`Book of Days’ has its moments
Lanford Wilson's "Book of Days" opens like "Our Town" and closes like "Peyton Place," with a bit of Joan of Arc in between. A strange brew indeed, and one that...
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`South Pacific’
Revival of 1949 musical plays like a fresh breeze at the Cadillac Palace Brushed up and pepped up, a highly respectable revival of "South Pacific" is at the Cadillac Palace...
Tribune critics provide a road map
To help you sort through the dozens of offerings of the Chicago Humanities Festival, Tribune critics offer a few suggestions. "Powder Her Face": 8 p.m. Nov. 3 and 7 p.m....
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MOVIES CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The 37th annual festival swings into full gear this week with a strong schedule at several venues, including the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport...
Lusting for more `SCTV’
Friends who had been to the Van Gogh and Gauguin exhibit at the Art Institute decided that they wanted to add to the experience by renting a video of "Lust...
Tribune critics provide a road map
To help you sort through the dozens of offerings of the Chicago Humanities Festival, Tribune critics offer a few suggestions. "Powder Her Face": 8 p.m. Nov. 3 and 7 p.m....
`The Visit’ is far from predictable theater fare
Aside from the fact that it is more wonderful in more ways than one ever would have suspected, "The Visit," at Goodman Theatre, is a hard show to pin down....
‘The Visit’ is far from predictable theater fare
Aside from the fact that it is more wonderful in more ways than one ever would have suspected, "The Visit," at Goodman Theatre, is a hard show to pin down....
Lighting designer to receive Gish Prize
This year's Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which comes with an unrestricted $250,000, has gone to fabled lighting designer Jennifer Tipton, whose career in theater, dance and opera extends to...
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MOVIES `THE BLUE ANGEL' A newly restored version of one of the great classics of movie eroticism is now at the Music Box: Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings 1930's "The...