Entertainment Columns
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Breakthrough COVID-19 cases force 'Kiss Me, Kate' cancellationsDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced on its Facebook page the cancellation of additional performances of its revival of "Kiss Me, Kate" through Jan. 4 in response ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Brickhouse, Caray and Swirsky among new list of America's Top 100 sportscastersDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - SPORTS BROADCAST JOURNAL is an engaging trade newsletter distributed every week. SBJ's publisher is David J. Halberstam - not to be confused with the late Pulitzer Prize...
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Feder: Looking back on the year in Chicago mediaDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - A remark by Mark Giangreco at the end of a sports segment on WLS-Channel 7 (“Cheryl can play the ditzy, combative interior decorator,” were his precise words) sounded di...
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'Dishwasher Dreams' at Writers Theatre chronicles one family's pursuit of the American dreamDec 23, 2021 9:00 am - “Dishwasher Dreams” - ★ ★ ½ A celebration is underway at Writers Theatre that has nothing to do with the season. Rooted in perseverance and the pursuit of the American d...
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Holiday counterprogramming as you hunker down for ChristmasDec 23, 2021 5:00 am - If you're stuck at home (again) for the holiday and not particularly feeling the Christmas spirit, here are some counterprogramming choices for you this weekend: Bey...
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Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2021Dec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Gone but not forgotten: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2021. Bill Barnhart business columnist Bill Bird reporter Roger Brown news writer Bill Cam...
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Spotlight: Zanies Rosemont, Laugh Out Loud serve up post-holiday chucklesDec 22, 2021 10:00 pm - Post-holiday chuckles Chicago native Jim Flannigan, who co-hosts the podcast "All Over the Place" with Pat McGann, headlines a post-Christmas show at Rosemont's Zanies, ...
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Feder: Court upholds former producer's lawsuit against Eric FergusonDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - A former assistant producer's lawsuit against Chicago radio personality Eric Ferguson over allegations of an "unwelcome sexual relationship" during their employment at W...
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Jim O'Donnell: Was the Bears' brief weekend in London the beginning of the end for Nagy?Dec 22, 2021 12:00 am - WHEN INVESTIGATORS from The National Transportation Safety Board arrive in Lake Forest to begin sifting through the debris of The Matt Nagy Era, here's a date to focus o...
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Feder: ABC 7 shuts down State Street to film New Year's Eve show dance numberDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - If competitors want to take advantage of WLS-Channel 7 for banishing Chicago's king and queen of New Year's Eve, that's show biz. But there's still one big reason I wou...