Performing Arts
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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...
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'Kinky Boots' leads with 13 Tony Award nomsApr 30, 2013 8:00 am - NEW YORK — The Cyndi Lauper-scored “Kinky Boots” has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import “Matilda: The Musical” close behind with 12. Tom...
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Steppenwolf's 'Virginia Woolf' revival earns 5 Tony nomsApr 30, 2013 7:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre's acclaimed revival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" - which opened on Broadway 50 years to the day from its Oct. 13, 1962, pr...
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Tony Award noms may have a British accentApr 29, 2013 2:12 pm - NEW YORK — Two stories born in Britain are vying for America’s biggest theater prize. “Kinky Boots” and “Matilda” are each a virtual lock to get a Tony Award nomination ...
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Suburban teens among finalists for musical theater awardsApr 28, 2013 6:17 pm - Eight suburban high school actors are among the 24 finalists for the 2013 Illinois High School Musical Theater Awards, and will audition Monday in front of some of Chica...