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Theater spotlight: Metropolis entertains youngsters with 'Sleeping Beauty'
Jul 16, 2019 6:00 AM - Chicago Kids Company brings "Sleeping Beauty" to Metropolis, funny moms entertain in Lake Villa and Oak Park Festival Theatre delivers the Shakespeare romp "Much Ado About Nothing," this week in suburban theater. -
Elmhurst native leaps at chance to star in Chicago-bound 'Cats' tour
Jul 15, 2019 6:00 AM - Elmhurst native Lexie Plath stars as Bombalurina in the national tour of "Cats," which returns to Chicago for a three-week run at the James M. Nederlander Theatre starting Tuesday, July 16. -
Diction suffers in Chicago return of reconfigured 'Les Miserables'
Jul 12, 2019 2:45 PM - Diction gets garbled and character motivations don't go as deep as they could in the return of "Les Miserables" to Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre, running through Saturday, July 27. -
Theater events: BBE plays 'Ghost Quartet,' Teatro Zinzanni sets up its tent
Jul 11, 2019 7:45 AM - Black Button Eyes plays a "Ghost Quartet," American Blues revives the small-town tuner "The Spitfire Grill," Teatro Zinzanni sets up its tent, and Haven stages Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón's "Kiss," this week in Chicago-area theater. -
Traditional 'Music Man' revival marches into Goodman
Jul 11, 2019 7:37 AM - Director Mary Zimmerman delivers a rousing and largely traditional take of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" for the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. -
Marriott's 'Darling Grenadine' serves up bittersweet tale of addiction
Jul 11, 2019 11:13 AM - A lovely score and a frank examination of alcoholism, attraction and dependency animate Daniel Zaitchik's new musical "Darling Grenadine," premiering at Marriott Theatre. -
Theater spotlight: Renée Taylor reminisces in Skokie; Marriott welcomes Junie B.
Jul 9, 2019 6:00 AM - Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" mystifies Drury Lane audiences; Renée Taylor shares Hollywood tales at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts and Buddy Holly's music rocks the Metropolis. -
Theater events: 'Wizard of Oz' follows yellow brick road to Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Jul 4, 2019 6:00 AM - Midsommer Flight brings "The Tempest" to Chicago parks, "Les Miserables" returns, Diana Coates stars in First Folio's "Henry V" and Collaboraction showcases theater artists under 21, this week in Chicago-area theater. -
How an actress came to play 'Henry V' at Oak Brook's First Folio
Jul 4, 2019 6:00 AM - Classically trained actress Diana Coates auditioned with Shakespeare's monologues for male characters but never expected to play one. Now she's playing King Henry for the second time in First Folio Theatre's "Henry V." -
Spotlight: Steppenwolf takes on Sam Shepard classic for second time
Jul 3, 2019 6:00 AM - Steppenwolf Theatre revives a Sam Shepard classic that helped launch the company nationally 37 years ago; fact-based "Hitler's Tasters" opens at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie; and Gift Theatre presents the Chicago-area premiere of Hansol Jung's "Wolf Play," this week in Chicago theater.
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