24.11.2008 Reviews, Theater 3 Comments

Recession-busting laughs on the menu

“Don’t Dress for Dinner”: Recession-busting laughs on the menu
The good times are back at the Royal George Theatre. Just as they appear to be collapsing everywhere else.
I wouldn’t claim that the terrific new commercial production of the Marc Camoletti farce “Don’t Dress for Dinner” qualifies as an economic stimulus package, unless you happen to own [...]

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14.11.2008 Interview, Theater 4 Comments

Fame finds Jeffrey Donovan

The star of USA Network’s popular Miami-set series Burn Notice, about “burned” secret agent Michael Westen, Jeffrey Donovan has left sunny Florida for a wintry Chicago run of the play Don’t Dress for Dinner. Meanwhile, he’s starring opposite Angelina Jolie in Changeling. We sat down with him at the Royal George Theatre.
You’ve said, “I don’t [...]

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14.11.2008 Theater 2 Comments

Donovan Stars in Don’t Dress for Dinner

Producers in Chicago are hoping that lightning will strike twice, commercially speaking, with the revival of a sex farce by Marc Camelotti. His Boeing-Boeing is a London and Broadway hit, and on Nov. 14 his Don’t Dress for Dinner makes its Chicago debut.
The star-spiked cast, under the direction of John Tillinger, includes Patricia Kalember, of [...]

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