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Autumn 2018
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Clef N tes
Chicagoland Journal for the Arts
The
Guide
HOME FIELD
ADVANTAGE
Chicago Actor Phil
Donlon suits up for
his Gene Siskel Film
Center debut in High and
Outside.
We've got your guide to the exciting
new fine and performing arts
season in Chicago!
50 Years
of the
HARRY
WHO?
BALANCING
ACT
Ephrat Asherie's
hybridized urban dance
opens a new season
for the Dance Center at
Columbia College
Above & On the Cover: Chicago
actor Phil Donlon (photos by David
Zaugh).
10 Luminary: Q&A with Actor Phil Donlon
Oscar Peterson sits down with the Chicago actor, writer and director as he sets to unveil
his latest role, a down-and-out minor leaguer desperately looking to hold on to his last
shot. High and Outside gets its Chicago premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center this
fall.
16 Shall We Dance?: Poetic License
Preview of the 2018 remount of Julia Rhoads and Lucky Plus Production's hit dance-
theater work, The Better Half, a fluid distillation of complex themes from the 1944 noir
film classic, Gaslight, on stage at Steppenwolf Theatre's LookOut series this fall.
20 Curator's Corner: 50 Years of Harry Who
The Art Institute of Chicago unveils a new exhibition exploring the work and impact of
six now iconic Chicago artists who, in the late '60s, sought to mix things up a bit with
an innovative series of bold exhibitions they called Harry Who.
58 Preview: Familiar Territory
Acclaimed director Christopher Luscombe returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater
to direct the Chicago premiere o f the London, West End sensation, Nell Gwynn. A
hilarious musical comedy about a young, sly girl who had what it took to capture hearts
in Restoration England, including that of its very married king.
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