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L.A. Times Hero Complex film fest invades the TCL Chinese 6
The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival kicks off Friday evening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at Hollywood & Highland with a double bill of John Carpenter's 1988 "They Live" and his classic 1978 horror film, "Halloween. Carpenter will appear...
Tags: Human Interest, Czech Republic, The Happiest News!, The Hurt Locker (movie), Movies
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From novel to film to musical, 'Big Fish' has a date with Broadway
The new musical “Big Fish” has itself reeled in a big catch: the Neil Simon Theatre. Based on Daniel Wallace’s 1998 novel and the 2003 film directed by Tim Burton, the in-development production has had its eye on Broadway for several...
Tags: Ewan McGregor, Broadway Theater, Movies, Entertainment Events, John August
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Surplus of song and dance in Chicago this weekend
On Saturday night, the Lyric Opera of Chicago officially gets into the business of Broadway musicals. The Lyric's production of "Oklahoma," as directed by Gary Griffin, is certainly not the venerable opera company's first foray into the Broadway...
Tags: Palace Theater, Travel, Broadway Theater, The Book of Mormon (musical), Entertainment Events
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'The Whale' and other big fish to check out right now
April can be the cruelest or the kindest month for a critic, but it most certainly is the busiest month in the Chicago theater. Over the last 30 days, I've seen about 30 shows in Chicago and New York. I'm gonna get right to the point here; there are...
Tags: Marriott Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Alzheimer's Disease, Tom Hanks, Oriental Theater
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Jimmy Buffett catches 'Big Fish' in Chicago
Tribune reporterOne of the producers of the musical "Big Fish" is none other than Mr. Fins himself, singer Jimmy Buffett. And he's catching the show tonight (Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.) at the Oriental Theatre in the Loop, where it's having its pre-Broadway premiere...Tags: Frank Marshall, Oriental Theater, Entertainment, Music, Music Theater
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Swimming in father's stories in 'Big Fish'
With British and Irish yarns so dominant at the higher end of Broadway, time surely is ripe for an American family musical, at once fantastical and emotional, with its heart in family reconciliation and its roots in the florid storytelling culture of...
Tags: Human Interest, Movies, John August, Oriental Theater, Entertainment
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'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). They'...
Tags: Identity Thief (movie), Scandal (tv program), Movies, John August, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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All of the talent, half the caper in 'Catch Me'
Stephen Anthony, the baby-faced star of Troika Entertainment's production of "Catch Me If You Can," will not be spending his whole career on the non-Equity touring circuit. This charming young performer has one of those light Broadway voices that offer...
Tags: Palace Theater, Luxury Vehicles, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music
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Behind the scenes of 'Big Fish'
For RedEyeWhen producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen made the decision to turn their 2003 film "Big Fish"—a Southern Gothic fantasy adventure about a son who attempts to come to terms with his dying father Edward Bloom's tall tales—into a musical, their...Tags: Tony Awards, Broadway Theater, Oriental Theater, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Chicago catches a 'Big Fish'
NEW YORK — A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: "No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad." Chastened, the man talks of...
Tags: Rentals, Ewan McGregor, Human Interest, Movies, John August
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Partying with Oscar
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When Chris Tucker and Jon Voight are grooving side by side to Rick James' "Give It To Me, Baby," you know the surreal dream that is the Vanity Fair post-Oscars party is playing out again. For many of the nominees and...
Tags: Adele (music artist), Chris Tucker, Vanessa Hudgens, Cameron Crowe, Jennifer Lawrence
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Kate Baldwin, Bobby Steggert join cast of 'Big Fish'
Broadway stars Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert have been added to the previously announced cast of "Big Fish," the new musical based on the Tim Burton movie. "Big Fish" is slated to premiere in Chicago in April in a pre-Broadway tryout. Norbert Leo Butz...Tags: Tim Burton, Oriental Theater, John August
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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Jan 14, 2013
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