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'Book of Mormon' announces Chicago cast, including James Vincent Meredith
NEW YORK — The Chicago cast of the satirical musical "The Book of Mormon" will feature Nic Rouleau, the current star of the Broadway company, in the central role of Elder Price, along with Ben Platt (known for his work in the movie “Pitch...
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What's Pinter without tension?
There's an old, oft-quoted story among Pinter scholars wherein British playwright Terence Rattigan once tried to tell Harold Pinter what his famously dense 1960 play, "The Caretaker," was really about. Rattigan, the story goes, insisted that this drama...Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Nobel Prize Awards
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William Petersen to return to Steppenwolf stage
William Petersen, the actor with longtime roots on the Chicago stage, is to appear this summer at the Steppenwolf Theatre in a two-person show about a teenager and her reculsive uncle in Costa Rica. Titled "Slowgirl" and penned by Greg Pierce, it will...
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Actress has made a home here
Kate Arrington seems not a bit actress-y, just interesting.
For one thing, she's not particularly concerned about how she looks. For another, through unlikely serendipity, lifestyle czarina Martha Stewart was an early backer of Arrington's stage career....Tags: Bruce Norris, Revolutionary Road (movie), Barack Obama, Upper West Side, Amour (movie)
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Sex, work and other troubles of 20-somethings
I smell a niche at Theater Wit, the multispace venue just a few blocks from the bars and eateries of Wrigleyville: the date-night show. Not a bad idea, given the locale. Itamar Moses' "Completeness," wherein a pair of brainy graduate students almost...
Tags: Animals, Arts and Culture, Wrigleyville
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NU 'Grapes of Wrath' is justice delayed for composer Gordon
"The Grapes of Wrath," composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Michael Korie's operatic adaptation of John Steinbeck's sprawling 1939 novel about dispossessed Oklahoma sharecroppers during the Great Depression, has enjoyed a degree of instant success...Tags: Music Industry, Music, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, France
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Mary Schmich: A book, a song, a poem among my favorite things
Here's one of my occasional lists of nine things I've liked lately. 1. "Dear Life" by Alice Munro. If I had to name a favorite writer, Munro would be it. Widely revered as the living queen of the short story, she's 81 now. This collection, her most...
Tags: Music, Netflix Inc., Jimmy Smits, Rachel McAdams, Poetry
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Tony Awards: Steppenwolf, Tracy Letts lead Chicago nominations
Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company had a very good New York morning Tuesday with three of its ensemble members scoring 2013 Tony nominations: Tracy Letts and Amy Morton for their work in Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," also a Tony...
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Tony-winning set designer Todd Rosenthal wows again at Steppenwolf
"Whoa." That's what the guy who sat behind me said as I settled into a matinee performance of "The Motherf***er With the Hat" at the Steppenwolf Theatre recently: "Whoa, will you look at that? That is something. That is large. I wonder what that'll do?...
Tags: Bruce Norris, Stephen King, Amy Morton, Arts and Culture, Celebrities
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'Head of Passes': A family's trials, inspired by Job
Despite his humility and regard for God's rules, Old Job has a rough time in his book. The fire of God burns up his sheep, and his oxen are carried off by raiders, but that's just livestock. He gets boils on his head, but that's just an affliction of...
Tags: Symbols and Symbolism, Arts and Culture
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'She Kills Monsters' conjures D&D cool
You'd easily think that "She Kills Monsters" the clever, funny, moving, lively and delightfully geeky standout at this year's Garage Rep at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, was entirely created by Buzz22 Chicago, a very young theater company created by...
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It's a nerd world
Once a month, at Third Coast Comics in the Edgewater neighborhood, the store closes for the evening and the knitting comes out. Followed by the drinks. Drink & Draw & Knitting Night is the second Thursday of each month, as it has been since Terry Gant...
Tags: Zachary Quinto, GQ, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Taylor Swift, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
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