This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with theatre reviewer Carol Moore. Carol talks about her 15 years as a theatre critic in Indiana and in the Chicago area.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Scott Westerman who stars in the Artistic Home's The Time of Your Life. Scott speaks about playing Joe and the significance of the play as well as his direction of Macbeth last season.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Allison Hendrix, the director of Kokandy Production's Loving Repeating. She talks about the casting, the decision to do a show about Gertrude Stein, and all the details that go into doing a chamber musical.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Alex Higgin-Houser, the artistic director of Underscore Theatre Company and director of their current production Borderlands: Three Chords and the Truth now playing at the Frontier Theatre.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Malcolm Ruhl from Ring of Fire: The Music Of Johnny Cash now running at the Mercury Theatre. He tells what it is like to be both musician and music director of a show.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Steve Pickering, the veteran actor and one of the stars of The Little Foxes at the Goodman Theatre. Steve talks about The Little Foxes and Lillian Hellman. He also talks about his long association with the Goodman Theatre and his time as artistic director of Next Theatre.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Anthony Crivello who plays Louis Prima in Louis and Keely 'Live' at the Sahara now playing the the Royal George Theatre. Crivello talks about Louis Prima's life and career and what it is like to play such a legendary character. He also talks about his long and award-winning career.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Fred Anzevino from Theo Ubique who directs Jesus Christ Superstar at No Exit Cafe. Fred talks in detail about the process of casting a rock opera in an intimate space and about the audition process.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Lia Mortensen, the star of Profiles Theatre's The Other Place. She talks of the challenge of doing the role and about her 30 year career as an actor and a director.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with playwright Bruce Graham. Bruce talks about his play White Guy On The Bus which is playing at Northlight Theatre. He also talks about being an actor, comic, college professor, and about his writing process.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with publicist Noreen Heron. Noreen talks about the roles of a publicist, how they help theatres sell tickets, and her background in theatre beginning with the Candleight Theatre.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with theatre critic Jacob Davis. Jacob talks about his ealry impressions of the Chicago theatre scene and his collegiate theatre training at the University of Illinois.
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What makes hyper-realism work on stage? ATC Artistic director PJ Paparelli and actor Keith Kupferer join Anne Nicholson Weber to talk about developing and rehearsing the world-premiere production of Stephen Karam's play, The Humans.
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This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with Jay Torrence, the author and one of the stars of Burning Bluebeard. Jay talks about his writing and production practices used to create Burning Bluebeard and about being in a play that he wrote.
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One of the pleasures of the Chicago store-front scene is seeing our great actors work in tiny spaces. This week's podcast features actors Brad Armacost and Coburn Goss and director Jeff Christian, who join Anne Nicholson Weber to talk about playing up close and personal in Irish Theatre of Chicago's production of Conor McPherson's Shining City.
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