Sheldon Patinkin Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Performances and Displays Highlight Manifest Arts Festival May 12

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The 2023 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s student-powered Manifest Arts Festival takes place Friday, May 12, to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2022-23 school year, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proudly participating, with...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joseph Sikora Speaks to Students

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, visited the college on October 18 for a “fireside chat” in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. and Columbia College Alumni Network Host Alumnus Joseph Sikora for Oct. 18 Event

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly hosts alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, for a “fireside chat” on Tuesday, October 18, from 5:30 to 6:30 PM in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of...
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(VIDEO) Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs!

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department wishes a happy birthday to actor-playwright-songwriter Jim Jacobs HDR ’14, coauthor of the hit musical Grease and benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College, who turns 80 on October 7,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Honors Longtime Chair Sheldon Patinkin with Aug. 25 Event Celebrating His Birthday

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Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department fondly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime chair of the Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — who was born August...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Anna D. Shapiro Directs Elton John’s New Musical ‘The Devil Wears Prada’; World Premiere in Chicago July 19-Aug. 21 Precedes Broadway Run

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, directs the world premiere of the Broadway-bound new musical The Devil Wears Prada by composer Elton John, lyricist Shaina Taub, and playwright Paul Rudnick. The show, based...
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(VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Columbia College Chicago Music Department in 1965, was born in Chicago on June...
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(VIDEO) ‘Tell Me More, Tell Me More’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Salutes the 50th Anniversary of the Born-in-Chicago Broadway Hit ‘Grease’

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates Columbia College Honorary Doctorate of Arts recipient Jim Jacobs HDR ’14 — co-author of the born-in-Chicago hit musical Grease — on the 50th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Grease in...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Former Faculty Member Estelle Spector

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of longtime faculty member Estelle Goodman Spector, who passed away quietly at her home in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on May 7, 2022. She was 91. Estelle‘s funeral service, though...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Comedy Studies Teacher Featured in ‘Inventing Improv’ Documentary

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate professor Anne Libera, director of the Theatre Department’s B.A. Program in Comedy Writing and Performance, is featured in Inventing Improv, a new documentary produced by television station WTTW, Chicago’s Public Broadcasting Service outlet....
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