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Mike Nussbaum, veteran Chicago stage actor, dies at 99

Nussbaum died Saturday at his Chicago home, just days before his 100th birthday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Book Review: David Mamet screams at clouds in new collection of grievances about Hollywood

David Mamet takes on Hollywood in his new book

The Independent UK

OPINION - Labour shouldn’t rule out wealth taxes: it could regret it

Don’t ever open your mouth till you know what the shot is”: such is the timeless wisdom of real estate salesman Ricky Roma in David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, and it is a maxim that politicians always do well to heed. Until now, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, has observed…

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Shia LaBeouf to make stage debut amid trial with ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs

‘Holes’ actor, who is facing trial for alleged assault and sexual battery, will star in playwright David Mamet’s new play ‘Henry Johnson’

The Independent UK

Alan Arkin obituary

Award-winning stage and screen actor who exuded gravitas even in comedies such as Catch-22 and Little Miss Sunshine

The Guardian - UK

Remembering Alan Arkin: his most memorable roles and how to watch them

Hollywood lost a good one in Alan Arkin, so we’re remembering some of his most iconic roles throughout his 60-year career.

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Alan Arkin was brilliant, difficult, spiritual and mysterious: ‘He’s always been underestimated’

As the Oscar-winning star of ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘Argo’ and ‘Catch-22’ dies at the age of 89, Martin Chilton looks back at the life and career of an actor with exquisite timing, depth and deadpan delivery – and who had little time for the trinkets of stardom

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Alan Arkin was an actor of humour and candour who became a fierce screen presence

In films ranging from Catch-22 to Little Miss Sunshine, Arkin was renowned for the technical virtuosity he brought to each role of his colossal career

The Guardian - UK

‘I do like a shock’: Martin McDonagh on why casting Lily Allen in The Pillowman makes it even more electrifying

His 2003 play about child torture and freedom of speech became a global phenomenon. But will it offend today’s audiences? The writer-director explains why he won’t be changing a thing

The Guardian - UK

Jack Nicholson’s 20 best performances – ranked!

As the legendary actor turns 86 on Saturday, we rate decades of his most celebrated roles – from grinning wrong ’uns to lovable rakes and crazed murderers

The Guardian - UK

Michael Lerner obituary

US character actor who won an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the studio boss Jack Lipnick in the 1991 film Barton Fink

The Guardian - UK

Rick Kogan: It may be only rock ‘n’ roll but Blagojevich was back in the spotlight for a few songs at a Chicago club

CHICAGO — Beer was flowing, the band was playing, people danced and in the audience sat a former governor of Illinois at a table with his wife, ready to rock ’n’ roll.

Chicago Tribune

From Scorsese to Hockney: New York exhibition celebrates portraits of artists

The portraiture of Brigitte Lacombe, Catherine Opie and Tacita Dean is spotlighted in a grand love letter to art and artists

The Guardian - US

My worst moment: Joe Mantegna, the ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ premiere and the monologue that wouldn’t come

CHICAGO — “Criminal Minds” may have wrapped its 15 season run on CBS in 2020, but the procedural is back — with new episodes, a new home on Paramount+ and a new name: “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” Star Joe Mantegna, who plays FBI Special Agent David Rossi, described the process of…

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Glengarry Glen Ross at 30: David Mamet’s still electric salesmen drama

A cast of never-better actors, including Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino and Alec Baldwin, give added life to the playwright’s punchy, Pulitzer prize-winning dialogue

Chicago Tribune

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, via the majesty of the Western miniseries ‘Lonesome Dove’

Like many now gray-haired men of my generation, and a few women too, I wanted to be a cowboy. TV made me that way, starting with such early shoot-‘em-up characters as Hopalong Cassidy, the Lone Ranger, Zorro and the Cisco Kid, all closer to cartoons than real people but influential…

The Guardian - UK

Bob Rafelson: subtle and complex director was presiding genius of the Hollywood new wave

Rafelson was a director who got era-defining performances out of Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens, as well as co-creating the Monkees

Chicago Tribune

Author Rich Cohen writes about his father’s life and adventures in ‘World’s Greatest Negotiator’

CHICAGO -- Rich Cohen was walking down State Street on a recent rainy morning and he was not alone, though he appeared to be. “I feel like I hear my father’s voice all the time as I am walking around, especially when I am back in Chicago,” he said.

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Designer Scott Pask creates 'a beautiful mess' on Broadway

Set designer Scott Pask was asked to create a roomful of junk on Broadway and somehow he turned it into something sublime

Chicago Sun-Times

Made the Chicago way, ‘The Untouchables’ endures

35 years ago this month, summer audiences first relished the rich dialogue, imaginative plot and intriguing locales of Brian De Palma’s crime classic.

Salon

"Pedophile" slur hurts real victims

For actual victims of child sex abuse, using "pedophile" or "groomer" as a slur hurts their ability to get justice

Los Angeles Times

What the 2022 Tony nominations say about the state of Broadway

The 75th Tony nominations were announced Monday, nearly a week behind schedule, in a Broadway year still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, things are markedly better. But for a season that began with a delta wave and finished with an omicron onslaught, timetables have had to be…

Tribune News Service

Broadway review: ‘American Buffalo’ revival is highly entertaining, but does not travel into David Mamet’s emotional core

NEW YORK — David Mamet — the confounding, outspoken playwright that artistic progressives are dying to cancel — wrote “American Buffalo” in 1975, when he was just 27 years old.

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: a downward spiral from Vogue to Brooklyn Beckham’s Instagram

Sharing in a celebrity couple’s joy, an elevator hitch, and why it’s time to stop quoting David Mamet

The Guardian - US

American Buffalo review – David Mamet returns to Broadway with a thud

Circle on the Square Theatre, New YorkLaurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell bring star power to this umpteenth revival but there’s a staleness they struggle to overcome

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