Kelly Kleiman

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The arts rich get richer

Oct. 17, 2011
Now here's a shocker: apparently most of the arts philanthropy in this country goes to big organizations. Who'da thunk it, huh?

Critics theater picks for the weekend

Oct. 13, 2011
Kelly KleimanThe most moving moments in Lookingglass Theatre's The Great Fire belong to Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary, the Irish immigrants falsely accused of causing the blaze.

Casting couches: The problem that won't go away

Oct. 10, 2011
As a member of the Association for Women Journalists–Chicago, I’m looking forward to its panel tomorrow night “Women in the Workplace–Yes, Sexual Harassment Still Exists.” The subject is one of those things, like race discrimination, that we like to think we’ve gotten past. But ask a

MPAACT and Steppenwolf both take on Chicago's history of segregation

Oct. 3, 2011
Do you know about the new show in town addressing the causes and consequences of Chicago's persistent racial segregation? No, not Clybourne Park, though Bruce Norris's Pulitzer prizewinner does so brilliantly.

'Don't-miss' performances this weekend

Sep. 28, 2011
Kelly KleimanIf the essence of Halloween is violence and terror (rather than candy, as I firmly believe), the Chicago theater community is getting into the ghoulish swing a bit early this year.   Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company just opened Riff Raff

Hepburn and Hurston dominate local theater

Sep. 26, 2011
You might not ordinarily speak of Katharine Hepburn and Zora Neale Hurston in the same breath.

Theater this weekend: Seeing 'Red'

Sep. 22, 2011
Kelly and Jonathan picked two of the same plays this week, so let's see what they both say about them...Kelly: Then, though the official opening is next week, Sunday is the Jewish press opening of Red (though if God is willing to have us spend Christmas in a Chines

What the Mayor might have said at the Goodman

Sep. 16, 2011
The Dueling Critics and a whole crowd of those who are otherwise night folks assembled at the Goodman at dawn (well, 8 a.m.) last Thursday for what was billed as a major important announcement, complete with mayor. (These days no announcement is major-important unless the mayor is there.

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