Entertainment Columns
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Lovely score, impressive performances power Chicago Shakespeare's superb 'Notebook'Oct 10, 2022 6:00 am - “The Notebook” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds ... it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” No part of Wil...
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'Grease,' 'Cinderella,' 'Fiddler' among Drury Lane Theatre's offerings for 2023-2024Oct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Theatre's 2023-2024 season consists of a nostalgia trip, a farcical whodunit, a tribute to an American music icon, a well-loved fairy tale and one of thea...
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Spotlight: Aurora's Copley Theatre concludes inaugural season with world premiere of 'Bull'Oct 07, 2022 6:00 am - Copley Theatre premiere Paramount Theatre's Bold Series concludes its inaugural season with the premiere of "Bull: a love story," Nancy García Lopez's family drama about...
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Talent, hard work propel Naperville skater-turned-actor as an understudy in 'The Notebook'Oct 06, 2022 6:00 am - You won't see Alex Benoit on stage every night in "The Notebook." But if you do see him during Chicago Shakespeare Theater's world premiere, it's likely because the show...
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Comedian Steven Wright brings his droll observations to North Shore Center Oct. 6Oct 05, 2022 11:00 pm - Steven Wright doesn't write jokes. He doesn't have to. For more than 40 years, Wright's comedy - delivered in his distinctive deadpan style - has consisted of droll obs...
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All-star cast succumbs to convoluted story in muddled screwball comic thriller 'Amsterdam'Oct 05, 2022 6:00 am - “Amsterdam” - ★ ★ A meandering, muddled mixture of manic movie manipulations, David O. Russell's ambitious “Amsterdam” refuses to find its film footing until Robert De N...
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Bungled 'Overwatch 2' launch demonstrates problem of online-only entertainmentOct 04, 2022 11:00 pm - Tuesday's launch - er, attempted launch - of "Overwatch 2" is destined to become the crux of every argument against entertainment products that only exist online. Blizza...
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Spotlight: Mike Lew's family comedy 'Tiger Style' opens at Writers TheatreSep 30, 2022 6:00 am - Sibling rivals Christopher Thomas Pow and Aurora Adachi-Winter play squabbling siblings in "Tiger Style," Mike Lew's comedy about Chinese American heritage, in which a b...
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Widescreen: Music Box Theatre's 31 nights of horror movies begins with all five 'Final Destination' flicksSep 28, 2022 11:00 pm - The Freeform channel famously packs its 31 Nights of Halloween with family-friendly scares, but Chicago's premier movie theater brings the gore for its 31 Nights of Horr...
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Revivals of classics, regional premiere on tap in 2023 at Lincolnshire's Marriott TheatreSep 22, 2022 11:00 pm - A storyteller, a super fan, a seminal rock 'n' roller, a stage mother and a beloved singer/songwriter are among the characters Marriott Theatre will showcase next year a...