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).
Michael Lomenda
Film Review: ‘Jersey Boys’ Can’t Escape Its Broadway Roots
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 21, 2014 - 6:21amCHICAGO – Director Clint Eastwood’s “Jersey Boys” suffers from the same inherent fundamental flaw in all of these so-called Jukebox Musicals – their stories are mere afterthoughts. You come for the songs, and suffer through the story.
Interview: From Stage to Screen for the Actors in ‘Jersey Boys’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 18, 2014 - 12:55pmCHICAGO – When taking a huge Broadway hit to the screen, there are a whole new set of challenges. For the actors of the new film adaptation of “Jersey Boys” – John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen and Michael Lomenda – it involved driving lessons from director Clint Eastwood and interpreting their stage personas on film.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to Clint Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 14, 2014 - 2:05pmCHICAGO – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the highly anticipated musical “Jersey Boys” from director Clint Eastwood starring John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli!
