The “Downton Abbey” actor relishes telling the story of golden age Hollywood star Ava Gardner in a play she wrote herself: ...

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Due to popular demand, an additional week of performances has been added for the Canadian premiere of Ava: The Secret Conversations, written by and starring Elizabeth McGovern as Hollywood’s original ...

This Trumpian moment recalls the industry's infamous blacklist era. Fittingly, Jane Fonda has resurrected the Committee for the First Amendment.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Ava: The Secret Conversations" is a hit at the Studebaker Theater. It's about a screen legend whose real life was as thrilling as the movies she starred in. Elizabeth McGovern plays ...

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Fans of Elizabeth McGovern who find their way to the Studebaker Theater merely out of a desire to see a star of the TV and movie franchise “Downton Abbey,” live and in person in Chicago, likely will ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Ava: The Secret Conversations" just opened to rave reviews, starring Elizabeth McGovern at the Studebaker Theater. The Evanston native plays one of the most compelling women to ever ...

The “Downton Abbey” actress is picking up the pen and writing the roles she wants to play. First up: the sultry star from Hollywood’s Golden era. In the late 1980s, a larger-than-life movie star from ...

Texas tycoon Howard Hughes was a mythic 20th-century figure, so it makes sense that he would venture into the myth-making world of Hollywood. The entrepreneur, aviator and eccentric is the subject of ...

Actress and Evanston native Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” “Ordinary People”) channels screen legend Ava Gardner in “Ava: The Secret Conversations,” written by ...