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Home » Archives for Lewis Lazare

Author Archives: Lewis Lazare

Posted inArts & Culture

The Final Tip of the Hat

by Lewis Lazare November 9, 2000August 19, 2021

Lewis Lazare takes his act elsewhere.

Posted inArts & Culture

French Twist/CSO’s Risky Business/Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One

by Lewis Lazare November 2, 2000August 19, 2021

The creators of the ultracool Blackbird have a warmer restaurant in mind.

Posted inArts & Culture

Rush Little Poor Boys/Hot Tips?/The Next Century/Return of the Vagina

by Lewis Lazare October 26, 2000August 19, 2021

Michael Cullen is going Cajun, and he’s taking Sheila Henaghan and a new Platt with him.

Posted inArts & Culture

Tavern on the Green/Next Cutback/Goodbye to “Broadway”

by Lewis Lazare October 19, 2000August 19, 2021

North Pond Cafe’s Richard Mott scores another prime park location.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Big Picture

by Lewis Lazare October 12, 2000August 19, 2021

Was Ed Burgess’s art really too hot for Bailiwich patrons to handle? Or was teh dispute over lobby art just a symptom of deeper problems as the theater?

Posted inArts & Culture

Phantom Opera/There’s Gold in Them Thar Vaginas

by Lewis Lazare October 5, 2000August 19, 2021

Paul Williams’s “Butterfly” crashes to earth.

Posted inArts & Culture

Joffrey Jumps Ship/Photo Finish/Executive Search/Royal George Sold–Sort Of

by Lewis Lazare September 28, 2000August 19, 2021

Will the Joffrey Ballet’s withdrawal from the Music and Dance Theater Chicago bring the troubled project to its knees?

Posted inArts & Culture

Growing Pains/Six-Figure Symphony

by Lewis Lazare September 21, 2000August 19, 2021

Growing Pains Founded in 1974, Victory Gardens Theater has earned an international reputation for its long-standing commitment to new plays, many of them written by the company’s resident playwrights. But […]

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Half Empty or Half Full/They Do Not Like It, Sam I Am/Behind the Red Curtain

by Lewis Lazare September 14, 2000August 19, 2021

Their show’s a critical flop, but producer Philip Faversham, director Joanna Settle, and playwright Hurt McDermott hope to pull a rabbit out of their hat.

Posted inArts & Culture

Dramatic Pause/Erkert’s Exit/One Snappy Comeback

by Lewis Lazare September 7, 2000August 19, 2021

She came, she danced, she made a name for herself: Jan Erkert disbands her company and goes solo.

Posted inArts & Culture

Positive Revues/Rising in the East/Jim Hirsch Pops Up Downtown

by Lewis Lazare August 31, 2000August 19, 2021

Independent producer Rodney Lewis has another gospel show ready to hit the road–but will he make it to the promised land?

Posted inArts & Culture

Buff Bods Do Boffo Biz/Fancy Footwork/Mutating Management

by Lewis Lazare August 24, 2000August 19, 2021

Buff Bods Do Boffo Biz For David Dillon the party never ends. In 1992 the director accepted an invitation to stage a late-night show for Bailiwick Repertory. He wanted to […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Comeback Kids/All About Eve

by Lewis Lazare August 17, 2000August 19, 2021

After a devastating run-in with the city, Stage Left bounces back with the installation of Jessi Hill at the helm.

Posted inArts & Culture

Quest for Fire/Coming Into the Black

by Lewis Lazare August 10, 2000August 19, 2021

Incoming Hubbard Street artistic director Jim Vincent is expected to kick the dance company into high gear.

Posted inArts & Culture

Sound Adaptation/Lost in Translation/Potbelly Expanding

by Lewis Lazare August 3, 2000August 19, 2021

Sound Adaptation For the past four years Karen Bauman has been a contract administrator in the legal department at Harpo Productions, Inc., securing the rights to materials used on The […]

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