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House Theatre still offering a 'Nutcracker' like no other
![THEATER REVIEW: "The Nutcracker" at House Theatre of Chicago ★★★ ... A few minutes into the House Theatre's distinctive "The Nutcracker," the Christmas jollity of an exuberant household is suddenly ended by a gust of frigid wind and the arrival at the door of a man in uniform.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-11/66085679-14141932.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "The Nutcracker\" at House Theatre of Chicago ★★★ ... A few minutes into the House Theatre's distinctive \"The Nutcracker,\" the Christmas jollity of an exuberant household is suddenly ended by a gust of frigid wind and the arrival at the door of a man in uniform.")
A few minutes into the House Theatre's distinctive version of "The Nutcracker" — one of my favorite holiday shows — the Christmas jollity of an exuberant household is suddenly ended by a gust of frigid wind and the arrival at the door of a man...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Fiction, Arts and Culture, Religious Festivals
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Long 'March' toward the stage
In 1864, a diminutive and unprepossessing general named William Tecumseh Sherman stormed through the South with more than 60,000 Union troops. Even though Sherman had previously supped and socialized in many of the cities he would set ablaze, he...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Racism, Management (movie), The Grapes of Wrath (movie)
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Etel Billig, Chicago theater pioneer, dies after taking ill at her theater
Etel Billig, the co-founder of the Illinois Theatre Center in Park Forest, an indefatigable pioneer of professional theater in the Chicago suburbs and a Chicago actress with decades of work on the city's leading stages, died March 28, after suffering a...
Tags: Aneurysm, Colin Egglesfield, Arts and Culture, Politics, Celebrities
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Steppenwolf honors 'The Good Wife' star
![Steppenwolf's third annual "Women in the Arts" luncheon March 12 highlighted the career of actress Julianna Margulies. Co-chaired by Carole L. Brown, Elizabeth Connelly, Nene Foxhall, Jan Melk and Donna La Pietra, the sold-out event at the JW Marriott attracted nearly 300 women from Chicago's business and civic communities.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/69002509-24172315-187105.jpeg "Steppenwolf's third annual "Women in the Arts\" luncheon March 12 highlighted the career of actress Julianna Margulies. Co-chaired by Carole L. Brown, Elizabeth Connelly, Nene Foxhall, Jan Melk and Donna La Pietra, the sold-out event at the JW Marriott attracted nearly 300 women from Chicago's business and civic communities.")
Special to Tribune NewspapersSteppenwolf's third annual "Women in the Arts" luncheon March 12 highlighted the career of actress Julianna Margulies. Co-chaired by Carole L. Brown, Elizabeth Connelly, Nene Foxhall, Jan Melk and Donna La Pietra, the sold-out event at the JW Marriott...Tags: Christie Hefner, CBS Corp., Arts and Culture, Terry Kinney, Julianna Margulies
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Willis Tower, Leo Burnett, George Halas, Chicago Tribune, Crime, Law and Justice
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Dose of honesty would improve this story of teenage life
![THEATER REVIEW: "FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★ ... Jo, the young lesbian hero of the new play by Sarah Gubbins penned for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults program, is surely more resilient than her creator allows her to be.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-03/68585758-05140031.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life\" by Steppenwolf for Young Adults ★★ ... Jo, the young lesbian hero of the new play by Sarah Gubbins penned for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults program, is surely more resilient than her creator allows her to be.")
Jo, the young lesbian hero of "FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life," the new play by Sarah Gubbins penned for the Steppenwolf for Young Adults program, is surely more resilient than her creator allows her to be.
In the world painted by Gubbins, Jo,...Tags: Schools, Arts and Culture, High Schools, Education
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What's Pinter without tension?
![THEATER REVIEW: "The Caretaker" ★★½ at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe ... It's about a homeless man named Davies (played by William J. Norris) who is rescued from a bar fight and taken to a cluttered apartment in West London, the domain of two very strange brothers.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-11/66186160-18133627.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "The Caretaker\" ★★½ at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe ... It's about a homeless man named Davies (played by William J. Norris) who is rescued from a bar fight and taken to a cluttered apartment in West London, the domain of two very strange brothers.")
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: Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards
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'Time Stands Still' perfectly captures life's tough choices
![THEATER REVIEW: "Time Stands Still" at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★★ ... Those who do the real dirty work of journalism in the world's really dirty spots often remain haunted by what they see, and what they did or did not do to help. News, after all, is a marketable commodity.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-01/67717355-30081943.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "Time Stands Still\" at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★★ ... Those who do the real dirty work of journalism in the world's really dirty spots often remain haunted by what they see, and what they did or did not do to help. News, after all, is a marketable commodity.")
The title of Donald Margulies' provocative play "Time Stands Still," now in its first Chicago production at Steppenwolf Theatre, seems to refer to the moment when a photojournalist, confronted by a sudden meeting between one of the world's many unresolved...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Arts, Human Interest, Journalism, Photography
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What's on Chicago stages this summer? So far, not much
Here is one word to describe the current summer offerings in our great Midwestern capital of live theatrical entertainment: Thin. Sure, we're buzzing through June, what with Nathan Lane, "Timon of Athens" and the TBS Just for Laughs Festival, which is...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Broadway Theater, Music Theater, War Horse (movie)
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Steppenwolf for Young Adults season announced
The Steppenwolf Theatre has announced its 2012-13 season for young adults. The two-show slate, aimed primarily at teen audiences, begins in the fall with Heidi Stillman's adaptation of "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, the story of a young, book-loving...Tags: Chicago Public Library, Nazi Party
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Why Chicago needs bigger place on world's stage
At its 25th summit in Chicago this weekend, NATO will be preoccupied with the tricky business of how to advance its various institutional priorities — like global security and the building of stability — even as its member nations are more...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Stephen Merchant, Broadway Theater, International Travel
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David Schwimmer to star in 'Detroit'
David Schwimmer, the Lookingglass Theatre ensemble member and movie and television star, will perform in the New York premiere of Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit," Playwrights Horizons announced Monday. "Detroit" premiered in Sept. 2010 at the Steppenwolf...
Tags: Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer, Austin Pendleton
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