Theater
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Award-winning Wheaton actress shares life-changing discovery in new memoir
Jan 14, 2021 6:00 AM - Wheaton actress Cory Goodrich went from award-winning theater artist to author after her mother's 2017 death revealed a life-altering secret. -
Spotlight: American Blues Theater brings 'The Lion' to life with online reading
Jan 13, 2021 6:00 AM - This week, Chicago-area theater online includes readings courtesy of American Blues Theater and PrideArts and the latest Nuns4Fun parody "Saints & Sinners Bingo." -
Paramount Theatre's new play project kicks off with dramas by women of color
Jan 8, 2021 12:51 PM - A $40,000 Healing Illinois grant to address the impact of systemic racism is being put toward The Inception Project, a new play development initiative at Aurora's Paramount Theatre. -
Spotlight: Illusionist Scott Silven creates virtual 'Journey' for Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jan 8, 2021 1:19 PM - Chicago Shakespeare Theater showcases illusionist and performance artist Scott Silven as part of its virtual WorldStage series, and Nick Sandys and Michael Goldberg share a Sherlock Holmes mystery and a children's tale as part of First Folio Theatre's virtual reading series, this week in Chicago-area theater. -
Barrington's White House hosts 'Meet the Real Mae West' presentationJan 5, 2021 12:10 PM - Barrington's White House will host a historical virtual presentation of "Meet the Real Mae West" by Martina Mathisen at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11.
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Spotlight: Next up at First Folio -- an online reading of 'The Little Match Girl'
Dec 31, 2020 7:22 AM - First Folio Theatre's winter reading series continues with Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" and Pegasus Theatre's annual Young Playwrights Festival goes virtual this year, this week on the theater scene. -
Editorial: What our resilient arts community taught us during the pandemic
Jan 3, 2021 12:16 PM - Illinois' theaters and music venues have been dark since March, but its artists have not been silenced by COVID-19. And with their innovation and resilience, they have embodied some of the most important lessons of the pandemic, this editorial states. -
TikTok, other platforms bring musical theater fan fiction to life
Dec 30, 2020 6:00 AM - In 2020, while Broadway is closed and TikTok is king, some of the most exciting theater was a figment of our imagination.
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Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert star in 'Ratatouille' musical
Dec 29, 2020 8:41 AM - TikTok's crowdsourced "Ratatouille" musical has cooked up some serious talent for its one-night-only benefit concert, including roles for Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert, Andre De Shields, Wayne Brady and Ashley Park
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Local theater proves resilient, resourceful in year defined by pandemic, civil unrest
Dec 25, 2020 6:00 AM - In a year defined by a global pandemic and civil unrest, Chicago-area theaters responded with resilience in pivoting to a digital format and with the recognition that when it comes to diversity and inclusion, there is still work to be done.
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