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Meryl & Julia Kick Off Oscar Season With 'August: Osage County'

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
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Proof it's never too early for Oscar season: This week, trailers for "Captain Phillips," "Gravity" and, now, "August: Osage County" were released, tru...

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Movie Review: Killer Joe

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.24.2012 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

In a summer of movies made of bombastic special effects and obvious action, Killer Joe still has the ability to surprise by keeping it down and dirty -- though you'll need a strong stomach to make it to the end.

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Party Like Its 2010! Meryl Streep And Julia Roberts Team For 'August: Osage County'

Posted 04.17.2012 | Entertainment
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Back in October of 2010, the Internet was abuzz with news that Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts would join forces to bring "August: Osage County" to the...

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Putting the Eat in Theatre

Bess Rowen | Posted 01.18.2012 | Arts
Read More: Theatre, Food, Theater, Thanksgiving, August: Osage County, Dinner Scene, Tracy Letts, The Rituals of Dinner, Arts News
Bess Rowen

It's that time of year again. Thanksgiving is almost upon us, and as I thought about an appropriate and timely topic for this week, I kept coming back to the function of food in theatre.

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Live from Toronto Film Festival: Wednesday 9.14.11

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.15.2011 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

Given the size of the Toronto Film Festival and the goals I have when I'm here (primarily to see movies that will be released so I can bank reviews fo...

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WATCH: 'The Good Wife' Picks On Steppenwolf, Weirdly

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Steppenwolf Theater Company is a Tony Award-winning company that helped launch the careers of Gary Sinise, John Malkovich and countless others. The Ch...

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They Are Women, Hear Them Roar

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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George Heymont

I was intrigued by Symmetry Theatre's claim that fewer good roles are written for women, I found myself wondering if people might not be aware of the variety of plays that do indeed have meaty roles for female characters.

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"August: Osage County" Playwright Tracy Letts on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Broadway Looks at Racism in the Obama Era

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: E. Y. Harburg, Shrek, Broadway Plays and Musicals, South Pacific, Hamlet, Barack Obama Influence, Oscar Hammerstein, Finian's Rainbow, Memphis, Avenue Q, West Side Story, Jude Law, Race, After Miss Julie, August: Osage County, E.L. Doctorow, Burton Lane, Hair, Racism, In the Heights, Patrick Marber, Tracy Letts, David Mamet, Superior Donuts, Ragtime, New York News
David Finkle

Of the 35 productions running or opening shortly -- including Hamlet and Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie -- at least 10 offerings have a rainbow-coalition hue.

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August: Osage Country: Southern Gothic Soap Sitcom Theatre

Brad Schreiber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Brad Schreiber

One wonders if there is some theatre ordinance that requires every Southern-themed play in this country to deal with incest. It is as if the fear of boring the audience has been taken to the zenith of tawdry complication.

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CJ Meets Oprah and Doubts Her

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Christian Nwachukwu, Jr.

This year alone, Oprah Winfrey has poured millions into schools on the South Side of Chicago; in Atlanta; and in New Jersey. She's remained almost entirely mum about the money.

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"August: Osage County" Reaches Its Final Curtain

New York Times | Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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The fictional Weston clan of Tracy Letts's Broadway play, "August: Osage County," may have survived three incarnations of its vicious matriarch, Viole...

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Tony Nominees Announced: From Xanadu To Passing Strange

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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NEW YORK — "In the Heights," the little barrio musical that brought a fresh salsa and hip-hop beat to Broadway, dominated the 2008 Tony Award no...

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Stage Door: Theater Reviews

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Fern Siegel

The first must-see, which may come to be regarded as a modern classic, is August: Osage County. Think Edward Albee meets Eugene O'Neill by way of black comedy.

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