Probably the most suspect decision of Hamer’s “Factotum” is to take Chinaski’s receipt of an acceptance slip for the publication of one of his short stories, an incident that occurs about a quarter of ...

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Sometime around his fourth “The Barber of Seville,” Chicago-based operatic baritone Will Liverman realized he’d been hounded by the same “nugget of an idea” for years. That idea was inspired by the ...

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Opera gets a dramatic remix by Lyric Opera of Chicago with the world premiere of the new soul opera The Factotum created by Will Liverman and DJ King Rico, presented at Chicago's Harris Theater for ...

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For weeks The Factotum has been sold out in Chicago at the Harris Theater. The opera is a historical first — a cast and creative team full of people of color and a DJ on stage with an 18-piece ...

Picturehouse has picked up North American rights to Bent Hamer’s “Factotum,” a dark comedy starring Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens and Marisa Tomei. Film premiered in Directors Fortnight at ...

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