DR. HAL M. LEWIS - CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS AT SPERTUS INSTITUTE

March 13, 2018 / Ed Tracy

The genesis of the idea for Critical Conversations, the spirited new Spertus Institute series debuting March 18th, was framed by another series of critical conversations between President & CEO Dr. Hal M. Lewis and former trustee, the late Eric Joss. They envisioned a series that would bring together strongly divergent perspectives on hot-button issues of the day under the Spertus philosophy that, above all, the conversations strive not to change opinions, but to enhance understanding of individual viewpoints with civility and respect for one another.

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tags / Dr. Hal Lewis, Jennifer Granholm, Mike Huckabee, Frank Sesno, Spertus Institute

MICHAEL BROSILOW - 32 YEARS OF CHICAGO THEATER PHOTOGRAPHY

March 05, 2018 / Ed Tracy

On any given day in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times or countless other publications in print or online, you will see powerful images by photographer Michael Brosilow. These are not breaking news photos, but they are breaking stories in a theatrical world that Brosilow has been a part of for over 32 years, capturing the rich textures, brilliant colors and the extraordinary personalities who create the work that appears on Chicago stages, and many others, across the country. He sees it before we do and his images last long after the play has drifted out of our memory.

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categories / Theater, Business, New Media
tags / Michael Brosilow, Michael Shannon, Steppenwolf

BOB DOEPEL & CHICAGO SCENIC STUDIOS - 40 Years Of Making It All Come Together

December 13, 2017 / Ed Tracy

To hear Bob Doepel reflect on Chicago Scenic Studios, the company he founded almost 40 years ago, you might think that it just happened to come together. In truth, Doepel has elevated the process of making things come together, often under impossible deadlines, on projects that materialize overnight, to an art form.

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RICH DANIELS: MAKING MAGIC – ELLA & LENA: The Ladies and Their Music

November 09, 2017 / Ed Tracy

Rich Daniels and The City Lights Orchestra return to the Auditorium Theatre on November 17th for ELLA & LENA: The Ladies and Their Music, a centennial concert celebration of Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne. Chicago vocalist and producer Joan Curto will be joined by many of Chicago’s top artists including E. Faye Butler, Beckie Menzie, Tammy McCann, Paul Marinaro, Tom Michael and Sophie Grimm with a 17-piece orchestra featuring songs from the Great American Songbook.

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tags / Rich Daniels, Joan Curto, E Faye Butler, Paul Marinaro, Beckie Menzie, Tom Michael, Sophie Grimm, Tammy McCann, The City Lights Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne

2017 JEFF AWARDS - A LETTER FROM RON KEATON

November 08, 2017 / Ed Tracy

Our Conversation this week comes in the form of a letter from Ron Keaton. Ron agreed to step in when business called me out of town. It was a chance for Ron to give his unique point of view on a big night of recognition for Chicago's professional theatre community and share comments from award recipients in many of the categories.

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categories / Theater, Music, Dance, New Media, Business
tags / 2017 Jeff Awards, Ron Keaton, Drury Lane

GLEN SHULD - The Color of Character

October 24, 2017 / Ed Tracy

Glen Shuld kept a journal every day for a year in his life. He happened to be 12 years old at the time and attending an integrated grade school during the Vietnam era.

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BRENDA DIDIER - PORCHLIGHT'S BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL

September 27, 2017 / Ed Tracy / Source

For Brenda Didier, directing Porchlight Music Theatre's production of Billy Elliot The Musical is like coming home again. The show opens the company's 23rd season in their new digs at the Ruth Page Center in Chicago a place that is very familiar to Didier. She has vivid memories as a young dance student. And perhaps most helpful, particularly to the story of Billy Elliot, is rekindling the excitement she experienced realizing her own dream that began when she was eight years old.

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E. FAYE BUTLER - A National Treasure

September 13, 2017 / Ed Tracy

There's a little motto that the amazing E. Faye Butler saved until the end of our delightful conversation between rehearsals on September 8th at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

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GREAT PERFORMANCES II

August 31, 2017 / Ed Tracy

This week, more conversations with artist's whose work this year has been recognized with a 2016-2017 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award nomination.

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GREAT PERFORMANCES

August 24, 2017 / Ed Tracy

The 2016-2017 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award nominations were announced this week. There were 158 nominations in 33 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions during the period August 1, 2016 through July 31, 2017.

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IMERMAN ANGELS - One-on-One with Benjamin Bornstein

August 16, 2017 / Ed Tracy

As he faced his own cancer treatment in 2003, Jonny Imerman decided that no one should fight cancer alone. Three years later, Imerman Angels was born. Whether you are on or have completed a cancer journey, or have a loved one fighting the disease, our conversation with Imerman CEO & Executive Director Benjamin Bornstein, a three-time cancer survivor, just might be a game changer.

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OUR 21st CENTURY PARTY LINE

July 20, 2017 / Ed Tracy

When I was growing up in rural Vermont in the early 60's, we had a party line telephone system. Our unique ring was one short and one long, the cue that someone had dialed our number and it was our turn to talk on the line. If you tried to call in when someone was on the phone, you got a busy signal. If you tried to call out, you would sometimes interrupt whoever was talking at the time. Most days, things worked pretty well.

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