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Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Mar 5, 2021
Cabinet of Curiosity and 16th Street let Mickle Maher do it on the radio
The longtime Chicago playwright joins a new mini-renaissance of aural drama.
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Performing Arts Feature
,
Radio theater
,
Cabinet of Curiosity
,
The Cabinet
,
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
,
Robert Wiene
,
Redmoon
,
Mickle Maher
,
Frank Maugeri
,
Mark Messing
,
Colm O'Reilly
,
HB Ward
,
16th Street Theater
,
It Is Always Almost Upon Us
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Guy Massey
Arts & Culture
,
Ghost Light
Feb 25, 2021
Celebrating Chicago Theatre Week—a year into the pandemic
This year's lineup offers a smorgasbord of online options; plus honoring Felicia P. Fields and remembering Edward S. Weil Jr. and Sally Banes
By Kerry Reid
Tags:
Ghost Light
,
Ghost Light
,
Chicago Theatre Week
,
League of Chicago Theatres
,
Choose Chicago
,
Mickle Maher
,
16th Street Theater
,
MC-10 Playwrights' Ensemble
,
Ann Filmer
,
Guy Massey
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Collaboration
,
About Face
,
Connective Theatre
,
Porchlight Music Theatre
,
Felicia P. Fi
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Feb 6, 2018
Reagan and Gorbachev meet cute atop a pile of nukes in
Blind Date
Gaping conceptual hole aside, the Goodman Theatre staging is entertaining.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Blind Date
,
Goodman
,
Reagan
,
Gorbachev
,
cold war
,
Rogelio Martinez
,
Robert Falls
,
George Shultz
,
Eduard Shevardnadze
,
evil empire
,
Edmund Morris
,
Thomas J. Cox
,
Jim Ortlieb
,
Steve Pickering
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Mary Beth Fisher
,
William Dick
,
Rob Riley
,
Soviet Union
,
former Soviet Union
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 17, 2014
Recommended
Hnath Fest! Lookingglass and Writers Theatre present works by the same up-and-comer
And both
Death Tax
and
Isaac's Eye
show playwright Lucas Hnath's preoccupation with artifice.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Lookingglass Theatre Company
,
Water Tower Water Works
,
Isaac's Eye
,
Writers Theatre at Books on Vernon
,
Death Tax
,
Lucas Hnath
,
Bertolt Brecht
,
John Musial
,
Heidi Stillman
,
Marc Grapey
,
Michael Halberstam
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Oct 9, 2013
It's the memories that matter in
The North China Lover
As the nostalgic narrator, Deanna Dunagan outshines the central action in Heidi Stillman's Lookingglass Theatre Company adaptation.
By Zac Thompson
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Marguerite Duras
,
The North China Lover
,
Heidi Stillman
,
The Sea Wall
,
The Lover
,
French Indochina
,
The Lover
,
Alain Renais
,
Hiroshima Mon Amour
,
India Song
,
Lolita
,
Leigh Hafrey
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Philip Roth
,
Nathan Zuckerman
,
Exit Ghost
,
The Ghost Writer
,
Daniel Ostling
,
Tim Chiou
,
Rae Gray
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 12, 2013
Our guide to fall theater 2013
A founding text of AIDS activism, revived. Plus: Personal memories of
Pullman Porter Blues
, and eight best bets for fall.
By Tony Adler, Tal Rosenberg, Deanna Isaacs, Jack Helbig, Danette Chavez, and Sam Worley
Tags:
Fall Arts
,
Terminus
,
Mark O'Rowe
,
Interrobang Theatre Project
,
Jeffry Stanton
,
Old Jews Telling Jokes
,
Daniel Okrent
,
Peter Gethers
,
Royal George Theatre
,
Tim Kazurinsky
,
The North China Lover
,
Heidi Stillman
,
Marguerite Duras
,
Rae Gray
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
The Sovereign Statement
,
Neo-Futurists
,
Bilal Dardai
,
James T. Mangan
,
Bring Me the Head of James Franco, That I May Prepare a Savory Goulash in the Narrow and Misshapen Pot of His Skull
,
James Franco
,
Ian Belknap
,
Write Club
,
Fanny's First Play
,
20% Theatre Company
,
Jane Martin
,
Jon Jory
,
The Male Feminist
,
George Bernard Shaw
,
Hellcab
,
Famous Door Theatre Company
,
Darrell Cox
,
Konstantin Khrustov
,
An Iliad
,
Court Theatre
,
Timothy Edward Kane
,
Athenaeum Theatre
,
Royal George Theatre Center
,
Lookingglass Theatre Company
,
Neo-Futurarium
,
Den Theatre
,
Main Stage
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jan 30, 2013
Recommended
A writer picks at the family scab in
Other Desert Cities
Jon Robin Baitz tells the secrets of a Palm Springs family.
By Zac Thompson
Tags:
Theater Review
,
writing
,
Jon Robin Baitz
,
Henry Wishcamper
,
Brooke Wyeth
,
Tracy Michelle Arnold
,
Chelcie Ross
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
John Hoogenakker
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Recommended
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 25, 2013
The mother of them all, part two: The interview with actress Deanna Dunagan continued
Part two of a conversation with actress Deanna Dunagan
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater
,
Arts
,
Women's Issues
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Tracy Letts
,
Jon Robin Baitz
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
August: Osage County
,
Other Desert Cities
,
Marilu Henner
,
Poppy Montgomery
,
Unforgettable
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 25, 2013
Audio
An interview with Deanna Dunagan, part one
The actress discusses her roles in
August: Osage County
and
Other Desert Cities
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater
,
Arts
,
Women's Issues
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
August: Osage County
,
Tracy Letts
,
Jon Robin Baitz
,
Other Desert Cities
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
Goodman Theatre
,
Audio
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 23, 2011
Remy Bumppo to King George: Don't tread on me
Remy Bumppo Theatre organizes a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Onstage
,
Music
,
Free Shit
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Swag
,
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
,
Grant Park Music Festival.Timothy Douglas
,
Deanna Dunagan
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 3, 2009
August: Osage County nominated for four Olivier Awards
Steppenwolf ensemble nominated for Britain's top theatrical honor.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Tracy Letts
,
August: Osage County
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Olivier Awards
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 23, 2009
London calling
Vote now! Steppenwolf's August: Osage County is on the online ballot for a British theater award.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Tracy Letts
,
August: Osage County
,
David Mamet
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
,
Speed-the-Plow
,
What's On Stage
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 15, 2008
Gary Cole joins London cast of August: Osage County
Steppenwolf finalizes cast for August: Osage County's British premiere.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
August: Osage County
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Gary Cole
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 3, 2008
August heads to London
Steppenwolf's Tony-winning production opens at Britain's National Theatre in November.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Tracy Letts
,
August: Osage County
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
Deanna Dunagan
,
Rondi Reed
,
Anna Shapiro
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