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Chicago – The great and lofty Steppenwolf Theatre of Chicago has brought the current political season right on target with “Potus: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” now extended through December 10th. Click Potus.

Play Rating: 5.0/5.0

It’s just another day at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When a White House PR nightmare spins into a legit sh*tshow, seven brilliant and beleaguered women must risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. The story of Potus expresses the crisis through the lens of sex, politics and the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world. Who knew that global crisis is always just a four-letter word away?

Extended Through December 10: At the Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago

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Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review of “Potus” …

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Chicago P.D. fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 10 Episode 22 episode titled A Better Place!

Find out everything you need to know about the A Better Place episode of Chicago P.D., including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

Chicago P.D. A Better Place Season 10 Episode 22 Preview

In “A Better Place,” the tension mounts as Richard Beck’s timeline for a deadly attack moves up, causing Samantha (Caroline Neff) to panic. As the clock ticks down, Detective Adam Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) and the rest of the Intelligence Unit must scramble to prevent a disaster of unthinkable proportions.

The ensemble cast, led by Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), is sure to deliver captivating performances as they navigate the high-stakes situation. The team, including Detective Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer), Officer Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati), Detective Kevin...

A couple months ago, Showtime released a teaser trailer for their television series version of Let the Right One In, the premiere episode of which will be available streaming and on demand for all Showtime subscribers as of Friday, October 7th. The show will then makes it on-air debut on Sunday, October 9th at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. With the show’s premiere now less than a month away, a full trailer for Let the Right One In has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above!

Based on the John Ajvide Lindqvist novel (buy it Here), which previously served as the inspiration for a 2008 Swedish film directed by Tomas Alfredson (watch that Here) and a 2010 English-language film directed by Matt Reeves (watch that one Here), Let the Right One In centers on

Mark and his 12-year-old daughter, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when...

More casting news for Showtime’s “Let the Right One In” series has been announced by Deadline today, with Jimmie Saito (Sweetbitter), Josh Wingate (Priest) and Caroline Neff (Chicago P.D.) signing on for “heavily recurring roles” in the upcoming vampire series. The series is of course based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel, which became Swedish movie Let the Right […]

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Exclusive: Jimmie Saito (Sweetbitter), Josh Wingate (Priest) and Caroline Neff (Chicago P.D.) are set for heavily recurring roles in Showtime’s Let The Right One In. Demián Bichir stars in the vampire drama series which hails from Away creator Andrew Hinderaker, who serves as showrunner; Seith Mann, who directed the pilot and additional episodes; and Tomorrow Studios. Aniki Noni Rose, Grace Gummer, Madison Taylor Baez, Kevin Carroll, Nick Stahl, Ian Foreman and Jacob Buster also star.

Inspired by the bestselling 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist and its 2008 Swedish film adaptation, the series is described as an exploration of human frailty, strength and compassion through an elevated genre lens. It centers on Mark (Bichir) and his daughter Eleanor (Baez), whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night,...

Steppenwolf Theatre’s Ian Barford will reprise his starring role in Tracy Letts’ Broadway-bound Linda Vista along with most of the cast from the play’s West Coast premiere in January 2019 at the Mark Taper Forum.

Linda Vista will begin previews Sept. 19 for a strictly limited eight-week engagement at Broadway’s Hayes Theater. Opening night is Oct. 10.

In addition to Barford, who plays the lead character Wheeler, the Broadway staging, directed by Dexter Bullard, will feature Sally Murphy, Caroline Neff, Chantal Thuy, Jim True-Frost, Cora Vander Broek and Troy West. All but Thuy and True-Frost are reprising their roles from the L.A. production and an earlier Chicago staging. (Barford and Neff are pictured above in the Chicago staging.)

Casting for the Second Stage Theater presentation of Steppenwolf’s production was announced today by Second Stage’s Carole Rothman, president and artistic director, and exec director Casey Reitz.

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Sometimes a good meal is the perfect setting for love stories. Shot on location in some of the top restaurants in Chicago (Longman & Eagle and Publican) and Paris (Bistrot Paul Bert and Au Bon Accueil), the new film “Open Tables” explores true love over the course of delicious main courses.

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The film follows couple Sam and Kate (Keith Kupferer and Kate Duffy), who host a group of friends for dinner in the hopes that sparks will fly between Kate’s younger sister Cassie (Caroline Neff) and their friend Ryan (writer/director Jack C. Newell). They’re joined by seemingly perfect couple Jon (Desmin Borges) and Dana (Colleen Doyle) and soon the conversation opens up about love, loss and regret. The film also co-stars David Pasquesi (“Veep”) and Joel Murray (“Mad Men”). Watch an...

Chicago – Local filmmaking has always gotten a boost through director Jack C. Newell. His 2015 film “Open Tables,” shot in Chicago and Paris, will get it’s digital release on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016, on iTunes and Video-On-Demand. This coincides with his art project “The Wabash Lights,” and his continued production work.

“Open Tables” features couples and groups meeting in restaurants, talking about their lives and relationships. Although the centerpiece is food, the meal is the conversation, including a story about a sojourn into Paris – shot in black and white. Newell directed the film in the improvisation style rooted in the Chicago comedy scene, much like his first narrative film, “Close Quarters,” which featured many local improvisation artists. He also takes on the lead role as Ryan, who defines himself through the adventure in Paris. The film explores and provides perspective on the elusiveness of relationships.

Jack C. Newell in a Scene...

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 41st season with the Steppenwolf-commissioned world premiere production of Erika Sheffer's The Fundamentals, directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov, who also directed Sheffer's Russian Transport at Steppenwolf in 2014. The cast features ensemble membersAlana Arenas Millie, Caroline Neff Stellan and Alan Wilder Abe with Audrey Francis Eliza and Armando Riesco Lorenzo. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

Chicago audiences depart for the country's western edge to experience the reality of the modern-day American dream in the world premiere of Mona Mansour's funny and insightful new play, The Way West, at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Ensemble member Amy Morton is at the helm following her Tony Award-nominated portrayal of Martha in Steppenwolf's production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Broadway. The cast of six features Ira Amyx, ensemble member Martha Lavey, Caroline Neff, Deirdre O'Connell,Zoe Perry and Gabe Ruiz. The Way West begins previews April 3, 2014 opening night is April 13 press performances are April 12 at 3pm and April 15 at 730pm and runs through June 8, 2014 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre 1650 N Halsted St. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast and creative team in rehearsal below...

Chicago – You know you’re on a Jack C. Newell film set when his producer, Steve Tobiasz, offers you the best empanada you’ve ever eaten, from the Gourmet Food Truck that is crucial to the upcoming scene. “Open Tables” is director Jack C. Newell’s second feature film, coming in right after 2012’s “Close Quarters.”

The shot-in-Chicago movies are provocative in Newell’s style of direction. They both feature top Chicago improvisation talent – including T.J. Jagodowski, Dave Pasquesi, Susan Messing and in “Open Tables,” Joel Murray – and they both use the style of interpretive improv rather than a fixed dialogue script. Newell began his film career in 2004 with his directorial short film debut, “When Sara Looks Up,” and made TV movies and six other shorts before completing “Close Quarters” in 2012.

On Set with Director Jack C. Newell (right) for ‘Open Tables’

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