Vorwald’s ‘labor of love’ Wrigley doc wins 2 awards
WGN/9 production director Bob Vorwald will receive the coveted Jerome Holtzman Award for service to local baseball history Jan. 25,
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WGN/9 production director Bob Vorwald will receive the coveted Jerome Holtzman Award for service to local baseball history Jan. 25,
CHICAGO-BASED THE ONION, with its ever-expanding array of satirical comedy online and web shows, has signed <span
Steve James’s Kartemquin Films coproduction Life Itself about Roger Ebert is two months into production and on its way to a 2014 broadcast by
It was a long night at the Midwest Emmy Awards ceremonies Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Alhambra Palace as the gold statuettes were presented to winners in a
Not as many non-broadcaster-produced shows received 2012 Midwest Chapter Emmy nominations this season as they had in past years. Still, approximately 14 companies, especially multiple nominees Bitter Jester and HMH
The first two episodes of “Citizen Soldier,” a 12-part original panel discussion series on military topics, coproduced by internationally famous Pritzker Military Library, and <a href="http://www.jumpmasterproductions.com/"
October traditionally is the most eventfully-active month of the year as our calendar proves. We will continue to add events as quickly as they announced so, as they say, “stay
TEATRO VISTA, Chicago’s premier Equity Latino theater company, announces that founder and longtime artistic director Edward Torres will be stepping aside in spring 2013 to accommodate his growing
THE GUEST LIST for the 25th Windy West Party in L.A., bringing together Chicagoans in the Hollywood industry and Chicagoans flying in for the occasion, is growing longer as we
A special treat – besides the camaraderie and good food – will be in store for the 400 invitation-only guests expected to attend the 25th annual <span style="text-decoration:
Director Sean Patrick Fahey, of hybrid production studio Odd Machine, will direct and co-produce “Nine Twelve,” an indie feature which explores the lives of three people who must confront
Harlan Hogan, the veteran voiceover known for informing the PBS program was “made possible by viewers like you” and “That little itch should be telling you something,” is also the
The Goodman Theatre’s production of Candide, Chicago Shakespeare’s production of Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III, Remy Bumppo’s production of Edward Albee’s The
STEPPENWOLF PRESENTS its annual “First Look Repertory of New Work,” with three developmental productions – Christina Anderson’s Man in Love, Zayd Dohrn’s Want, and Carly Mensch’s Oblivion –
STAGE 773 SHOWED OFF its newly renovated space on Sunday, Oct. 16 – and also gained two resident companies for the year. Congo Square Theatre Company,
Michael Weber’s fast-growing entertainment and corporate production company added public relations specialist Lauren Dewhirst, from major PR firm Edelman, as SVP/director of corporate communications.
And to better reflect the company’s strength,
Long before Nashville, Chicago was the country music capital of the world — thanks to The National Barn Dance, a popular radio show from Chicago that aired for
Chicago’s first Social Media Week – which will be held concurrently in 12 international cities Sept. 19-23 – offers 60 events and prominent speakers covering every conceivable aspect of
A chance meeting at a restaurant between two budding screenwriters 11 years ago led to more than love and an exchange of “I do’s” at the altar. It also resulted
A FIRST FOR THE REEL! After years of managing the Reel solo, I am delighted that industry pro Nancy Reid has joined the Reel as VP/development.
In that role, Nancy will
