Entertainment Columns
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Spotlight: Citadel revives 'She Loves Me,' 'Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas' debutsNov 08, 2023 5:00 am - Tuneful romance A pair of squabbling co-workers, unaware that they are anonymous pen pals, fall in love in Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's 1963 musical "She Loves ...
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Suburban actresses describe Teatro Vista's 'Bernarda!' as a theater experience unlike any otherNov 01, 2023 11:00 pm - Teatro Vista's new interpretation of “The House of Bernarda Alba,” early 20th-century Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's tragedy about a despotic matria...
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Can't help falling in love with 'Priscilla' and its ideal cast, subtle direction, eye-popping production designsOct 31, 2023 11:00 am - “Priscilla” — ★ ★ ★ ★ Few Hollywood biographical dramas pack the risky level of exploitative and sensationalistic naughtiness nimbly negotiated in “Priscilla.” For ...
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Spotlight: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' opens at Paramount, 'Cinderella' graces stage at Drury LaneOct 31, 2023 6:00 am - Fact and fiction TimeLine Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of "Lifespan of a Fact," a comedy by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell about an inter...
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Good News Sunday: St. Charles baker's hobby lands her on Food Network's 'Halloween Cookie Challenge'Oct 29, 2023 6:00 am - Good News Sunday: St. Charles baker's hobby lands her on Food Network's 'Halloween Cookie Challenge'
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'Five Nights'' intriguing premise undermined by simply terrible storytellingOct 26, 2023 3:00 pm - “Five Nights at Freddy's” — ★ Just in time to ruin Halloween weekend for true horror film afficionados, Emma Tammi's “Five Nights at Freddy's” gives us one of the s...
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Goodman Theatre's acclaimed 'The Who's Tommy' opens on Broadway next MarchOct 26, 2023 8:00 am - In an announcement that surprised no one who experienced the incandescent revival last summer, Goodman Theatre's re-imagined production of "The Who's Tommy" will open on...
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Funny business: 'We're just trying to get people to laugh' say 312 Comedy Fest headlinersOct 25, 2023 11:00 pm - Actress/comedian Mary Lynn Rajskub has a few words for fans attending the inaugural 312 Comedy Festival. “I have high expectations for Chicago,” said Rajskub (“24,” “It'...
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre stages 'Half-Life of Marie Curie,' Marriott revives Carole King tunerOct 24, 2023 11:00 pm - A tale of friendship Janus Theatre Company concludes its 25th season with the Chicago-area premiere of Lauren Gunderson's "The Half-Life of Marie Curie," which unfo...
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'You're the franchise': 'A Wonderful World' star honored to play jazz great Louis ArmstrongOct 18, 2023 11:00 pm - YouTube "You're the franchise," the actress/singer told Iglehart, who plays the jazz legend in the bio-tuner. "You know what you have to do." "No pressure with that," I...