Steppenwolf Theatre Company celebrated its 34th season with GALA 2010: Choose to Believe on Saturday, May 8, 2010.  The evening began with a selection from Steppenwolf’s production of Endgame starring Ian Barford, Francis Guinan, Martha Lavey and William Peterson.  After a cocktail reception and dinner, guests enjoyed dancing and live music by Steppenwolf co-founder Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band.

Photographer, Kyle Flubacker has kindly shared a few of his outstanding photographs from the concert that evening.  Please enjoy viewing the photos and have a look at Kyle’s work at Lenspeak:Kyle Flubacker Photography.

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Thank you Kyle!

Since the USVAP fundraiser at Joe’s in April, Gary has been busy as usual.  A few loyal Gary fans and friends have graciously shared their photographs from various events, and despite our lag time getting the photos uploaded to the News page, we hope you enjoy them just the same:

With thanks to Glenda Cain, photographs taken of the Lt. Dan Band performance at the Steppenwolf Theatre Gala on April 19, 2009:

From Liz Wegman we have photographs of Gary and M*A*S*H’s Jamie Farr taken in May at the OIC warehouse. Thank you, Liz!

And saving the best for last ~ fantastic photographs from Virginia Hagin taken at the Lt. Dan Band show at Ft. Riley in May:

Thanks again to Glenda, Liz and Virginia for sharing their photographs!

Intrepid sinisefan Glenda attended last weekend’s Steppenwolf Golf Classic in the desert, and sent in some pictures to share:

Gary and Glenda!

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Thanks to the ever-faithful and diligent Glenda, we have some photos for you of the recent concerts at Joe’s in Chicago and the Steppenwolf gala.

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From Joe’s:

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The 4th Annual Steppenwolf Celebrity Golf Classic was held earlier this month in Indian Wells, California. Our as-ever faithful photographer Glenda was in attendance, and sent along photos of Gary and other celebrity participants.

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The Lt. Dan Band currently has the following dates scheduled:

• Saturday, March 10: 4th Annual Steppenwolf Celebrity Golf Classic (Indian Wells, CA)
• Friday & Saturday, March 30-31: Fallsview Casino Resort (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
• Saturday, April 28: House of Blues (Cleveland, OH)
• Thursday, May 3: Joe’s Bar (Chicago, IL) - Benefit for United States Vietnam Arts Program
• Saturday, May 5: Steppenwolf Theatre Gala (Chicago, IL)
• Saturday, July 21: Cantigny Park (Wheaton, IL) - details TBA

They are also planning a European USO tour for this summer.

Get out and see the LDB — you won’t be disappointed!

In a review of a current production of Sam Shepard’s play True West, the New York Times (free registration required) refers to the 1982 Steppenwolf production as “brilliant,” and notes: “The definitive production is of course the legendary 1982 revival starring then little-known actors Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. Who would possibly want to follow in these footsteps?”

(Here’s hoping the recorded version of that production will be released on DVD someday.)

The Washington Post has an article about Steppenwolf’s production of Love-Lies-Bleeding, which is in residence at the Kennedy Center this week.

Gary and the Lt. Dan Band performed at the closing night gala of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 3rd Annual Golf Classic taking place this weekend in and around Palm Springs. Stormy weather kept the golfers off the links, but it matter little - a poker tournament was set up instead.The opening night reception was hosted by film critic and Chicagoan, Roger Ebert. Also in attendance were Steppenwolf Theatre folks such as artistic director Martha Lavey and ensemble member Kevin Anderson. Other celebrities on hand for the weekend included Carmen Giovinazzo, Dick Butkus, Ken Howard, Andy Richter, Gordon Clapp, Robert Hays, Gregory Harrison, Kevin Sorbo, Richard Karn, Bruce McGill, and TV’s “24″ president, Greg Itzen.

In previous years, the golf classic has raised $1 million to support the theatre.

Read more about the weekend in this article special to The Desert Sun

* Gary Sinise will be performing with Kimo Williams in Los Angeles in July. For more details, visit the Kimotion web site.* This site has undergone major surgery! Let us know what you think by sending feedback.

* Exciting DVD news! At long last, A Midnight Clear will be released on DVD on June 4, 2002. We will post the pre-order link as soon as the title hits Amazon’s computers. On July 9, a director’s cut of Impostor will be released. Click here to pre-order.

* Gary will be filiming The Human Stain with Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins this spring. Visit the IMDB to learn more about the film. We will post more information when it becomes available.

* More cool news! Apollo 13 will be returning to an IMAX theater near you late this summer. Unlike previous screenings of theatrical films on IMAX screens, which simply blew up images projected from a conventional 35 mm negative, a new process has been developed that is said to yield much better results by converting the film’s negative to a 70 mm IMAX format. Those who have seen the results are reportedly quite impressed! The prospect of enjoying this wonderful movie in the theater again, much less in the fabulous widescreen format, is really something to look forward to.

* National Public Radio’s Fresh Air featured the 25th anniversary of Steppenwolf on September 20. To listen to the interview via Real Audio, go to Fresh Air’s search page and enter September 20, 2000 in the search box. Happy listening!

* We have extra copies of the Breakfast with Gary videotape. These can be ordered from the GWI page.

* The new book Steppenwolf at 25 is now available at Amazon.com.

* Buy Gary’s projects and support his fan club: Through an affiliate program with AMAZON.COM, you can purchase videos, laserdiscs and DVD’s of Gary’s projects and support Gary’s Web International at the same time.

* SAG Awards Photo: Susan Daley of the gsinise listserv has done a lovely page with screen captures from the Screen Actors’ Guild awards, at which Gary was honored for his work in George Wallace. You can find Susan’s page here; and please be sure to convey your appreciation to Susan for her hard work.