Performing Arts
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Miller's original 'Bridge' gets solid revivalOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Actors Workshop Theatre could have followed tradition and staged the familiar, two-act version of "A View From the Bridge," Arthur Miller's lean, urban tragedy about des...
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More area theaterOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Young romance Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook's season continues with "Meet Me in St. Louis," the stage version of the 1944 MGM musical about four sisters finding roman...
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'Twilight of the Golds' presents moral dilemmaOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - It is a story ripped from today's headlines: A prenatal genetic test reveals something awful about an unborn child. What does the couple do? Play God and abort? Or do th...
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There's no place like home -- so stay awayOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The damaged O'Donnell siblings in Brian Friel's "Aristocrats" understand the often painful truth that while you can go home again, sometimes it's better if you don't. N...
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'Jersey Boys' brings the crowd to its feetOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - There is no Sherry, no Dawn, no Marianne in "Jersey Boys." There are no big girls crying. "Jersey Boys" doesn't entirely conform to the jukebox formula, namely a score c...
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Critics notebookOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Here is a look at currently running plays recently reviewed by the Daily Herald. "Between Barack and a Hard Place," Second City Theatre, 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago. ...
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Oracle scares up a seasonal spectacleOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Oracle Productions presents its second annual multisensory Halloween scare, "Disturbed II," an adults-only event combining live action, multimedia and Grand Guignol-...
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Theater openingsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Strawdog Theatre opens its 20th season with "Aristocrats," the Chekhov-inspired drama by Brian Friel ("Faith Healer") about a once upper-class Irish family reuniting...
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Area actor's credibility grows as directorOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder is best known as an actor, most notably in the acclaimed Steppenwolf production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" and The Goodman's...
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Strong performances save dated musical 'I Do! I Do!'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - I had high expectations for American Theater Company's revival of "I Do! I Do!," coming as it does on the heels of American Theater Company's innovative, critically accl...