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A war of words. In 1938 twenty-five-year-old Orson Welles became famous after his radio play interpretation of “A War of the Worlds” shook the airwaves, purportedly nearly causing national panic. The book’s seventy-five-year-old author H.G. Wells was not amused at how his intellectual property was …
“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” is the best musical I have seen in years. Opening night was one to remember. John Berendt, the author of the best-selling book, was on hand for the curtain call and to see this new musical version …
When you cannot adequately express yourself with the nuance and clarity of a native speaker, people do not know that you are actually smart, funny, and kind. Instead, they only hear your imperfect pronunciation and limited vocabulary. You may be easily assumed to be inferior with little or nothing to offer.
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Witty, insightful, cleverly written and produced, “English” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Hamid Dehghani and performed brilliantly at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
Full Company of English (in alphabetical order)
By Sanaz Toossi
Directed by Hamid Dehghani
Sahar Bibiyan…..Roya
Nikki Massoud……Elham
Roxanna Hope Radja…..Marjan
Pej Vahdat……Omid
Shadee Vossoughi……Goli
Creative Team
Set Designer…..Courtney O’Neill
Costume Designer ……Shahrzad Mazaheri
Lighting Designer…..Jason Lynch
Sound Designer ….Mikaal Sulaiman
Assistant Lighting Designer…..Andrew Vance
Assistant Director….Jamal Howard
In this “Cracking the Code of Spy Movies” podcast, Raymond Benson (author of 12 post Ian Fleming, James Bond books) joins Spy Movie Navigator hosts, Dan Silvestri and Tom Pizzatto in an enthusiastic conversation with John Morris Russell (a/k/a JMR), conductor of the Cincinnati Pops …
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. In this podcast we do a quick overview of some of some ways you can experience the Eastern Asian, South Asian, South-East Asian, Central Asian, Western Asian …
Comedy in May. Reno Lovison reviews Judgment Day. “This world premiere comedy is a thought provoking and thoroughly entertaining production with several guaranteed laugh-out-loud moments.” Also a restaurant review of Offshore Rooftop Bar at Navy Pier. Purported to be the nation’s largest rooftop venue. Excerpt of Rikki Lee Travolta’s interview with the creators of “Little Orphan Boy” at Annoyance Theatre.
JUDGMENT DAY -Starring Tony and Emmy winner Jason Alexander. Written by Golden Globe winner Rob Ulin and directed by Tony nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel. Now playing through May 26, 2024
Tony and Emmy Award winner Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) appears in his Chicago stage debut. Cast features Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker as Father Michael and Candy Buckley as the Angel, along with Maggie Bofill, Olivia Denise Dawson, Joe Dempsey, Michael Kostroff, Ellis Myers, and Meg Thalken. Through May 26, 2024, in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare. https://www.chicagoshakes.com
PODCAST THEATER REVIEW by RENO LOVISON In this musical comedy, three overworked, underpaid and unappreciated 1970’s era office secretaries seize the opportunity to kidnap and blackmail their domineering misogynist male boss in an effort to change the power dynamic and improve their working environment. The …
Flyover Chicago is a multisensory, multimedia event that includes all of the thrills and excitement of an amusement park ride. The attraction will be taking over the former IMAX Theater location near the entrance to Navy Pier opened on March 1, 2024. Before you head …
A podcast interview with Mark and Sarah Good Mosley the co-directors of the Windy City Winds Chicago community orchestra. They share segments from a few of the band’s recordings, talk with Reno Lovison about music and their life, then enjoy a little Chicago music trivia.
Check out more about the band including their performance schedule and information about how to support them at WindyCityWinds.org .
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An update of a few events we enjoyed recently with a look to what’s happening soon including an excerpt of Rikki Lee Travolta’s interview with Evan Jackson, artistic director of “What the Weird Sisters Saw” a retelling of Macbeth from the Witches’ point of view …
Jersey Boys features 30 musical numbers while walking us through the life and times of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons a New Jersey based rock and roll quartet that appealed largely to blue collar teens nationwide in the 1960s with songs like “Sherry” and …
Rikki Lee Travolta interviews Ronnie Marmo appearing in “I’m Not a Comedian….I’m Lenny Bruce” under the direction of multi-award-winner Joe Mantegna at the Biograph Theater in Chicago. This production produced in partnership with Lenny Bruce’s daughter Kitty Bruce tells the story of the life and early passing of one of the most legendary comedians of all time. The play originally opened to rave reviews in Chicago in October 2019 and is returning as a part of an ongoing national tour.
Rikki Lee talks with Ronnie Marmo about the development of the work and his association with actor and Chicagoan Joe Mantegna who agreed to direct the show.
This is part 2 of a longer interview Rikki Lee conducted with Ronnie Marmo that can be heard in its entirety at Rikki’s website also be sure to listen to part 1 right here at CBN .
Additionally you can immerse yourself entirely in the mid-century club scene by listening to our podcast review of Live at Mr. Kelly’s . The film is being featured at an exhibit about the club at Chicago’s Newberry Library.