Performing Arts
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On stageOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Midsummer' at NWRT Like she did with last season's "Hamlet Remix'd," director Jean Gottlieb puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's romantic romp "A Midsummer Night's...
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First Folio's disjointed 'Dracula' can't decide how to play itOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Passion of Dracula" incorporates a little bit of everything and not enough of one thing, which is a roundabout way of saying that Bob Hall and David Richmond's play...
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From Madame Morrible to 'Mame'Oct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Barbara Robertson, one of the mainstays of the Chicago theater scene, is going to play one of the great female roles in American music theater: the unstoppable auntie in...
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A contemporary 'Midsummer' at NWRTOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Like she did with last season's "Hamlet Remix'd," director Jean Gottlieb puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's romantic romp, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at New Worl...
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Cartoonish 'All Shook Up' sanitizes the sex, swagger of rock 'n' rollOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Marriott Theatre's "All Shook Up" almost has it all. The entire cast is energetic and super-talented, Marc Robin's choreography and direction is peppy, and the productio...
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Barrington drummer in Goodman's orchestraOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Barrington-based drummer Billy Shaffer has spent his career playing for various rock, country and swing bands, including a stint playing drums with the Jump 'N the Saddl...
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Hypocrites reinvent classic 'Our Town'Oct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "Once in a thousand times it's interesting." Thornton Wilder's Stage Manager utters those words at the end of the second act of "Our Town" while presiding over the wedd...
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Steppenwolf brings a sort of clarity to Murakami's 'Kafka on the Shore'Sep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - No doubt about it: When a play or movie is based on a book, the new work should be able to stand on its own, whether or not it attempts to be faithful to the original te...
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New and notable on stageSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Scary tale Maintaining the tradition it established several years ago with its seasonally appropriate "The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe," First Folio Theatre opens its 200...
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In short, 'Sleuth' worth seeingSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Theater lovers pressed for time will be glad to know this review of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's "Sleuth" won't take long to read. Not because the Glen Ellyn company's pro...