{"id":14969,"date":"2017-07-21T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=14969"},"modified":"2017-07-21T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T11:00:08","slug":"robservations-wttw-doc-spotlight-joffreys-nutcracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/07\/21\/robservations-wttw-doc-spotlight-joffreys-nutcracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: WTTW doc to spotlight Joffrey's \u2018The Nutcracker\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> The Joffrey Ballet \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d (Photo: Cheryl Mann)<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

Production is underway on \u201cThe Nutcracker Behind the Scenes,\u201d a one-hour documentary on The Joffrey Ballet\u2019s<\/a> new version of the holiday classic, to air later this year on WTTW-Channel 11<\/a> and public television stations nationwide. In addition to revealing how the production was remade in 2016 to incorporate Chicago\u2019s 1893 World\u2019s Columbian Exposition, the film will explore the history of the ballet and the city. Set to premiere in November, the documentary is being produced by Daniel Andries<\/strong> for the Window to the World Communications station. \u201cThe inaugural season of Christopher Wheeldon\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018The Nutcracker\u2019 was enjoyed by thousands in attendance at Chicago\u2019s Auditorium Theatre last winter,\u201d Joffrey artistic director Ashley Wheater<\/strong> said in a statement. \u201cFor those who experienced the magic \u2018live\u2019 and those unable, we\u2019re pleased to be able to share his labor of love with audiences all around Chicago and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kelly Davis<\/p><\/div>\n

New per diem reporter at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9<\/a> is Kelly Davis,<\/strong> just in from KMOV, the CBS affiliate in St. Louis, where she was a news anchor and reporter since 2015. A native of Glen Ellyn and a University of Iowa graduate, Davis previously worked in Louisville, Kentucky, and Cadillac, Michigan. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to officially announce I've joined Chicago's Very Own!!\u201d Davis wrote this week on Facebook.<\/a> \u201cReporting in my hometown is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tom Kent<\/p><\/div>\n

This weekend marks the long-delayed Chicago radio comeback of Tom Kent,<\/strong> whose Cleveland-based syndicated show will air from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturdays on Cumulus Media classic hits WLS FM 94.7.<\/a> First announced in February 2016, the debut of \u201cThe Ultimate Party with Tom Kent\u201d was postponed for technical reasons. Kent first hosted weekends and worked as a programming assistant at Top 40 WLS AM 890 in the early 1980s. He also was heard in syndication here on adult contemporary WLIT FM 93.9 and the former WWYW.<\/p>\n

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Mike Golic and Trey Wingo<\/p><\/div>\n

Listeners got a \u201csneak peek\u201d this week at \u201cGolic & Wingo,\u201d the new ESPN Radio morning show hosted by Mike Golic<\/strong> and Trey Wingo.<\/strong> It\u2019s set to launch officially November 27 on sports\/talk WMVP AM 1000 <\/a>and across ESPN Radio and ESPN2. The new show will replace \u201cMike & Mike,\u201d as Golic\u2019s longtime partner, Mike Greenberg,<\/strong> moves<\/a> to his own morning show on ESPN TV, starting January 1.<\/p>\n

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Peter Frost<\/p><\/div>\n

Peter Frost<\/strong> has resigned as a reporter for Crain\u2019s Chicago Business<\/a> to join Chicago-based mega-brewer MillerCoors as head of its external news operation. He joined Crain\u2019s in 2014 to cover the food and restaurant beat after three years as a business reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Calling Frost \u201ca top-flight journalist who has produced some amazing work,\u201d managing editor Ann Dwyer<\/strong> said: \u201cPeter has\u00a0been a joy to know and work with every day. We were sad to learn he\u2019ll be leaving us, but we\u2019re also excited to watch him embrace this new opportunity in a new field. We sincerely wish him all the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Robservations on the media beat: Production is underway on \u201cThe Nutcracker Behind the Scenes,\u201d a one-hour documentary on The Joffrey Ballet\u2019s new version of the holiday classic, to air later this year on WTTW-Channel 11 and public television stations nationwide. In addition to revealing how the production was remade in 2016 to incorporate Chicago\u2019s 1893... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14969"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14978,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14969\/revisions\/14978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}