CHICAGO – If you’ve never seen the farcical ensemble theater chestnut “Noises Off,” you will see no better version than on the Steppenwolf Theatre stage, now at their northside Chicago venue through November 3rd. For tickets and details for this riotous theater experience, click NOISES OFF.
Film News: 2011 Chicago International Film Festival Opens With ‘The Last Rites of Joe May’
CHICAGO – The red carpet was put to good use on the opening night of the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival on October 6th. The 47th annual edition of the two week festival featured stars Dennis Farina, Gary Cole and Jamie Anne Allman walking the carpet before the showing of their film “The Last Rites of Joe May.”
Dennis Farina stars as the title character in the film, as a small-time Chicago hustler coming back from an illness to find that life he knows has passed him by. Also walking the red carpet was writer and director Joe Maggio, who set the film in Chicago and produced it on location in the Windy City.
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The opening night red carpet was at the Harris Theater right off of Chicago’s downtown Millennium Park. The after party took place inside the historic Chicago Cultural Center.
For the full schedule, go to the Chicago Film Festival site.
By PATRICK McDONALD |