Top Chicago Theater Picks For Feb. 14, 2008: ‘Heat Wave,’ ‘Augusta,’...
CHICAGO– Following the popularity of our HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film offering (free advance-screening movie passes!), we’ve had numerous requests from readers to offer the same kind of deals for...
View ArticleChicago’s ‘August: Osage County’ Shines at Tony Awards; ‘Cowboys & Aliens’...
CHICAGO– The 62nd-annual Tony Awards, which were held on Sunday night, reflect a diverse but weak year for original theatre. Revivals bested originals nine to two. Taking home the most awards that...
View ArticleThe Weinstein Co. to Hit Broadway With Stage Versions of ‘Finding Neverland,’...
CHICAGO– Brothers Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein of The Weinstein Company are becoming just as big on Broadway as they have been in the movies.Harvey Weinstein (left) and Bob Weinstein (right) of...
View Article‘Superior Donuts’ From Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Tracy Letts a...
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– I wouldn’t have wanted to be Tracy Letts on Saturday afternoon. After winning both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for his opus “August: Osage County,” he had to have been...
View ArticleRoute 66’s ‘On an Average Day’ Brings the House Down at Chicago’s Victory...
Play Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– Chicago theatre often surprises its audiences in the notorious fizzling summer months by providing us what I like to call “Christmas in July”. In this case, though, it’s...
View ArticleTheater Review: Steppenwolf’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ With Tracy...
CHICAGO– Amy Morton says she’s afraid of Virginia Woolf, but she’s actually terrorized violently – and masterfully – by her stage husband, Tracy Letts. Even if you dive into Edward Albee’s “Who’s...
View ArticleTheater Review: Passionate ‘Hit the Wall’ Feels Like Revolution
CHICAGO– There are few civil rights events shrouded in mystery like the Stonewall Inn Riots – a June night in 1969 in New York City, when gay liberation was born. Witnesses and participants in the...
View ArticleFilm Feature: HollywoodChicago.com Remembers John Mahoney
CHICAGO– The actor John Mahoney, the son of Chicago that came here from England, died on February 4th, 2018 at his home in nearby Oak Park. He was 77. He had a varied career of stage and screen roles,...
View ArticleInterview: Kristin Broadwell on Co-Creating ‘Paper People Play’
CHICAGO– When the world stopped in March during the pandemic quarantine, there was an online kids-and-play concept invented by two sisters that really took off. “Paper People Play” is a deceptively...
View ArticleVia Zoom: Happy Holidays! Actor Sarah Brooks, Title Character in ‘Christmas...
CHICAGO– To stand out in the crowded “Christmas Romance” TV movie genre, it starts with a strong script (by Rebecca Weaver) and the right lead actor. “Christmas with Felicity,” now available on the...
View ArticleAudio Theater Review: Steppenwolf Theatre Hails to the ‘POTUS,’ Through Dec....
CHICAGO– The great and lofty Steppenwolf Theatre of Chicago has brought the current political season right on target with “POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him...
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