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Home » David Mamet

Tag: David Mamet

Posted inArts & Culture

Bending the arc of theatrical liberation

by Kerry Reid October 9, 2020August 18, 2021

Thinking about The Boys in the Band, Broadway, and Chicago

Posted inMusic

Spelunking in the Reader of 1971

by Leor Galil October 2, 2020August 18, 2021

The music ads in the Reader’s very first issues add context—and curiosities—that the stories alone can’t provide.

Posted inArts & Culture

Stuart Gordon, legend of off-Loop theater and horror films, dies at 72

by Kerry Reid March 26, 2020August 18, 2021

From Warp! to Re-Animator, Gordon told the stories he wanted to see his way.

Posted inArts & Culture

Ensemble is the first gossip-free oral history of Chicago theater

by Jack Helbig August 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Mark Larson explains how he created his 700-page behemoth.

Posted inArts & Culture

Odd’s Bodkins’ 1590s-style Romeo and Juliet hovers between improvisation and sloppiness

by Steve Heisler July 20, 2018August 18, 2021

The rough edges are deliberate, but they could use a little bit of smoothing.

Posted inArts & Culture

Crossing Aviva might be enjoyable if it left any room to breathe

by Dmitry Samarov May 11, 2018August 18, 2021

There are so many narratives the show requires an LED crawl to keep them straight.

Posted inArts & Culture

Erika Sheffer’s The Fundamentals does David Mamet proud

by Justin Hayford November 23, 2016August 18, 2021

The intriguing outweighs the dutiful in Steppenwolf’s new production.

Posted inArts & Culture

Off-Loop institution Mary-Arrchie Theatre says good-bye with American Buffalo

by Tony Adler February 10, 2016August 18, 2021

Tony Adler reviews the production of American Buffao David Mamet didn’t want reviewed.

Posted inBlogs

Forget Jake Gyllenhaal—cinematographer Robert Elswit is the real star of Nightcrawler

by Ben Sachs November 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Dan Gilroy’s satirical thriller represents a high point in the noted cinematographer’s career.

Katherine Keberlein, Mike Nussbaum, and Eric Slater
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Performance by an 89-Year-Old (and One of the Better Ones by Anyone of Any Age)

by Tony Adler June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago’s grand old man of the stage still has a touch of Cary Grant about him.

Posted inBlogs

Now Playing: About Last Night

by J.R. Jones February 14, 2014August 18, 2021

David Mamet’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago gets another screen adaptation with About Last Night.

Posted inBlogs

A lot of Claudia Cassidy and somewhat less of everyone else

by Michael Miner October 29, 2013August 19, 2021

Chris Jones publishes an anthology of Chicago Tribune theater criticism.

Posted inBlogs

The best new movie in theaters, the best new movie not in theaters, and the rest of this week’s movies

by Ben Sachs September 27, 2013August 19, 2021

A roundup of new and notable movies playing in Chicago between September 27 and October 3

Uptown’s Hull House Center
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Curtains for the Uptown Hull House Center theater

by Deanna Isaacs June 25, 2013August 19, 2021

An 11th-hour effort fails to save the longtime home of Organic and Black Ensemble theater companies.

Posted inBlogs

The education of an illusionist, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones June 7, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

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