At the height of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Ava Gardner dazzled audiences on screen while navigating a turbulent personal life off it. Now, her private reflections with journalist Peter Evans are being brought to the stage in AVA: The Secret Conversations, starring Elizabeth McGovern of Downton Abbey fame and Aaron Costa Ganis. The acclaimed play, after runs in New York and Los Angeles, is making its Chicago debut — and the stars join us to share why Gardner’s voice still resonates today.

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