Performing Arts
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'Flowering' magicalMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Opera Theater's "A Flowering Tree" elegantly conjures up all sorts of storytelling magic for an ancient tale of love and redemption. This Midwest premiere is not...
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'Macbeth' actor got theater bug locallyMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Palatine native Nick Mikula, who stars as Malcolm in the production of "Macbeth" at the Atheneum in Chicago, got the theater bug as a freshman at William Fremd High Scho...
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'In the Heights' heads list of 2008 Tony nominees
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- "In the Heights," a lively snapshot of Latino life in Upper Manhattan, received 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, more than any other show. A lush, lavish r...
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater wins regional theater Tony Award
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'Osage County' gets 7 Tony nominationsMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The folks at Steppenwolf Theatre had to figure their chances of earning Tony Award nominations for the much-heralded dysfunctional family drama "August: Osage County" we...
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Brilliant 'Osage County' uncomfortably realMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Originally published Friday, July 13, 2007. "All happy families are alike," wrote Leo Tolstoy in his introduction to "Anna Karenina." "Each unhappy family is unhapp...
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Groovy ode to '60sMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - And the award for hardest working ensemble goes to … the women of "Shout! The Mod Musical," off-Broadway's musical salute to swingin' '60s London and the gals who made i...
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Morgan Freeman returns to Broadway to show his vulnerability
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'Ballad of Emmett Till' tough to watchMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Playwright Ifa Bayeza doesn't make things easy for an audience. Not that she should, not when she's based her play on the brief life and brutal death of Emmett Till, a b...
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Styx's DeYoung shows his stage chops in 'Hunchback'May 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Dennis DeYoung made his name in the '70s and '80s with the rock band Styx. But these days you are as likely to find DeYoung in a small theater like Chicago's Bailiwick R...