Performing Arts
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Tony nominations bittersweet for 3 actorsMay 18, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — For three actors, the Tony Award nominations are somewhat bittersweet. Sweet, because they'd each gotten a prestigious nod. Bitter, because their shows were l...
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Acts jumping in for Suburban Chicago’s Got TalentMay 17, 2013 4:25 pm - More than 30 acts have already signed up to audition for the second Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by the Daily Herald, produced by t...
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Northlight's formulaic 'Stella & Lou' benefits from fine castMay 17, 2013 6:00 am - How good an actor is Francis Guinan? So good he commands attention even when he's silent. So good his role as a widowed bartender in Northlight Theatre's "Stella & Lou" ...
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Theater events: Drive to keep Buffalo Theatre aliveMay 17, 2013 6:00 am - Buffalo Theatre appeal Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's terrific production of “Trumbo — Red, White & Blacklisted” — an epistolary dramedy about blacklisted screenwri...
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Steel Beam efforts fail to dress up 'Black Tie'May 17, 2013 5:00 am - On the surface, the conflicts in A.R. Gurney's 2011 off-Broadway comedy “Black Tie” can feel slight. But “Black Tie,” now playing in its Chicago-area debut at Steel Beam...
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'Mormon' departs Chicago stage in OctoberMay 16, 2013 5:00 pm - "The Book of Mormon," the gleefully profane, wickedly satirical musical by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and composer/lyricist Robert Lopez, depar...
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Village Theatre Guild to stage avant-garde ‘Next Fall’May 14, 2013 8:08 am - The theater, perhaps more than any art form, is prone to explore topics that are both contemporary, relevant and controversial. In “Next Fall,” the Village Theatre Guil...
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Suburban man the standby star of 'Book of Mormon'May 14, 2013 5:15 am - Eight times a week, Rob Colletti goes down to the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, warms up his vocals, sits in the dressing room while the hit musical "The Book of M...
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Meet the judgesMay 10, 2013 6:00 am - Charlie Beck Executive director of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Beck assumed the role of Metropolis' executive director in November 2011 after a decad...
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Goodman's 'Vera Stark' falls short of potentialMay 10, 2013 6:00 am - The subject of Lynn Nottage's “By The Way, Meet Vera Stark” — an examination of racism in 1930s Hollywood — is certainly ripe for satire. The comedy is broad and the dia...