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Terkel offers insight into blacklisted friend
The prospect of a trio of new works, including one by renowned choreographer Ann Reinking, raised high expectations for the Melissa Thodos & Dancers engagement, running through Sunday at the Harold Washington Library.
The year's only nine months old. But if Chicagoans witness a more memorable stage entrance in 2003 than that of Tony Fitzpatrick — who plays the ogre next door in Mary Zimmerman's fascinat…
According to Stephen Sondheim, the first set of revisions for the musical "Bounce" will be completed in "about two weeks" and then tried out in front of an audience in Washington, D.C.
Daniel Cochran (Frankie), Cullen R. Titmas (Sparky) and Jim Weitzer (Smudge) are all fine, but Paul Castree stands out as Jinx. Castree, who has a bevy of Broadway credits, has a beautiful v…
The problem with world-class talents is more our problem than theirs. We expect the world of them, every time. Stephen Sondheim is a world-class talent. He has the right to do a modest, unpretentious show whenever he likes.
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'Frost/Nixon' is a Broadway hit
This is a field that requires dedication, toil and skills. At its highest levels in Chicago or New York, amateurs need not apply. And professionals deserve a lot better than being judged by …
It just might work.
With jazz vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway as host and no less than Liza Minnelli as first guest, the TV pilot that taped Thursday at WTTW-Ch. 11's Northwest Side studio shows enormous promise.
Shakespearean drama grapples with the morals of its story
