Theater
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'Dear Evan Hansen' announces 2020 Chicago return
Feb 15, 2019 10:43 AM - Theater fans unable to snag tickets for the current Chicago run of "Dear Evan Hansen" have another chance: The national tour of the 2017 Tony Award-winning music will return next year. -
Syrians act in playback theater to heal war trauma
Feb 15, 2019 7:35 AM - Syrian actors re-enact war victims' stories through playback theater in refugee community in Lebanon
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Theater events: 'Short Shakespeare! Macbeth' returns to Chicago Shakespeare
Feb 15, 2019 6:00 AM - Promethean Theatre remounts "Gross Indecency," "Short Shakespeare! Macbeth" returns to Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Trap Door revives a 1965 Polish satire, this week in Chicago-area theater. -
Heartfelt 'Dear Evan Hansen' strikes emotional chords in Chicago debut
Feb 15, 2019 10:57 AM - In a genre where spectacle often wins out over substance, "Dear Evan Hansen" is a rarity: a Broadway musical -- now in its Chicago touring debut -- that manages to be raw, real and utterly riveting. -
Michael Jackson musical not opening here after all
Feb 14, 2019 10:05 PM - The forthcoming Michael Jackson musical titled "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" has canceled its world premiere Chicago engagement. -
CYT Northwest Cook to present 'Into the Woods Jr.'
Feb 14, 2019 6:40 AM - Life is just a fairy tale when Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical comes to life in CYT Chicago of Northwest Cook County's production of "Into the Woods Jr." Performances are Feb. 15-24 at Prairie Lakes Theater, 515 E. Thacker St., Des Plaines. -
Theater review: Steppenwolf revisits Ibsen drama for thoughtful sequel 'A Doll's House, Part 2'
Feb 14, 2019 6:38 AM - Henrik Ibsen's controversial 1879 characters Nora and Torvald spar again in the contemporary "A Doll's House, Part 2." Lucas Hnath's irreverant 2017 Broadway comedy makes an entertaining and thoughtful Chicago debut at Steppenwolf Theatre. -
'Wait for It' ... 'Hamilton: The Exhibit' delays start by three weeks
Feb 13, 2019 3:49 PM - "Hamilton: The Exhibit" has pushed back its opening date to Saturday, April 27, though tickets still go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15. The delay is due to unexpected delays in shipping, customs and the recent extreme weather in Chicago. -
'The Mousetrap' snaps in Metropolis production of murder-mystery
Feb 13, 2019 11:30 AM - Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" should work with clockwork precision, and the well-performed production sprung at the Metropolis in Arlington Heights does just that. -
Paramount whips up shrewd, sassy treat with irreverent 'The Producers'
Feb 13, 2019 11:48 AM - Paramount Theatre's revival of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" exceeds expectations especially in the deliciously politically incorrect centerpiece "Springtime for Hitler."
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