Barbra Streisand Retrospective?
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One snag, however, is Kutza’s inability to nab the Chicago Theatre for opening-night festivities. A Chicago Theatre gala would give Kutza more than 3,600 opening-night tickets to sell to Streisand fans, but the theater is booked that week for a stage musical, and at the moment it appears Kutza may have to fall back on a smaller spot such as the Fine Arts, which would mean a sharp drop in ticket revenue. With the addition of the film festival retrospective, the fall promises to be a busy time for Streisand, whose newest film, Prince of Tides, is tentatively scheduled for release by Columbia Pictures on September 13. Streisand’s latest record release, a multidisc compilation of previously unreleased material titled Just for the Record, also is scheduled for a fall release on Columbia Records.
The Tragedy of Adult Illiteracy
The future of the Body Politic Theatre is expected to be a topic of debate at the regular monthly meeting of the theater’s board of directors on Monday. Concern about the general condition of the organization, one of the city’s oldest not-for-profit theater companies, has intensified in recent weeks along with discussion of producing director Nan Charbonneau’s tenure and the board of directors’ involvement in the theater company’s management. “The whole state of the theater is up for discussion,” says one ensemble member with close ties to the board.
Warning: Contains Graphic Depictions of Feminine Independence
