Regina Taylor

Signature Theater Company steps into the MacArthur 'genius' breach

2011-09-20 16:33:19

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Signature adds two to Five: Clarke, Jacobs-Jenkins join legit residency

2013-01-16 16:30:05

Off Broadway's Signature Theater has tapped Martha Clarke and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as the latest additions to its Residency Five program, which promises three full productions to each writer over the course of a five-year residency. Clarke, the...

'Three Sisters,' 'Crowns' and 'Oedipus': Summer shows with much at stake

2012-07-04 00:00:00

Last week, the Goodman Theatre resigned itself to the news director Robert Falls' production of "The Iceman Cometh" was not going to Broadway. The combination of the show's long running time, problems with theater availability, the schedule of its star...

Wearing it proudly: Regina Taylor's new production of "Crowns" has more of a story

2012-07-09 13:50:00

Regina Taylor's "Crowns" — a huge hit on the regional-theater circuit a decade or so ago but never a Broadway musical — has been reconceived as a Chicago story with roots in Englewood. As reimagined by Taylor in a big summer production at...

The Goodman Theatre celebrates a decade of drama

2011-08-12 07:51:00

When the new $46 million Goodman Theatre opened its doors on Dec. 11, 2000, with the inaugural performance of August Wilson's "King Hedley II," the Loop was beset by a blizzard. Ever cognizant of the political perils of Chicago snowstorms, Mayor Richard...

Felicia P. Fields and E. Faye Butler, to be together again. And Court has its 'Angels.'

2011-11-15 13:07:00

Felicia P. Fields and E. Faye Butler, both longtime stars of Chicago theater, are to be the stars of the 2012 Goodman Theatre production of Regina Taylor's "Crowns" next summer, the theater said Tuesday.� The pair of much-loved divas will be joined by a...

Stars turn out for Chicago Film Critics Awards

2012-01-13 13:49:00

The Chicago Film Critics Awards returned to the Broadway Playhouse at the Water Tower Jan. 7. This salute to Hollywood's best included Comedy Awards, conceived by Sharee Pemberton who produced the show along with film critic and Chicago Film Critics...

What's on Chicago stages this summer? So far, not much

2012-05-03 09:18:00

Here is one word to describe the current summer offerings in our great Midwestern capital of live theatrical entertainment: Thin. Sure, we're buzzing through June, what with Nathan Lane, "Timon of Athens" and the TBS Just for Laughs Festival, which is...

40 shows for your Chicago summer, from 'Rock of Ages' on stage to 'Richard III' outdoors

2012-05-23 13:37:00

School is winding down and the days are stretching out, which is the perfect time for fun at the old ballpark, beach, street fair, and all the other seasonal frolics that Chicagoans dream about during the dreary winter months. But don't forget that...

Summer Theater Guide 2012: Our top 10 most-anticipated shows

2012-05-23 13:38:00

A potential superhero awaits the unleashing of his powers. Tracy Letts mourns over Moscow. A Chicago disaster is revisited. A young man misses his appointment with Goldman Sachs. Oedipus hits the streets of Los Angeles. Hats fly on the Goodman Theatre...

Danville community theater presents 'Crowns'

2011-03-21 08:54:00

Cowboy. Cloche. Bucket. Toque. Beret. Fascinator. Boater. Crusher. Bretonne. Panama. Newsboy. Fedora. Boater. Bonnet. That’s a lot of different names for one item of feminine apparel: the hat — or “crown,” if you will. And the...

Goodman, Dennehy honor the Daleys

2010-11-22 16:32:26

This is a populist, unabashedly spiritual show especially beloved by African-American women. And in the midst of this most violent of summers, the impulse to move the frame to Chicago and expand the score with hip-hop and was a good one.

2012-07-20 15:07:00

Jeffrey Fauver will take over as communications director for Steppenwolf Theatre Co. Feb. 21. Fauver has worked as a public relations specialist with Goodman Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theate.

2012-02-10 00:00:00

and Dallas Theater Center are co-producing is actually a long, meandering, deeply personal three-act drama ? in desperate need of a clear-eyed edit and yet the kind of emotional, revealing play that comes out of the life-upending death of a loved one.

2011-01-27 10:19:26