CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
Slideshow: Steven Spielberg Awarded 2014 Lincoln Leadership Prize
CHICAGO – It was a “close encounter of the legend kind” in Chicago three weeks ago, as Steven Spielberg stopped by to pick up the 2014 Lincoln Leadership Prize, given by The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation. The director was nominated for an Oscar for his sweeping portrait of the Great Emancipator, entitled “Lincoln” (2012). The actress who portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln, Sally Field, presented the award on March 19th, 2014.
HollywoodChicago.com photographer Joe Arce got some Exclusive Portraits of the two show business icons at the Hilton Chicago event, plus publishes a photo of Steven Spielberg from 2006 for the first time. Click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through the slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All images © Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com.
- SPIELBERG1: Actress Sally Field toasts Steven Spielberg in the presentation speech.
- SPIELBERG2: Sally Field presents the 2014 Lincoln Leadership Prize to Steven Spielberg.
- SPIELBERG3: Steven Spielberg, the 2014 Lincoln Leadership Prize recipient.
- SPIELBERG4: Director Spielberg gets a hug from Mary Todd Lincoln, AKA Sally Field.
- SPIELBERG5: Steven Spielberg portrait, to hang in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
- SPIELBERG6: Steven Spielberg in 2006, photographed by Joe Arce.
By PATRICK McDONALD |