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10 1 CHICAGO TRIBUNE SECTION 7 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY DECEMBER 30, 2001 INCtUOIIMQ i as PlPtRJALlFY EVUSTMCWtMITtl RFNAJSSAItCf PLACE tot 0u)Jli-fltU(577 EtmlMM'W-OliJ KM1 r'liUM'' 4J2 )99 "STi.iai ran sno raits rw4mfS0SWfaiiipwfMti nstrcif 1 imperii it wl, (4 1 ,4 I AMI "THE BEST FILM 03? THE YEAR! Ves Anderson possesses one of the freshest voices In American movie This masterful comedy belongs to Gene gives one of the most remarkable performances of his career.11 1 Tribune photo by Alex Garcia Sandy Shinner (from left), Dennis Zacek and Marcelle McVay guided Victory Gardens Theater to a Tony Award for the nation's best regional theater. ARTISTS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 ensembles. In the past few sigtJARRY 14 Hodgkins 7087444-FILM 1631 RAHOHURST II fW Mt Prospect 84444-FIUI 1568 RICE LAKE SQUARE Wwjlon 630444-FILM 1546 RIVER OAKS 1-10 Calumet City 708444-FILM 1624 IDROUND LAKE BEACH II Round Lake Beach 847546-4983 SEVEN BRIDGES Seven Budges 6307663-8875 SH0WPLACE II Crystal Lake 815455-1005 SOUTH BARRINGTON 30 Ml South Bamngtwi 847-765-7AMC mSTREETS OF WO0DFIELO Schaumhuig 847330-1017 mWOOORIDGE Woodndge 6307972-0800 7.0 Tn Royal Teiieiibaiuna' is a terrific film months alone, he has finessed the classical score of Wendell Logan and Paul Carter Harrison's "Doxology Opera," riffed freely in the Bebop Brass band, THE YEAR'S BEST that has to be seen 6M NOIITH MICHIGAN Chicago 312444-FILM 1572 mcinoimti4 Chicago 31274M-FIIMH650 CT62HD WESTERN Chicago 312444-FILM M28 mCHATHAM 14 Chicago 312444-fllM 629 OTF0R0 CITY 14 Chicago 312444-F1LM 567 miAWHOUE ID Chicago 312444-fllM 1630 4 LINCOLN VILLAGE 14 Chicago 3I2444-FIIM 1625 BliRNHAM PLAU Chicago 312922-1121 VILLAGE THEATRES Chicago 312642-2403 HCHICA60 HEIGHTS Chicago Heights 208747-0800 VILLAGE NORTH THEATRES Chicago N. 77364-91O0 CHICAGO RIDGE Chicago Ridge 708444-FILM 1532 m0DIS0N Addison 630932-0864 ARLINGTON THEATRES Arlington Heights 847483-0123 SLOOMINGOAlf COURT Bloomingdale 630b29-100O CANTERA 31 IMI WjirenvilO tsCOUNTRT CLUB HILLS Countrv Club Hills 312444-FILM 1679 CRESTWOOD CteslvMd 312444-FILM 1601 CROWN VILLAGE CROSSING II Skokie 847673-8486 EVANST0N CENTURY 1 Evanslon 847492-0123 GARDEN CINFKAS AT OLD ORCHARD Sk1ie444 7-IJ LAKE ZURICH 12 La-e 2uitch 845550-0000 LINCOLNSHIRE 20 IMIX Lincolnshire 84215-2690 MELROSE PARK Melrose Parti 7087138-1920 MERRILLVILU mi' Memllville 2197947-4072 NORRIDGE IWf Nomdge3l2444-nLMI5C3 N0RTHBRO0K COURT 14 Northbrooti S47444-FILM 1569 NORTH RIVERSIDE North Riverside 708444-FILM 1556 OAKBR00K Oak Brook 312444-FILM 1623 mORLAND PARK Orland Part 708873-1900 t.M 1 1 twice: first to bedazzled, then to be moved." kovie: also one of the most exciting," says Young, who's writing the music for his next CD and looking for a venue to perform once again "Beneath the Bronze Belt" (the Museum of Contemporary Art would be an ideal setting). "All of sudden, the music I had been playing in private became very public, and that took some getting used to.

It has been an incredible turning point." Howard Reich Dennis Zacek Marcelle McVay Sandy Shinner Leaders of Victory Gardens Theater What inspires him (Zacek, artistic director): "Living and working here, in this vibrant commu swung the trumpet part in Ernest Khabeer Dawkins' Engle-wood Community Jazz Band, and elegantly dispatched Daniel Tucker's sleek new fanfare for the Chicago Humanities Festi ft An unqualified masterpiece. rri "Hilarious! One of the year's 10 best!" DltlUL 3 Sofry, No Passes, Coupons, I P. or Group Activity Tickets Accepted Check Theater Directories f(K Showttmes "The Oscar race has begun!" val. In so doing, Young has taken full advantage of the city's stylistically rich musical scene while becoming an important part of it. "Talk about growing pains this has been one of the more turbulent years of my life, but Two thumbs upP ill II "THE FILM OP THE YEAR." I 1 Danny Gene Anjelica Bill Gvyneth Ben LuJe Oven GLOVES HACKKAK KIKUY RWTKW STILLER vSn WUJOM Mm II II asp TOUCHSTONE PICTURES ram an AMERICAN EMPIRICAL PICTURE THE ROYAL TENENBAUMT DANNY GLOVER GENEHACKMAN ANJELICA HUSTON BILL MURRAY GWYNETHPALTROW BEN STILLER LUKE WILSON OWEN WILSON mimitMARKMOTHERSBAUGH execium pucoucek RUDD SIMMONS OWEN WILSON woocfBBv WES ANDERSON BARRY MENDEL SCOTT RUDIN wuntN WES ANDERSON i OWEN TOON la Golden Globe Award Nominee "BEST ACTOR uKEVIN SPACEY i ii -i OKOID Br WES ANDERSON mm www.rayaltenentjaumscom Umchstone Pictures OntMUIIODUWtniAntTLMtPKimmm KTLK1 ten imama.

nity, in what Mayor Daley calls the great City of Chicago, is what inspires me. What inspires her (McVay, managing director): "The artists and the audiences, and the joy of bringing them together." What inspires her (Shinner, associate artistic director): "The collaboration with our talented actors, writers and designers, and then bringing their work to thestageso that audiences can be excited, moved and challenged by a new play." When the phone call came in early May, Marcelle McVay remembers, "It was a total surprise. I mean it was total. Total! Unbelievable! We were standing around shrieking with excitement." The call had come from the administrators of the Tony Awards, who this year picked Victory Gardens Theater, where McVay is managing director, as recipient of its annual award for an outstanding regional theater in the United States. One month later, McVay, plus the theater's artistic director (and her husband) Dennis Zacek and associ NSW FLAYIK3 (AND COHTIKUIHG) PIPERS ALLEY aLAKE OQIWRBY14 SOUTH BARAIKCTOH 30 CBitajN Oak Park 708444-FILM 560 Hodokins 706444-flLM 631 So bamnnlon S47765-7AMC CANTERA30 LINCOLNSHIRE 20 RENAISSANCE PUCE STREETS OF VfOOQFIELD Warianwlle S47765-7AMC LmcWtishiri 847215-2690 Hqnland Park 647432-99S9 Schjumoorj 847444-HLM 627 OEVANSTON CINtjARTS I CMARCUS CINEMA 5H0WPLACE 16 OVORKTOWN tvjnslon8474S2-OI23 Orland Park OM3-1 900 Ciysial Utt61i55-1005 loniHro 630444-FILM (575 MowMwiKiiniw tfcfjTirf "Ml nmtmmvemm STARTS Fr.JCAY, JAM'ASY 4, AT THESE ADDITIONAL THEATRES MOR.

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PnS4cl M77444-FUI fitl SOUTH aullUmiilliMi Iti-IUtt wrights, which is our mission and our inspiration." For McVay and Zacek, who STREETS OF WMFIEtD EVAHSTOH CEBTUHY 12 EiunaaUWi-tia 0' have been together and in charge at Victory Gardens for a fclMMHI U74)-flkJt ln Y0RXT0WH 18 Lniailal4WFIUIK7S till Untl (I at) itiamW.flLtS!7 LIMCOLHEH'HE 20 UtctlBttiitUirTIIM flftttOT it fa AC litVliliUMlflHi Crystal Jshn titp PIXAR Lm Ml W4k Lb. faWy Lrfl From the Academy Award-Winning Creators of ffirrn 7 rliHk'i quarter-century, the award was especially sweet, since just last year they had gone through a brief but intense period in which their board had considered hiring a new administrator who would have had ultimate authority in all management decisions. That crisis passed, and the Victory Gardens mission, which is the nurturing of a group of resident playwrights, was preserved and strengthened. Since receiving the the theater at 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.

has counted more than 5,000 subscribers to its season of plays for the first time in its 27-year history; and late in the year, the staff and board members began what Zacek describes as "serious discussions" about buying the old Biograph movie house, a few blocks north at 2433 N. Lincoln and converting it into a new performing arts center for Victory Gardens. Those discussions should come to a head next year. But for now, Zacek, McVay and Shinner can look back on a miraculous year for them and for their theater. "Thinking about it now," McVay says, "it still seems totally wonderful." Richard Christiansen i 'v.

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