Posted on February 10, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
show openings Abagail’s Party – A Red Orchid Theatre The Analytical Engine – Circle Theatre Cocktails with Larry Miller – Paramount Theatre The Gimmick – Pegasus Players Katrina: The “K” Word – Loyola University Chicago Theatre Kenny Rogers – Paramount Theatre Love Song – Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Monks in Trouble – Apollo Theater Studio [...]
Filed under: About Face Theatre, American Theatre Company, Apollo Theater, Athenauem, Broadway in Chicago, Bruised Orange Theater, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Building Stage, Circle Theatre, Court Theatre, David Mamet, DePaul University, Gorilla Tango, Griffin Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, Loyola University, Merle Reskin Theatre, National Tours, New Millennium Theatre, New World Rep, Noble Fool Theatre, Opening-Closing This Week, Paramount Theatre, Pegasus Players, Steppenwolf, TUTA TheatreChicago, Tennessee Williams, Theater News, Theatre Building Chicago, Trapdoor Theatre, Writers' Theatre, side project theatre | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 1, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Ground-breaking production reveals playwright’s brilliance Steppenwolf Theatre presents: The Brother/Sister Plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney directed by Tina Landau through May 23rd (more info) review by Barry Eitel Tarell Alvin McCraney has received quite a bit of exposure in the theatre blogosphere in recent months. The debut of his Brother/Sister Plays at Steppenwolf [...]
Filed under: 2010 Reviews, August Wilson, Barry Eitel, Bertolt Brecht, David Mamet, Steppenwolf | Tagged: Tina Landau, Steppenwolf Theatre, Ora Jones, K. Todd Freeman, Alana Arenas, Bertolt Brecht, David Mamet, Jeff Parker, August Wilson, Deb Styer, Phillip James Brannon, James Schuette, Rob Milburn, Michael Bodeen, Tarell Alvin McCraney, American Buffalo, The Brother/Sister Plays, Rodrick Covington, Glenn Davis, Tamberla Perry, Jacqueline Williams, The Brother/Sister Plays reviews, Tarell McCraney, Lorraine Hansberry, Suzi Lori-Parks, Lorca, Yoruba, Federico García Lorca, Wole Soyinka, Scott Zielinski, Rose Marie Packer, Zane Mark | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2010 by Scotty Zacher
Family Dysfunction Makes for a Good Dark Comedy Profiles Theatre presents: Killer Joe by Tracy Letts directed by Rick Snyder thru February 28th (ticket info) Review by Keith Ecker I don’t think I’m going to create a controversy by saying Tracy Letts is one of the biggest deals in Chicago theatre. The man [...]
Filed under: 2010 Reviews, David Mamet, Keith Ecker, Profiles Theatre, Steppenwolf, Tracy Letts | Tagged: Tracy Letts, August: Osage County, Steppenwolf Theatre, Profiles Theatre, David Mamet, Rick Snyder, Somer Benson, Darrell Cox, Superior Donuts, Howie Johnson, Keith Ecker, American Buffalo, Killer Joe, Kevin Bigley, Claire Wellin | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 19, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
These are characters that could have just as easily stepped out of a 19th century novel as this 1970s play. The audience can neither escape from their seedy, depressed reality nor from the worlds they weave with the language they have at their disposal. Language–and the masculine values they have about loyalty, toughness, and cunning–proves to be both their doing and undoing. With the exception of a few moments, this American Buffalo delivers a taut, energetic, densely layered, and finely realized work
Filed under: David Mamet, Drama, Paige Listerud, Steppenwolf, Tracy Letts | Tagged: Tracy Letts, Steppenwolf Theatre, Amy Morton, David Mamet, Francis Guinan, Patrick Andrews, Jamie Abelson, Kevin Depinet, Rick Sordelet, Rob Milburn, Michael Bodeen, American Buffalo, Meisner technique, truthiness, Patrick Andrews actor, Nan Cibula-Jenkins, Pat Collins, Cecilie O'Reilly, Malcolm Ewen, Christine D. Freeburg | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 10, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Actor Patrick Andrews gets pumped up for “stage violence” day Opening this Saturday, December 12th, Steppenwolf Theatre presents American Buffalo, written by David Mamet, directed by ensemble member Amy Morton, featuring ensemble members Francis Guinan and Tracy Letts with Patrick Andrews. Earlier weirdness: Also, the director and cast discuss their [...]
Filed under: David Mamet, Drama, Marketing, Social Media, Steppenwolf, Video, YouTube | Tagged: American Buffalo, Amy Morton, David Mamet, Francis Guinan, Patrick Andrews, Steppenwolf Theatre, Tracy Letts | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 9, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
show openings The Addams Family – Broadway In Chicago American Buffalo – Steppenwolf Theatre Christmas Follies – Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus The Nutcracker – Center for the Performing Arts at Governors State University The Nutcracker – North Shore Center for the Performing Arts In the Heights – Broadway In Chicago It’s a Wonderful Life – [...]
Filed under: Artistic Home, Broadway in Chicago, Court Theatre, David Mamet, Drury Lane Water Tower, Gift Theatre, Gorilla Tango, Governors State, North Shore Center for the Arts, People's Theatre, Profiles Theatre, Raven Theatre, Steppenwolf, UrbanTheater | Tagged: AFTRA/SAG, Broadway in Chicago, Center for Performing Arts, Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, Court Theatre, David Mamet, Drury Lane Water Tower, Gorilla Tango, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Improv Playhouse, Jedicka Performing Arts Center, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, People's Theater of Chicago, Profiles Theatre, Raven Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Studio BE, The Artistic Home, The Gift Theatre, Theatre Building Chicago, Urban Theater Company | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 1, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Goodman Theatre’s recent cancellation of a fall production of Joan D’Arc has sparked an international outcry. Cutting the show from the Goodman’s 2009-2010 season has provoked a furious response from Airan Berg, artistic director of the performance component of the Linz09 cultural festival, held in the Austrian city of Linz. More here. here! TV [...]
Filed under: Broadway, Broadway in Chicago, Chris Jones, Closings, David Mamet, Goodman Theatre, Human Interest, Theater News, Think Fast | Tagged: Airan Berg, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Broadway in Chicago, Constance Towers, David Mamet, Frank Wedekind, Goodman Theatre, here! TV, Jason Graee. The Little Mermaid, Jesse Lee Sofer, Joan d'Arc, John Aniston, Linz, Michael Jackson, Oleanna, Spring Awakening, Victoria Tennant | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 28, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Testing the Bonds of Brotherhood in Sam Kelley’s “Pill Hill” The award winning eta Creative Arts Foundation wraps up its 38th season with a sterling production of Sam Kelley’s Pill Hill, a play that explores the journeys of 6 Chicago steel mill workers trying to realize economic and social success. Director Aaron Todd Douglas [...]
Filed under: 2009 Reviews, Arthur Miller, David Mamet, Drama, Paige Listerud, eta Creative Arts | Tagged: Aaron Todd Douglas, Anthony Peeples, Arthur Miller, Cecil Burroughs, Corey Spruill, David Adams, David Mamet, Death of a Salesman, eta Creative Arts Foundation, Glengarry Glen Ross, Jr., Kelvin Roston, Kevin Hope, Pill Hill, Sam Kelley | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
From Organic Theater’s homepage: In the 1970s, when Chicago’s vibrant theater scene was earning the city a national reputation as the place to be for exciting new theater, few companies shone brighter than the Organic. It was quintessential Chicago theater, a mirror for its time. Today’s Organic Theater is still a mirror for its time, [...]
Filed under: David Mamet, Organic Theatre, Season, Theater News | Tagged: Alexander Gelman, Caitlin R. Hutchison, David Mamet, Dorian Hadley, Greenhouse Theater Center, Greenhouse Theater Center, Jason Shivers, Jessica Webb, Joel Stanley Huff, Joshua Anderson, Mark Twain, Meghan Shea, Melanie Parks, Moscow Art Theatre School, Organic Theater, Ryan Breneisen, Terrence McClellan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 3, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Thursday, June 4 Sexual Perversity in Chicago and Bobby Gould in Hell Organic Theater Company at the Greenhouse Theater Center 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago (map) Organic Theater Company returns to its roots with the 35th Anniversary production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet, which had its world premiere at the Organic in [...]
Filed under: Ahrens & Flaherty, American Theatre Company, David Mamet, Eclipse Theatre Company, Greenhouse Theater Center, Hypocrites Theatre, Marketing, Organic Theatre, Profiles Theatre, Theater Thursdays, Theatre Building Chicago, Ticket Sales, Viaduct Theatre | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
NEW YORK — The producers of “Speed-the-Plow” have filed a grievance with Actors’ Equity Association, the stage actors’ union, against Jeremy Piven for abruptly leaving the Broadway revival last month. News of the filing was announced Friday by lead producer Jeffrey Richards, who declined further comment. The actor quit the David Mamet comedy less than [...]
Filed under: Broadway, David Mamet, Politics, Theater News | Tagged: David Mamet, Elisabeth Moss, Entourage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Good Morning America, Jeremy Piven, Raul Esp[arza, Samatha Mast, Speed The Plow, Wiliam H. Macy | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 3, 2009 by Scotty Zacher
Hedy Weiss, theater-critic extraordinaire for the Chicago Sun-Times, has put together an excellent list of her 10 favorite plays of 2008. Along with the list, Hedy notes the wonderful year Chicago theater has had on the national stage: …this was the year that Steppenwolf Theatre picked up five Tony Awards for its Chicago-bred Broadway production [...]
Filed under: Best-of-Year, Broadway in Chicago, Broadway-bound, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Sun-Times, Court Theatre, David Mamet, Goodman Theatre, Hedy Weiss, Hypocrites Theatre, Lookingglass, Next Theatre, Profiles Theatre, Raven Theatre, Remy Bumppo, Shattered Globe, Theater On The Lake, Tony Awards, Tracy Letts, William Inge, William Shakespeare, Writers' Theatre | Tagged: Hedy Weiss, Chicago Theater, Chicago Shakespeare, Next Theatre, David Cromer, Tracy Letts, August: Osage County, Steppenwolf Theatre, Rod Serling, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Writers' Theatre, Raven Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Stephen Karam, William Inge, William Brown, Larry Yando, Doug Peck, Nick Sandys, E. Faye Butler, Shattered Globe Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Greg Kolack, Tony Awards, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Laura Eason, Sean Graney, Lynn Nottage, LinkedIn, Tony Kushner, Charles Newell, Jeanine Tesori, Elevator Repair Service Theatre, John Collins, PJ Paparelli, Laura Wade, Chicago Sun-Times, Best Chicago Theater 2008, Royal National Theatre, Adding Machine, The Hypocrites Theatre, Neil LaBute, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Christopher Marlowe, Malcolm Durning, Purlitzer Prize, Manhattan Theatre Club, Thronton Wilder, Lou Contey, Peter Schaffer, Gary Griffin, Daniel Ostling, Robert Sella, Robbi Collier Sublett, Elizabeth Ledo, Lance Baker, The Drowsy Chaperone, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Casey Nicholaw, Philip R. Smith, Kevin Douglas, Joe Dempsey, Ravi Batista, Anish Jethmalani, Ericka Ratcliff, Rom Barkhordar, Matthew Klingler, Jamie Abelson | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 19, 2008 by Scotty Zacher
Jeremy Piven, born and raised in Evanston, IL, (and whose mother founded the Piven Theatre) has abruptly ended his run in Broadway’s Speed-the-Plow, (by playwright David Mamet, also originally from Chicago) after missing Tuesday evening’s performance and a Wednesday matinee Piven, 43, has told producers that he hasn’t been feeling well due to a “high mercury [...]
Filed under: David Mamet | Tagged: Broadway, David Mamet, Jeremy Piven, Speed The Plow | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 28, 2008 by Scotty Zacher
Remy Bumppo 2008/09 Season The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker adapted by David Mamet directed by James Bohnen featuring Artistic Associate David Darlow David Mamet’s sleek adaptation of Granville-Barker’s 1905 play feels as if it were written yesterday. When Edward Voysey learns of his father’s corrupt dealings within the family business, he knows there [...]
Filed under: Arthur Miller, David Mamet, George Bernard Shaw, Harold Pinter, Remy Bumppo, Season | Tagged: Remy Bumppo, The Voysey Inheritance, The Marriage of Figaro, Old Times, Harold Pinter, Harley Granville-Barker, Davied Mamet, Beaumarchais, Ranjib Bolt, James Bohnen, David Darlow, Jonathan Berry, Greg Matthew Anderson, Annabel Armour, Linda Gillum, Nick Sandys | Leave a Comment »
