Wrigleyville after nearly two decades. Currently located at the corner of Clark and Addison,...

    Tags: Wrigleyville, ImprovOlympic, Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live (tv program)

    4. Oct 15, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Absurdity comes out at night in 'Graveyard'

    People do ridiculous things in the middle of the night. Questionable things. Like decide they will shoot the entire season of a Web series — all 14 episodes, with 50 pages of dialogue — before the sun comes up.
    People do ridiculous things in the middle of the night. Questionable things. Like decide they will shoot the entire season of a Web series — all 14 episodes, with 50 pages of dialogue — before the sun comes up. In fact, when director Ron...

    Tags: NBC (tv network), Charlie Brown (fictional character), Chicago Fire (tv program), Social Media, Lorne Michaels

    5. May 4, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. 'God Bless America' star Joel is the other, other Murray

    Joel Murray and Bobcat Goldthwait have known each other since 1985, when they met on the set of "One Crazy Summer," an iconic comedy of the era starring John Cusack as a dorky animator and Demi Moore as the girl of his dreams.
    Chicago Tribune reporter
    Joel Murray and Bobcat Goldthwait have known each other since 1985, when they met on the set of "One Crazy Summer," an iconic comedy of the era starring John Cusack as a dorky animator and Demi Moore as the girl of his dreams. "The day I met Bob, he...

    Tags: Network (movie), Harold Ramis, Talk Shows (genre), ImprovOlympic, John Murray

    6. Apr 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. 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 gotta tell yourself that."
    "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: Terry Kinney, Boardwalk Empire (tv program), ImprovOlympic, Nick Offerman, Chicago Loop

    7. Oct 20, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Covering Chicago by covering "Boss"

    I spent a full day on the set with the "Boss" cast and crew when they were filming here this summer, and I walked away with the distinct impression that the series would not fall into some of the same traps that hampered Fox's "The Chicago Code" or so many other cinematic portrayals of the city -- the kind that invariably include a corny line such as "That's how we do it in Chicago" spoken in a mangled Chicago accent.
    I spent a full day on the set with the "Boss" cast and crew when they were filming here this summer, and I walked away with the distinct impression that the series would not fall into some of the same traps that hampered Fox's "The Chicago Code" or so...

    Tags: Drama (genre), Jeff Hephner, The Playboy Club (tv program), The Chicago Code (tv program), Entertainment

    8. Mar 14, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  8. 'God of Carnage' at the Goodman Theatre: A fight over the kids, concluded in time for dinner

    The Theater Loop
    THEATER REVIEW: "God of Carnage" ★★★ Through April 17 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St.; Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes; Tickets are $25-$78 at 312-443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org Post-show dining is always tricky in...
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