Lavin signs on for `Hollywood’
Linda Lavin, Tony Award winner and star of the long-running TV series "Alice," has signed to appear in "Hollywood Arms," a new play by Carol Burnett and her daughter Carrie...
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The drama behind making of `Tantalus’
With its marathon presentation of nine plays in one massive, modern epic, "Tantalus" was one of the landmark theatrical sensations of the last decade. It was also, as we soon...
`Guys and Dolls’ is played at a frantic pace
The "Guys and Dolls" that's playing here through Dec. 16 is a very bright, very broad cartoon version of the classic Broadway musical. It's pitched at a high noise level...
`Sweet Smell’ is a masterpiece in making, its cast members say
The A-list of onstage and offstage talent for the new musical "Sweet Smell of Success" has landed in Chicago, convinced (at least in public) that they are working on an...
Youth may pass, but youthful image is bright
Certain people in our lives never grow old. We know them first when they are young, and despite the passage of years, we want to believe that they will remain...
`Glengarry’ revival keeps it fresh
David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" has come home, to where it belongs, on the stage in Chicago, in a firestorm of a revival directed by Amy Morton. The 1984 Pulitzer...
Actors taking act on the road
Attention, Michigan Avenue shoppers: Scores of Chicago actors will be presenting free street corner shows Monday in a "From the Streets to the Seats" marketing campaign sponsored by the League...
Lyric is planning `A Wedding’
Director Robert Altman is moving ahead with plans for the world premiere of an opera based on his 1978 movie "A Wedding," tentatively scheduled for 2004 at Lyric Opera of...
The quiet Beatle had a leg up on the others
In The Beatles' heyday of live performance, George Harrison seemed the most unassuming and least charismatic of the Fab Four. While Paul and John got the squeals and Ringo got...
The quiet Beatle had a leg up on the others
In The Beatles' heyday of live performance, George Harrison seemed the most unassuming and least charismatic of the Fab Four. While Paul and John got the squeals and Ringo got...