Summary Algren's backstreet poetry and gritty tales of Chicago interweave with the pulse of a live, onstage jazz combo in this intimate portrait of one of Chicago's most enduring literary figures. Performed against a background of grainy 16mm films, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day invites you to meet Algren, the people he chronicled, and shuffle the streets of Chicago in his shoes. Jeff-nominated Ensemble Member Thomas J. Cox plays role of Algren, giving us an incomparable window into Algren's rhythmic, comic, sensual vision of his beloved city. View more details
Directed : John Musial
Written : Nelson Algren John Musial
Stars : Thomas J. Cox Art Shay Studs Terkel
Genres : Biography
Release date : Nov 28, 2001
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : WTTW
Summary Algren's backstreet poetry and gritty tales of Chicago interweave with the pulse of a live, onstage jazz combo in this intimate portrait of one of Chicago's most enduring literary figures. Performed against a background of grainy 16mm films, Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day invites you to meet Algren, the people he chronicled, and shuffle the streets of Chicago in his shoes. Jeff-nominated Ensemble Member Thomas J. Cox plays role of Algren, giving us an incomparable window into Algren's rhythmic, comic, sensual vision of his beloved city. View more details
Genres : Biography
Release date : Nov 28, 2001
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : WTTW
