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'Vera Stark' looks back at lost stars
The idea for "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," now in performances through June 2 at the Goodman Theatre, came to playwright Lynn Nottage the way so many of us discover so many slivers of old Hollywood. How? By happening upon a lesser-known title on the...
Tags: Human Interest, Entertainment Events, Celebrities, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Play based on a life becomes a story that touches all
"Write about your own life" says many a writing teacher to many a young scribe. Confronted with that authoritative solipsism, the young writer tends to worry about two things. First, that my life is not interesting enough to write about, especially not...
Tags: Greenwich Village, Armed Conflicts, Yaz (drug), Itching, Iraq
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In Pulitzer, seeing American drama's Chicago footprint
On Monday, Ayad Akhtar, author of the terrific play "Disgraced," which began life at the American Theater Company in Chicago, won the Pulitzer Prize in drama. He beat out writer Amy Herzog, who was a finalist. Others regarded as likely candidates for...
Tags: Victory Gardens Theatre, Iraq War (2003-2011), Entertainment, Theater, Human Interest
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Kam Kardashian: Long-lost, totally made-up sister found in Chicago
Anyone with a cellphone and a laptop can make a Web series. But it's tough to pull off something that looks professionally made. Not when there's barely any money involved. There is a huge opportunity here for indie filmmakers, especially those...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Music Box Theatre, Mark Ruffalo, Literature
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Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced" Wins Pulitzer Prize
Hartford Courant"Disgraced," by Ayad Akhtar, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his work in his off-Broadway play depicting "a successful corporate lawyer painfully forced to consider why he has for so long camouflaged his Pakistani Muslim heritage." The play...Tags: Greenwich Village, Entertainment, Theater, Off-Broadway Theater, Entertainment Events
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Dick Meyers' Puppetry Project Set for UConn
Hartford Courant"Cinderella" and" Beauty and the Beast" will make up "The Dick Meyers Project," featuring UConn puppet Arts graduate student Seth Shaffer at the Studio Theatre in Storrs, Thursday, April 11 to Sunday, April 14. Connecticut Repertory Theatre's family...Tags: Frank Oz, Science and Technology, Storrs, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Arts and Culture
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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: Music, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Tom Hanks, Music Industry
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Andre de Shields to star in Goodman 'Jungle Book'
The Goodman Theatre said Wednesday that Andre de Shields, a growing presence on the Chicago theater scene, would be part of the ensemble cast of Mary Zimmerman's "The Jungle Book" this spring. He'll play King Louie. The show, which uses the beloved...Tags: Richard & Robert Sherman, The Jungle Book (movie), Arts and Culture
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Q&A: Tamberla Perry of 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark'
For RedEyeSure, she's a WGN host for Illinois Lottery drawings and was recognized in 2011 as one of Chicago Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans"—but Tamberla Perry is more than just a pretty face. You may also have seen the native Chicagoan—who...Tags: Boss (tv program), Kelsey Grammer, Barack Obama, Midway, South Shore
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.”...Tags: Music, Radio, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Wines
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Filial search, through the murk
Even in translation, Juan Rulfo's superb and highly influential short novel "Pedro Paramo" is a powerful, haunting experience. Published in 1955, this famous Mexican story of a young man, Juan Preciado, who journeys to a ghostly desert town in search of...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Mexico, Arts and Culture, Havana (Cuba)
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Calculations on the edge of sanity in this eye-opening 'Proof'
You may well think you have seen David Auburn's "Proof," the story of a single, 25-year-old Hyde Park woman grieving for the mathematically brilliant father who has left her bereft. The Broadway national tour came through Chicago. There was a very solid...
Tags: Hyde Park, Gwyneth Paltrow, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Anthony Hopkins
May 2, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Apr 19, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 22, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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Mar 18, 2013
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