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Chris Jones' Top 10 for the season
Tribune staff reporterYou can see a new show in this singularly remarkable theater city pretty much every night between now and Thanksgiving. That's my plan, anyway. But if you prefer to be more selective, or prosaic necessities limit your cultural intake, here are 10 of the...Tags: Elvis Presley, Glencoe, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Broadway, Jeff Daniels
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What's your taste? Our chart of 44 shows
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNEWell, it's been quite a year for Chicago, and we're not just talking winning baseball teams, our first " Top Chef," and a certain local politico who is in the race for the White House. Chicago theater has been taking home trophies by the truckload in...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Jim Jones, Elvis Presley, Baseball, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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'Caroline, or Change'
Some performers are just plain likable. They project a humanness that, within about two seconds, has the audience eating out of their hands. E. Faye Butler not only exudes humor and warmth, but she is blessed with a glorious singing voice, which will be...Tags: Louisiana, Family, Popular Music
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2008 Theater Guide: Bard, 'Boys' Highlight Fall Season
Courant Staff WriterPremieres from Athol Fugard and Paula Vogel, a new production from theater guru Peter Brook and a visit by the those popular "Jersey Boys" are just some of the many highlights of an exceptional theater season in Connecticut. Let the games begin The...Tags: The Hartt School, Broadway, Ronald Reagan, Music, Toni Morrison
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Wesleyan Arts Center Thinks 'Outside The Box'
Courant Staff WriterA recent work by one of the theater world's giants will be making its only New England stop this fall at Wesleyan University, The legendary theater director-essayist-guru Peter Brook will bring his latest work, "The Grand Inquisitor" (from Fyodor...Tags: Phylicia Rashad, Waterford, Paul Scofield, Broadway, Tickets
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The drama after deadline
Times Theater CriticMUCH AS one would like to join Edith Piaf in a duet of "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien," a critic can't help having occasional regrets after passing instantaneous verdicts on scores of plays and musicals, usually in the space of a few morning hours after a...Tags: Edith Piaf, Neil LaBute, Reviews, Peter Hall, Ray Charles
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Gus Van Sant's 'Milk' beat out other production
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCRAIG ZADAN and Neil Meron have fielded all sorts of congratulatory calls in recent months from people excited to hear that after years of struggle, the veteran producers had finally found a way to get a movie made about Harvey Milk. Gus Van Santfinished...Tags: Peter Weir, Kevin Spacey, Celebrity Mothers, Vehicles, Elections
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Hard-hitting subjects to take Center Stage
Sun theater criticCenter Stage never has been a theater company for wimps, and the slate of six shows to be staged during the 2008-2009 season has the potential to deliver a powerful left hook. Four of the six shows scheduled for next season take as their subject matter...Tags: John Ford, National or Ethnic Minorities, Edward Albee, Franz Kafka, Massachusetts
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It's Tribeca time again!
amNewYork Movie CriticWith more than 200 movies, from timely political documentaries to relationship dramas, this year's Tribeca Film Festival--running from April 23 to May 4-- has more than enough choices to satisfy every taste. Some films, such as "The Wackness" and "Man on...Tags: New York City Marathon, Julianne Moore, Festive Event, Marathon, Marilyn Monroe
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Court's Newell will be busy on the boards
TRIBUNE CRITICCharles Newell had better get some rest. Come fall, the artistic director of the Court Theatre in Hyde Park will be spending a lot of time in rehearsal. Not only is Newell slated to direct two of the three just-announced shows in Court's 2008-09 season,...Tags: Court Administration, Goodman Theatre, Henrik Ibsen, Tom Stoppard, Theater
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Big Read or big waste?
If you blew off your summer reading lists in school, the government is here to help. Alarmed by the proportional decline in reading for pleasure among Americans, the National Endowment for the Arts has expanded its Big Read initiative, which is designed...Tags: F Scott Fitzgerald, Books, Books and Magazines, Amy Tan, Poetry
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WATCHING
1 'Kid Nation' 7 p.m., WBBM-Ch. 2 To paraphrase the Who, are the kids all right? One will be more than all right at the end of the season finale. One of the prizes, a gold star worth $50,000, will be awarded to the youngster who's contributed the most to...Tags: Murder, Television, Thomas Gibson, Movies, Andrea Bocelli
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