Theater
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NIU alumni form Kane Repertory Theatre in St. Charles
Oct 9, 2019 6:00 AM - A new theater company founded by recent Northern Illinois University alumni debuted in St. Charles last week, and this weekend its cast and crew are calling it an NIU alumni weekend. -
First Folio cast fully embraces the humor in 'Sherlock's Last Case'
Oct 8, 2019 11:42 AM - Sherlock Holmes, over the years, has been portrayed as brash, brilliant and anything but modest. And the talented Kevin McKillip comically embraces the sleuth's most insufferable behavior in "Sherlock's Last Case," now at Oak Brook's First Folio Theatre. -
Josh Groban plans to 'let go' in upcoming show series
Oct 8, 2019 8:00 AM - Josh Groban has a date for Valentine's Day _ with 6,000 or so of his fans
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Spotlight: Improv Playhouse hosts 'Live the Laugh' bilingual comedy event
Oct 8, 2019 6:00 AM - Improv Playhouse showcases Latino comedians, Steel Beam revives "The Odd Couple (Female Version)," Gift Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of the family drama "Kentucky" and Citadel entertains kids with "Winnie the Pooh," this week in Chicago-area theater. -
St. Francis to put on 'Radium Girls' play this weekendOct 7, 2019 10:15 PM - On Oct. 10-12, St. Francis High School theater students will showcase their talents in the fall performance of "Radium Girls," under the direction of Brandon Lewis.
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Writers Theatre production rebuilds 'A Doll's House' into lively one-act
Oct 7, 2019 6:14 AM - Adapters Sandra Delgado and Michael Halberstam deliver an astute, streamlined, one-act version of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" to Writers Theatre, where director Lavina Jadhwani's production makes a big impact. -
On stage: Chicago Shakespeare stages 'A Man of Good Hope,' Steppenwolf revives 'Brothers Size'
Oct 5, 2019 7:20 AM - "A Man of Good Hope" comes to CST's WorldStage, Steppenwolf revives Tarell Alvin McCraney's "The Brothers Size" and A Red Orchid premieres the horror tale "Grey House," this week in Chicago-area theater. -
5 things to do this weekend in the suburbs
Oct 4, 2019 10:58 AM - Anne Burrell of "Chef Wanted," Kandi Burruss of Xscape and more appear at the Chicago Ultimate Women's Expo and Great Food Expo in Rosemont and the Broadway jukebox musical "A Night With Janis Joplin" takes the stage at the Genesee this weekend. -
'Anything Goes' delivers toe-tapping fun at the Metropolis
Oct 3, 2019 6:00 AM - Cole Porter's quintessential 1930s musical "Anything Goes" provides crowd-pleasing comic fun in a shipshape production at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. -
Playhouse 38 to present Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Crimes of the Heart'
Oct 1, 2019 1:17 PM - For two weekends only, Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 10-12, "Crimes of the Heart," written by Beth Henley, will hit the stage at Playhouse 38 in Geneva.
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