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 411 Seven Days in Chicago
"Real" Funny
Sexual tension, fighting, drama and…improv? MTV’s "The Real World" usually features plenty of the former three, but this season, they’re
bringing in founder of iO Charna Halpern to help teach the cast how to entertain, while at the same time teaching them how to work and live together. "There was a portion of time where I thought it wouldn’t be good," says Halpern. "I kept thinking ‘What if I fail?’ But I think I pulled it off." Halpern’s first appearance on "The Real World" will air Wednesday, April 30, and she will be seeing herself on the show for the first time with an audience, as the Chicago iO will host a viewing party at 8pm. Halpern says most of the cast really enjoyed the experience and were "good kids," but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t any drama. "I had to talk to them a few times," says Halpern. "One guy didn’t show up for a mandatory performance, and I told him that if he wanted to make it, he had to want it crazy-bad like the greats do." Halpern continues, "I remember that night the director called me and said, ‘I got to hand it to you, that was amazing.’"
Dual Roles
On Friday, May 9, opera history will be made for the city of Chicago.
Millennium Park, in conjunction with the Harris Theater and the Chicago
Opera Theater, will simulcast one of the most famous operas of all time,
"Don Giovanni," from the Harris Theater to the large screen at Jay Pritzker
Pavilion. Brian Dickie, the general director at the Chicago Opera Theater,
hopes to bring in new fans who may have never bared witness to an opera
before. "There will be a proportionate amount of people coming in just
because it’s free and there at Millennium Park," Dickie says. "I would
hope that some may be so thrilled that they become opera lovers forever."
For those worried about seeing their first opera on the big screen instead
of on stage, the Harris Theater and Jay Pritzker Pavilion share the same
backstage, so there will be a curtain call for both crowds. Dickie also
says their crew and director have enough experience to make it look almost
as good. "Opera translates quite well to the screen I would say," Dickie says. "It’s obviously no substitute for seeing one in person, but it is
still very exciting."
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