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Meet Mrs. Maisel’s Marvelous Manager
One of The Great Believers: an interview with writer Rebecca Makkai
BY JULIE KEMP PICK DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
When Carole Dibo, founder of Actors Training Center (ATC) in Wilmette first heard that her client Rachel Brosnahan was auditioning for the role of a 1950s stand-up comedienne in the Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, she was more than surprised. Though ATC offers comedy workshops, Brosnahan had no comedy experience. Dibo told DailyNorthShore, “I literally called Rachel and said this is pretty funny, because you’re not that funny.” Dibo explained that when Brosnahan first auditioned she was sick with the flu, but that didn’t stop her from attaining the role of a lifetime. “Rachel’s a relentless investigator and she watched all of the old comediennes like Fanny Brice,” said Dibo. “Whatever she doesn’t know, she will learn — and she’s funny now. I don’t think there’s anything that woman can’t do.” Earlier this year, the 27-year-old, who grew up in Highland Park, won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, as well as a Critic’s Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Dibo was honored when Brosnahan thanked her during both acceptance speeches. Although the release date for the second season
Author Rebecca Makkai at the Lake Forest Library. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER BY GREGG SHAPIRO THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
If you’ve been waiting for the arrival of the best book of 2018, look no further than The
Great Believers (Viking, 2018), the new novel by Rebecca Makkai of Lake Forest. Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and Publishers’ Weekly, as well as an A- review in Entertainment Weekly, are not exaggerations. Makkai’s dazzling epic about the AIDS epidemic and
its impact on a group of friends in Chicago during the 1980s is insightful, sensitive, revelatory and nothing short of a tearjerker. I had Continued on PG 10
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