Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Hoogenakker's first professional role was in 1999 as Scarus in the Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. [2] In 2000, he played Chris Smith in the Tracy Letts play Killer Joe when it was at The Theatre at 2851 N. Halsted Street; [5] [6] and the title character in the play Robyn Hood of Barnsdale Wood at the Equity Library Theatre. [7]
The Goodman was founded in 1925 as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who died in the Great Influenza Pandemic in 1918. The theater was funded by Goodman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Goodman, who donated $250,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago to establish a professional repertory company and a school of drama at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [2]
From this an indigenous Chicago style of ensemble theater arose, with examples including The Second City, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, St. Nicholas Theatre Company (founded by playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy) [8] and The Goodman Theatre.
They have been redesigned by the Goodman Theatre, which is located in them. The Harris and the Selwyn originally operated as live playhouses. Among the plays presented at the Harris was the Chicago run of "A Streetcar Named Desire." Both theatres were purchased by producer Michael Todd and converted into movie theaters in the 1950s. The Harris ...
A silent short shot in 1898, “Something Good – Negro Kiss” is the first film featuring footage of African Americans […] The post Watch: The first ‘Negro Kiss’ on film and its impact in ...
The cast of characters, based on Carol Burnett and her real-life relatives, includes no-nonsense grandmother Nanny; Louise, a beautiful, alcoholic mother determined to be a writer for movie magazines; Jody, an absent father who is struggling with his own demons; and Helen, a young girl whose only escape is the rooftop of their rundown building ...
On Friday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. in the Detroit Film Theatre and Auditorium, co-curator Berger will discuss Black participation in film over a 70-year period, showcasing the longstanding relationship ...
Gutierrez has acted in performances at The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Denver Center Theater. [2] He is the former artistic director of Glass Onion Theater, [3] Nosotros Theatre Company in Los Angeles and the Canterbury Theatre in Indiana. [4]