Theater
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Ravinia's leader stepping down after 2020 season
Oct 19, 2019 5:47 PM - Welz Kauffman, the Ravinia Festival president and CEO who has helmed the world-renowned music behemoth in Highland Park for nearly two decades, will be stepping down after the 2020 season, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Youth theater group to present 'Seussical the Musical' in Des Plaines
Oct 19, 2019 7:15 AM - Join The Cat in the Hat on a whimsical journey in CYT Chicago's Northwest Cook County's production of "Seussical the Musical, Jr.," which runs Oct. 25-Nov. 3 at Prairie Lakes Theater in Des Plaines. -
On stage: First Floor stages Chicago premiere of 'Sugar in Our Wounds'
Oct 18, 2019 6:00 AM - First Floor Theater presents a Civil War-inspired drama; Goodman Theatre hosts its 16th New Stages Festival; Ronnie Marmo channels Lenny Bruce; and Oak Park Festival Theatre revives "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe," this week in Chicago-area theater. -
Downers Grove actress sends up '80s sitcom in Handbag's 'Facts of Life'
Oct 18, 2019 6:00 AM - Hell in a Handbag Productions gave Downers Grove native Alexa Castelvecchi her professional break. The 23-year-old actress returns to the Chicago company to play Jo in its "The Facts of Life" parody subtitled "Satan's School for Girls." -
Mundelein High's Meier rewarded for building love of theater, student talent
Oct 17, 2019 9:00 AM - Jonathan Meier, who has served as Mundelein's director of theater since 2004, was recently recognized for his contributions in promoting quality theater by receiving the Illinois Theatre Association's highest accolade, the 2019 Award of Honor. -
Meet the playwright behind a 'deeply raw space' on Broadway
Oct 15, 2019 1:09 PM - Playwright Jeremy O. Harris' Broadway debut 'Slave Play' can leave you in a 'deeply raw space' and that is intentional
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St. Viator to stage 'Pride & Prejudice' Oct. 17-20
Oct 15, 2019 11:40 AM - One of Jane Austen's most popular novels, "Pride & Prejudice," comes to life at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights. -
Spotlight: Billy Gardell does standup at the Raue, Janus stages unrehearsed 'Macbeth'
Oct 15, 2019 6:21 AM - Actor Billy Gardell shares funny stories at the Raue, suburban natives appear in Underscore Theatre Company's punk rock-inspired "Proxy," Janus presents an unrehearsed "Macbeth," and a retired Hoffman Estates High School teacher's political drama premieres in Chicago, this week on the local theater scene. -
On stage: Hollis Resnik stars in Porchlight's 'Sunset Boulevard'
Oct 11, 2019 6:00 AM - This week on Chicago area stages, Hollis Resnik plays a faded film diva; Donterrio Johnson plays 12 unhappy men; Strawdog ensemble members Daniella Pereira and Sam Hubbard play clinical drug trial subjects who may be falling in love. -
Stevenson student improv troupe to perform in LibertyvilleOct 10, 2019 2:14 PM - An improvisational comedy troupe from Stevenson High School will perform Friday night in Libertyville.
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