Performing Arts
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Helen Mirren gives noisy drummers a royal rebukeMay 06, 2013 6:48 am - LONDON — Silence for the queen, please. A troupe of street drummers got a shock when Helen Mirren, dressed as Queen Elizabeth II, emerged from a London theater to berate...
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Clockwise Theatre announces new season of works by and about MidwesternersMay 03, 2013 1:25 pm - Clockwise Theatre, a company in Waukegan devoted to presenting works by and about Midwesterners, recently announced its three-play 2013-14 season. On the bill is the Mi...
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'Oklahoma!' launches Lyric's musical theater initiativeMay 03, 2013 11:00 am - The Lyric Opera of Chicago will see if the "wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet" when it opens its new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's landmark 1943 musical "Oklah...
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Young stars shine in Writers' 'Yellow Moon'May 03, 2013 5:00 am - Late in "Yellow Moon," a desperate teenage boy - played with feverish authenticity by Josh Salt - contemplates a terrible act. Unfolding as the Writers' Theatre produc...
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SHS to host short plays:May 02, 2013 6:08 pm - Ten one-act plays written, directed and performed by Stevenson High School students will be performed Friday and Saturday at the Lincolnshire school. Called “It’s All Re...
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New ‘Phantom of the Opera’ tour to be staged next yearMay 02, 2013 4:36 pm - “The Phantom of the Opera” is coming back to Chicago, but not like you’ve seen it before. A new tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster musical will play Chicago’s Ca...
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Local theater: 'Trumbo' performedMay 02, 2013 6:00 am - BTE's ‘Trumbo' Buffalo Theatre Ensemble concludes its season with Christopher Trumbo's “Trumbo — Red, White and Blacklisted,” an homage to his father, screenwriter Dalto...
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What's new in theaterMay 02, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ Performances began this week for The Hypocrites production of “Ivywild: the True Tall Tales of Bathhouse John,” a new play by Jay Torrence inspired by the outrageous s...
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'Our Lady of Underpass' play to close May 5May 01, 2013 2:00 pm - Submitted by ECC Elgin Community College Theatre wraps up its spring production, “Our Lady of the Underpass,” a play based on a real-life event in Chicago. Performances ...
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List of Tony Award nomineesApr 30, 2013 8:32 am - NEW YORK — Select nominations for the 2013 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards, announced Tuesday. Best Play:“The Assembled Parties,” “Lucky Guy,” “The Testament of Mar...