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Regal Cinemas' nationwide closures another financial blow to suburbs

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Oct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Delays with the release of big-budget Hollywood films - the latest is the James Bond franchise's "No Time to Die" postponed until April - could be the death knell for su...
Q&A: Misty Copeland looks to her youth in new children's book, 'Bunheads'

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer
Oct 04, 2020 7:29 am - NEW YORK - Misty Copeland has long told the story of the childhood ballet teacher who recognized her talent and took the young dancer, then 13, from the cramped motel ro...
Spotlight: Neo-Futurists salute First Ladies

By Barbara Vitello
Oct 03, 2020 11:00 pm - First ladies feted The Neo-Futurists commences its 2020-2021 season with "45 Plays for America's First Ladies," a companion piece to the company's "43 Plays for 43 Pres...
How Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles is weathering the pandemic

By Dave Heun
Oct 02, 2020 6:00 am - Steel Beam Theatre knows a thing or two about overcoming challenges. The downtown St. Charles theater had to celebrate its 20th anniversary last week without any hoopla ...
New possible health care benefit rule roils theater world

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 01, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 theater actors and stage managers is blasting a proposal that would raise eligibility requirements ...
Report finds New York writers, stages remain extremely white

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 01, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A new report on racial representation on New York stages has found that little has been changing - there remains an over-representation of white actors, ...
Broadway stars and drag queens to unite for voter drive show

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 01, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Broadway and the world of drag will combine later this month for a streaming variety show to promote voter participation that promises plenty of show tun...
Joffrey Ballet cancels entire 2020-21 season because of pandemic

By Scott C. Morgan
Oct 01, 2020 1:00 am - The Joffrey Ballet has canceled the rest of its 2020-21 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. This 25th anniversary season marking the Joffrey's move from New York to...
The show goes on - outdoors - for St. Viator's fall play

By Christopher Placek
Oct 01, 2020 1:00 am - Reciting their lines under the stars and through face masks, St. Viator High School's thespians have taken their annual fall play outdoors, proving the adage that the sh...
A different 'Beast': Chicago's Strawdog Theatre tackles theater-film hybrid on loss and isolation

By Barbara Vitello
Sep 30, 2020 11:00 pm - Strawdog Theatre ensemble members are resolute folks. They have to be, to have survived and thrived over more than 30 years on Chicago's storefront theater scene. But li...

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