Performing Arts
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Strong cast drives 'Cadillac' to excellenceJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Specters from David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" linger around the periphery of its successor, "Cadillac," Bill Jepsen's terrific drama about the used car game, in its ...
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Working with autistic child provides 'Perfect' inspiration for playwrightJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - There are many ways to start a play. Tennessee Williams' brilliant "A Glass Menagerie" began as a much-revised short story before making the crossing from page to stage...
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What's new in area theaterJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Provision Theater's "The Time of Your Life," William Saroyan's Depression-era drama about a group of eccentrics seeking solace at a San Francisco saloon, opens Sunday at...
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Fishbone fells 'Barber' tenorJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Juan Diego Flórez is canceling his run in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's upcoming revival of "The Barber of Seville." Apparently, Flórez swallowed a fishbone that brought ...
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Lyric Opera does justice to 'Falstaff'Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - "Falstaff," which opened Monday night at Lyric Opera of Chicago, is one of the miracles not only of opera but of the entire history of music theater. By the mid-1880s, G...
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'My Fair Lady' sparklesJan 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Anyone who thinks "My Fair Lady" is dated obviously hasn't been watching reality TV lately. The Cinderella makeover is a cultural constant, be it on vapid TV makeover sh...
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Goodman's 'Shining City' cast luminousJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Conor McPherson sure can spin a satisfying yarn. Moreover the Irish playwright has a special talent for ghost stories as evidenced by his oblique yet satisfying "Shining...
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British take on 'My Fair Lady' sparklesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Anyone who thinks "My Fair Lady" is dated obviously hasn't been watching reality TV lately. The Cinderella make over is a cultural constant, be it on vapid TV makeover s...
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Puppeteer goes smaller with 'Giant'Jan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - When spoke with Chicago-based puppet master Blair Thomas two years ago he was working with songwriter Michael Smith on Smith's adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "T...
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Horton Foote: The 'American Chekhov'Jan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Mention Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Edward Albee, and the average person responds with a knowing smile. Mention Horton Foote and that smile likely turns to a p...