Performing Arts
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Married musical theater standouts team up for local benefitSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Stepping onto the Northlight Theatre stage Monday evening marks a reunion of sorts for married musical theater veterans Michael and Angela Ingersoll, who bring their cab...
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'Kinky Boots' team puts 'fierce' foot forwardSep 28, 2012 4:00 pm - It was inevitable that there would be some self-consciousness about "fierce footwear" at a Friday news conference to promote the new musical "Kinky Boots," which kicks o...
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Theater events: Radio Players stage live radio drama double-billSep 28, 2012 6:00 am - Radio days redux The Improv Playhouse Radio Players present a pair of live radio dramas inspired by the Old West and performed with sound effects in the style of cl...
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'Kinky Boots' next in quirky British genreSep 28, 2012 6:00 am - For the past 15 years, a certain kind of British film has helped inspire a few big Broadway and London theatrical adaptations. The films all have this basic premise: A d...
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Steppenwolf flexes muscles in season-opening 'Good People'Sep 28, 2012 6:00 am - The taboo American topics of class and, to a slightly lesser extent, race get a full workout in the season-opening Steppenwolf Theatre production "Good People." This ver...
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'Kinky Boots' to step off for Broadway after Chicago debutSep 28, 2012 6:00 am - Can a failing shoe factory in Northampton, England, turn business around by pursing the unconventional niche market of fetish footwear for drag queens and other "female ...
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Gimmicks weigh down Goodman's 'Sweet Bird of Youth'Sep 28, 2012 6:00 am - Sometimes more is less. For confirmation look no further than Goodman Theatre's highly anticipated revival of "Sweet Bird of Youth," Tennessee Williams' second-tier pla...
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'Wonderettes' sing well, but lack characterSep 27, 2012 12:00 pm - The Chicago-area musical theater scene is currently caught up in the throes of major pop culture nostalgia. And with the reappearance of the 2008 off-Broadway jukebox mu...
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Local playwrights, actors welcome in Bartlett Adult TheatreSep 26, 2012 5:38 pm - Local playwrights looking for a place where they can see their work come to life need look no further than the new Bartlett Adult Theatre. Started in April 2011 by Arts ...
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Kirk Players open 47th season with Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mousetrap’Sep 26, 2012 1:07 pm - One of the great plays of all time, Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” is the opening show for the Kirk Players’ 47th season. “Our goal is to keep the audience in suspen...