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Griffin Theatre's plans for new home remain stranded
Tribune Theater CriticSome big new theaters cost tens of millions of dollars — even more than a decade ago, the new Goodman Theatre in the Loop cost $46 million. The new Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis cost in the region of $125 million in 2006. In Washington, D.C., the...Tags: Water Tower, Arts and Culture, Patrick J. O'Connor, Washington, DC, John Morris
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Winter theater 2013: 10 shows for the cold, from classic 'Caesar' to 'Other Desert Cities'
With Scrooge back under wraps, it's time for the 2013 winter theater season to begin in earnest. There's an especially strong slate of classical works opening between now and the end of March, but the offerings also are as diverse as ever. Among the...
Tags: Disconnect (movie), Republican Party, Drama (genre), Billy Wilder, Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Looking ahead to winter 2013 on the Chicago fringe
Pushing boundaries, good taste and tiny budgets to their breaking point is the very definition of Chicago's fringe theater scene. But, most important, you can always count on honest performances, often delivered in spaces the size of your living room....
Tags: Broadway Theater, Flatiron, Anglicanism, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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A family's well-kept secrets unspool in the desert
Any writer knows the temptation of using one's family for material. They're immediate and present. Their influence is intense and fundamental. Writers usually justify the act on the grounds of authorial honesty: Since the issues in one's life are forged,...
Tags: Celebrities, Linda Kimbrough, Arts and Culture, Manhattan (New York City), Stacy Keach
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Hartford's 'Water By The Spoonful' Opens Off-Broadway
The Hartford CourantIs it possible to fall in love with all the characters in a play, even those who see themselves as less-than-worthy members of the human race? And then, after more than a year, fall in love with them all over again? That's what happened to me with...Tags: Hartford Stage, Halloween, Frankie Faison, Tony Awards, Entertainment Events
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New Play Developing For Quiara Alegria Hudes ("Water By the Spoonful")
HJust a few things that didnt make it to the main stiory of the "Water by the Spoonful" opening in New York earlier this week. Quiara Alegria Hudes, the playwrioght -- who is about to giuve birth to a baby boy in a few weeks -- is prepping for the...Tags: Eugene O'Neill
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Interview: Movie role will keep Jennifer Hudson in holiday spirit
It's a good thing Jennifer Hudson was already in the Christmas spirit Tuesday at her "A Hudson Holiday" party at the House of Blues, because the Oscar-winning actress and Grammy-winning singer will need it for the next few months. Hudson was recently...
Tags: Chicago Fire (tv program), Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Friday Night Lights (tv program), NBC (tv network), Religious Festivals
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A big-hearted and rich 'Scrooge' returns to the Goodman
The set is the same, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. So for those who hoped that the Goodman would mark the 35th anniversary of "A Christmas Carol" by sprucing up the visuals – well, maybe Santa will strike that off your wish...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Religious Festivals, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Holidays, Human Interest
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
5:30 - 9 a.m. Jonathon Brandmeier 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mike McConnell 10:05 a.m. The difference between middle and upper class is all about the way you think. Mike McConnell finds out how rich people think. 12 - 3 p.m. John Williams 1:35 p.m. ...Tags: Northern Illinois Huskies, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Holidays
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'The Nativity' heads to troubled Englewood
A noted African-American theater company is moving its popular show about the discovery of Jesus in a manger, staging it in the poor, violence-stricken Englewood neighborhood to illustrate how hope can be found in unexpected places. The South Side debut...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Langston Hughes, Entertainment, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture
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Taking note of a wave of shorter plays
As artistic director of L.A.'s Center Theatre Group, Michael Ritchie reads more than a play a day on average — perhaps 500 a year — in quest of the 15 or 16 he'll pick each season for his company's three stages. But lately he's noticed...
Tags: Samuel Beckett, Michael Ritchie, John Hurt, Nathan Lane, Lobbying
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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: Marvin Hamlisch, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Vince Vaughn, Rick Bayless, Lucas Neff
Feb 7, 2013
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Dec 9, 2012
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Dec 18, 2012
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