Performing Arts
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Lost in historyApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Playwright Robert Schenkkan has an ax to grind. Unfortunately his weapon, the dull and didactic "Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates," needs sharpening. The time-traveli...
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Director drawn to uplifting showsApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Many theater directors are former actors. Some come from the other side of the business, from the backstage world of set building and lighting design. Bob Knuth, directo...
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Fans can vote for operaApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The old Windy City tradition of "vote early and vote often" gets revived thanks to Chicago Opera Theater and its "The People's Opera" fundraiser. Through June 8, COT let...
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High 'Five'Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - It's great to have the intimate relationship musical "The Last Five Years" back in the Chicago area again. It had its world premiere at Skokie's Northlight Theatre in 20...
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Theater newsApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - What's new: Previews continue through Sunday for American Theater Company's "Speech and Debate," Steven Karam's ("columbinus") comedy about high school misfits who expos...
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Theater newsApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - What's new: Bailiwick Repertory presents "Die! Mommie Die!" Charles Busch's satire on campy, 1960s bad momma melodramas. Previews continue through Sunday. The show opens...
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Vexing theaterApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When you ask Rich Geiger, artistic director of Vex Theater, when he began working in theater, the co-founder of Palatine's newest (and only) non-Equity theater company w...
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Family's struggles at the heart of 'Four Places'Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Decisions about living arrangements for aging parents are so universally stressful that "Four Places" makes most audience members squirm. Alcoholism and infidelity comp...
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Inventive staging saves meandering 'Passage'Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It's easy to see the allure of bringing E.M. Forster's classic 1924 novel "A Passage to India" to the stage. The Asian setting allows for plenty of color and theatricali...
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TV sitcom actor joins SteppenwolfApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Michael McKean recently joined the cast of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's upcoming summer production of "Superior Donuts," the newest play by ensemble member Tracy Letts,...