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).
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DAY SIX: Podtalk, Heather Ross of ‘For Madmen Only’ at 56th Chicago International Film Fest
Submitted by PatrickMcD on October 19, 2020 - 6:11pm- 2020
- 56th
- Adam McKay
- Amy Poehler
- Bernie Sahlins
- Bill Murray
- Bob Odenkirk
- Chicago International Film Festival
- Dave Thomas
- Film News
- For Madmen Only. Stories of Del Close
- George Wendt
- Heather Ross
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Improv Olympics
- Improvisation Olympics
- James Urbaniak
- Mike Myers
- Patrick McDonald
- Podcast
- Podtalk
- SCTV
- The Second City
- Tina Fey
CHICAGO – One of the prime Chicago-centric documentaries at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival is “For Madmen Only: Stories of Del Close.” Del Close was a legendary instructor in the Chicago comedy improv scene, and director Heather Ross created this multi-layered doc of his comic force.
