Entertainment Columns
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Spotlight: Steppenwolf ensemble members reunite for Chicago premiere of 'Describe the Night'Feb 24, 2023 5:00 am - Chicago premiere Steppenwolf Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of "Describe the Night," a thriller examining 90 years of Russian history (some of it true, some of i...
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Widescreen: 'Mandalorian' returns, with a free preview; Chris Evans coming to Chicago's C2E2Feb 23, 2023 5:00 am - Pedro Pascal's omnipresence continues on Wednesday, March 1, when the “The Mandalorian” returns to Disney+ for its third season of “Star Wars” adventures. Something that...
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Happy homecoming: Actress and Lake Zurich native Laura Coover is right where she belongs - on stageFeb 22, 2023 10:00 pm - One of Laura Coover's fondest, most enduring childhood memories was attending a production of “A Christmas Carol” with her parents when she was 4 years old. After the p...
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Group tickets on sale now for return of 'Hamilton' to Chicago in SeptemberFeb 22, 2023 12:00 am - Three years after Chicago's production of "Hamilton" closed in the wake of a wildly successful run, Lin-Manuel Miranda's blockbuster musical is set to return this fall. ...
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Song-and-dance man Matt Crowle takes on crooked innkeeper Thénardier in 'Les Miserables'Feb 18, 2023 5:00 am - As a child, Chicago-area theater artist Matt Crowle wanted to be Mikhail Baryshnikov. One of his instructors had something else in mind. She thought he might enjoy tap....
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Spotlight: Writers Theatre brings sweet love story 'Once' back to the stageFeb 17, 2023 5:00 am - Tuneful tale Writers Theatre revives "Once," the Tony Award-winning tuner adapted from the Oscar-winning film. It's about an Irish musician who gives up his career becau...
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Clever, engaging documentary a cinematic Bond marketFeb 16, 2023 5:00 am - “The Other Fellow” - ★ ★ ★ This title, as most ardent James Bond fans know, comes from a historical moment in 1969's “On Her Majesty's Secret Service” when one-time 007...
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Friday Pilots Club returns to Chicago with two new singles, Lincoln Hall showFeb 16, 2023 5:00 am - In the chorus of Friday Pilots Club's newest single, "Life Support," lead vocalist Caleb Hiltunen emphatically declares: "I don't need your life support. No, not anymore...
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Widescreen: AMC's tiered pricing could prove to be a Slippery Slope+Feb 15, 2023 10:00 pm - When I kept the social anxiety at bay long enough to see "Avatar: The Way of Water," I was greeted by loud, proud flatulence from the person sitting behind me. That was ...
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Boop-oop-a-doop: New Betty Boop musical premieres this fall in ChicagoFeb 13, 2023 10:00 pm - Grammy Award-winning composer/producer David Foster ("After the Love Has Gone," "Hard to Say I'm Sorry," "I Have Nothing") and Tony Award-winning choreographer Jerry Mit...