Entertainment Columns
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'Cast call: How listening to podcasts saved my kitchenAug 14, 2023 5:30 am - Unlike most suburban Gen X women, my introduction to podcasts was not “Serial” or even true crime. In fact, until just a few years ago, I would've told you I'm “not a p...
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Goodman dominates Jeff Award nominations, including 9 for 'The Who's Tommy' revivalAug 13, 2023 11:00 pm - Goodman Theatre dominated the Joseph Jefferson Award equity nominations for excellence in Chicago-area theater, with 32 nominations - nearly twice the number of Paramoun...
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Michael's story, mostly: Incomplete 'MJ the Musical' still dazzlesAug 10, 2023 1:30 pm - “MJ The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ Around 7:35 p.m. Wednesday at the James M. Nederlander Theatre, “MJ the Musical” actors and instrumentalists were taking their places on stage a...
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Spotlight: Solo show 'The Princess Strikes Back' puts Han on a pedestalAug 10, 2023 6:00 am - Han Solo: dream man Actress/improviser Victoria Montalbano returns to the suburbs with her solo show "The Princess Strikes Back: One Woman's Search for the Space Cowboy ...
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Widescreen: The William Friedkin classic you haven't seenAug 08, 2023 11:00 pm - The Chicago-born director of "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection" died Monday at age 87, and those two films would be enough to leave a towering legacy. Four years...
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The stars still shine: How the actors strike affects Rosemont's Fan Expo conventionAug 06, 2023 6:00 am - Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me all the actors in Hollywood went on strike ... right before the annual pop culture convention in Rosemont?! Whoa, this is heavy. B...
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4 stars: Paramount Theatre's 'Next to Normal' examines mental illness with candor, compassionAug 04, 2023 11:00 am - “Next to Normal” - ★ ★ ★ ★ When it comes to sustaining our most intimate relationships - love no matter how profound and determination no matter how unwavering - may no...
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Effusive passion, joy and connection drive Naked Brunch's musical performancesAug 03, 2023 6:00 am - “Falling Out of You,” the recently released single by Chicago-area rock band Naked Brunch, is a searing look at severing connections as vocalist Michael Hanna sings ...
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Widescreen: A freebie from Marvel and two must-listen film scoresAug 03, 2023 6:00 am - As they've done before with select episodes of "Andor" and "The Mandalorian," ABC will again be broadcasting a Disney+ streaming series for free. One key difference this...
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Spotlight: Music Theater Works revives 'The Producers,' Fleetwood-Jourdain stages 'The Light'Aug 02, 2023 11:00 pm - We got the beat A fictional royal family struggles to outrun prophecies that would spell the end of their kingdom in "Head Over Heels," a jukebox musical set to the musi...