“The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater.” WantShowsWifeGoes OnTheaterMy WifeChicagoDowntown Author:William Petersen
“I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it.” ThinkingFilmCommunityTalentNew YorkTvsIntegrityTheaterChicagoBroadwayRivalsRaw Talent Author:Nick Offerman
“I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat and also in Kabuki dance and Kabuki theater.” FightingStageSceneTheaterChicagoCombatChoreographers Author:Nick Offerman
“Theater in Chicago will always be my first love.” FirstsTheaterChicagoFirst Love Author:William Petersen
“When I was in college my improvisation troupe and I did a road trip to Chicago, and went to The Second City to see the classic 'Paradigm Lost' revue - with Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Scott Adsit and Kevin Dorff. It blew my mind, and proved to me you can do sketch comedy like you're doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night.' We could treat it like theater.” MindLongNightLostCan DoCitiesComedyJourneyCollegeLike YouTreatsTheaterClassicChicagoParadigmImprovisationKevinRoad TripLong DayFeySketch ComedySecond CityTroupe Author:Mike Birbiglia
“The thing I learned is that the work is getting done by people who dig in and work on a particular project: the people who spend 20 years sustaining a theater for black teenagers in Chicago; the people who reintroduce sticklebacks into Strawberry Creek in Berkeley and then wait patiently for the first egrets to show up.” PeopleYearsFirstsDoneShowsWaitingBlackParticularProjectsTheaterTeenagerChicagoSustainingStrawberriesCreeksBerkeley Author:Robert Hass
“I always honestly dreamed of coming to Second City in Chicago, although I've never even been there to see a show. But I did a ton of sketch comedy at the Second City in LA, which (at the time, in a different location) wasn't really a theater, it was just a space where you took some classes.” DifferentShowsSpaceCitiesClassComedyTheaterHonestlyChicagoLocationSketch ComedySecond City Author:Simon Helberg
“You have to pay so much to see theater, even in Chicago. In the Greek theater, you didn't have to pay anything. You actually had to go, and you just sat there all day.” PayTheaterGreekSatChicago Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“Chicago theater vs. New York theater. There's just nothing to say about it really. If you've seen Chicago theater, you know that the work is true to what is there on the page. It's not trying to present itself with some sort of flashy, concept-based thing. It's about the work, and it's about the acting you're about to watch. So acting-based theater feels like it was born there to me.” IfsKnowsFeelsTryingBornActingWatchesNew YorkPagesConceptsTheaterChicagoFlashy Author:Terry Kinney
“Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it.” WellsSchoolLinesDesignTheaterChicagoCostumes Author:John Malkovich
“I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'” Growing UpGrowingCollegeTheaterMusicalChicago Author:Sarah Shahi
“I've been to Chicago a lot - it's one of my favorite places. My wife is from Chicago, and I worked in the theater there a lot.” WifeTheaterMy FavoriteMy WifeChicagoFavorite Places Author:Christopher Walken