CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy

Artistic Director Gracie Valdez and Aerial Strap Artist Benjamin Courtenay join the conversation in the rehearsal tent for an inside look at Cirque Du Soleil's LUZIA: A Waking Dream of Mexico during …

Co-founder and Artistic Director Harmony France joins the conversation to discuss Chicago's new Equity company, Firebrand Theatre, the first musical theatre company committed to employing and empower…

Comedian Tom Dreesen joins the conversation to talk about 48 years in show business and counting, including 14 years on tour with Frank Sinatra and over 60 appearances on the Tonight Show. 

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Shattered Globe’s Producing Artistic Director Sandy Shinner joined the conversation to talk about her career, True West and what’s ahead.

Season 1 Episode 8 | Originally published August 24, 2016

As successful social media entrepreneurs, bloggers and cook book authors, Kit Graham and Jocelyn Delk Adams, know a thing or two about “likes” and “followers.” Both joined the conversation to discuss…

Sheldon Patinkin helped shape the Chicago comedy and theater scene as a writer, performer and director starting in the 1950s. He joined the conversation in 2013 to discuss his wide-ranging career, th…

Long-time Chicago playwright and actor James Sherman sat down for a conversation at the Skokie Theatre to discuss his production The Ben Hecht Show. 

Originally published June 29, 2016 | Season 1 Epi…

Actor Randall Newsome joins the conversation in advance of the opening of Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! at Goodman Theatre to discuss O'Neill's work, his career and the unique skills he developed …

Lookinglass co-founder and director David Catlin, adapted the high-flying, critically-acclaimed stage version of the Herman Melville classic Moby Dick in 2015. With the show now returning to Chicago …

Ron Keaton, producer, actor and writer of the acclaimed Churchill one-man show was our first guest for Conversations with Ed Tracy at the Skokie Theatre. Ron discussed his long-time acting career, fu…

John Zukowsky, Lee Bey and Rolf Achilles joined the conversation at the national launch of Building Chicago to discuss the evolving landscape of Chicago architecture in the 20th century. 

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Bestselling author Steve Hamilton joins the conversation this week to discuss his new book in the Nick Mason series, Exit Strategy, the upcoming Lionsgate film project to be filmed in Chicago and wha…

Actor and singer Evan Tyrone Martin joined the conversation to discuss his title role in the smash hit production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Paramount Theatre. 

Season 2 Episode 17 | Originally…

Actor and educator Kathleen Ruhl joined the conversation to discuss a Chicago theatrical career that spans five decades and the role that her daughter, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee,…

Paul Becker, the fourth generation in his family to make Becker violins and cellos, joined the conversation to talk about the extraordinary precision required in making Becker instruments and his fam…

Actor and comedian Ed Kross joined the conversation to give an inside look on his career that has spanned improv on a cruise ship, theatre all over Chicago, a couple of high-profile film turns with T…