Performing Arts
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Two plays give unique look at black theaterSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Days after Congo Square Theatre's Midwest premiere of Afro-British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah's "Elmina's Kitchen," Pegasus Players opened its revival of August Wilson'...
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Worth the TripSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Ghost story Buffalo Theatre Ensemble begins its 21st season today with the seasonally appropriate "The Woman in Black," about a lawyer who gets more than he bargained fo...
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'Savannah Disputation' fits in well at Writers' TheatreSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two years ago the intrepid folks at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe produced a short, witty play, "The Uneasy Chair," by a young writer based in Savannah, Georgia -- Evan Sm...
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Out & AboutSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Robert Jordan Baily, left, plays the Actor and Kurt Naebig is Kipps in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's "The Woman in Black," in previews today at College of DuPage. Start fal...
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'High School Musical' earns some high marksSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - If you and your kids aren't already sick and tired of the oft-produced stage version of Disney's "High School Musical," a trip to the Metropolis Performing Arts Center m...
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Brooks would be proud of Marriott's 'Producers'Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Staging the post-Broadway, regional premiere of "The Producers" means shouldering quite a burden. Fortunately, Marriott Theatre has actors Ross Lehman and Gu...
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Director gets a chance at other 'Phantom'Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Some call it "the other 'Phantom of the Opera'" or the "smarter 'Phantom.' " They're referring to the musical version of Gaston Leroux's classic 1910 thriller "The Phant...
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Chicago Shakespeare emphasizes comedy in Bard romanceSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - With a nudge and a wink and tongue planted firmly in cheek, Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Barbara Gaines solves the problematic "Cymbeline." She does it by em...
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Arts agendaSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - • • Open call auditions for the national tour of "Dirty Dancing--The Classic Story on Stage" are 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Joel Hall Dance Center, 1511 W. Berwyn Ave., Chi...
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Burlesque is the new 'funinism'Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Margaret Cho is trying to put the word "fun" into "feminism." And she's not alone -- Chicago choreographer Leslie Kerrigan has also tapped into a fun way for women to c...