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By Kerry Reid
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2:06 PM, March 05, 2010 |
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The first signs of spring are in the air—no, NOT robins and butter sticks in the shape of lambs at the grocery store. We’re talking season announcements.
Goodman Theatre
offers some usual suspects in their 2010-11 lineup, including new work by Regina Taylor and Sarah Ruhl, as well as a new production of Leonard Bernstein and Hugh Wheeler’s Candide, “freely adapted” and directed by Mary Zimmerman. Zimmerman’s comrades at
Lookingglass Theatre
also have announced their season, including a new version of Peter Pan, adapted and directed by Amanda Dehnert (and given the high-flying nature of the tale, this is easily the “Wow, that makes so much sense” entry in their season).
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By Kerry Reid
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10:53 PM, February 18, 2010 |
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The show must go on—except when it can’t. Actor Kathleen Powers got stuck in the storm of the decade (OK, it’s a YOUNG decade) in New York City and missed the opening performance on Feb. 11 of Joel Drake Johnson’s The End of the Tour at 16th Street Theater in Berwyn. The company added a show this past Monday (Presidents’ Day) to make up for the cancelled show, and the tour goes on. We’re glad that nobody had to send sled dogs to rescue Kathleen from the snow-clad canyons of Manhattan.
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By Kerry Reid
| Behind the Curtain
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4:04 PM, February 05, 2010 |
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Winter doldrums got you down? You’re not alone—so don’t be! There are plenty of ways to get out for good theatre causes in the weeks ahead, and lots of good shows announcing extensions, so even the most hibernatory (that is so a word, shut up!) among us should stop playing groundhog and show some gumption.
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By Kerry Reid
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1:31 PM, January 22, 2010 |
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Whatever has happened in the theatre world and U.S. politics in the last couple of weeks pales in the face of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. Not that any of us needs an extra reason to dig a little deeper and donate what we can, but Sue the T-Rex reminds us, via Twitter, that Chicago’s first non-native settler, Jean Baptise Pointe du Sable, was a Haitian. The
League of Chicago Theatres
is coordinating efforts with all its members to collect money for the people of Haiti this weekend, with all proceeds going to the Red Cross relief efforts there. According to Chris Jones’ blog, “The Theatre Loop,”
Second City
producer Andrew Alexander has promised to match all contributions from
Second City
’s audience. If you’d like your company to be involved, contact Ben Thiem at the League,
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By Kerry Reid
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12:06 AM, January 08, 2010 |
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Happy New Year (and since I’m writing this on Jan. 7, Merry Christmas to our Orthodox readers, if any there be).
The holiday shows and best-of lists are behind us, but a few hits from last year are still running.
A Red Orchid Theatre
runs A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant through Jan. 17. (Apparently, it’s always the season for L. Ron Hubbard and Xenu.)
Redtwist Theatre
runs its widely acclaimed presentation of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, directed by Kimberly Senior, through Feb. 6.
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