Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Spotlight: Chester Gregory salutes soul music legends at the Metropolis Performing Arts CentreOct 14, 2022 6:00 am - 10th anniversary, take two BrightSide Theatre revisits its pandemic-interrupted 10th anniversary season with a revival of "She Loves Me," the Jerry Boch-Sheldon Harnick ...
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Team picked to make 'A Wrinkle in Time' into stage musicalOct 13, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - 'œA Wrinkle in Time,'ť the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera,...
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Team picked to turn 'A Wrinkle in Time' into a stage musicalOct 13, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - "A Wrinkle in Time," the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, sever...
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Overachieving siblings disappointed with work, personal lives seek remedies in satirical 'Tiger Style!' at Writers TheatreOct 12, 2022 6:00 pm - “Tiger Style!” - ★ ★ ½ The overachieving siblings at the center of Mike Lew's witty, satirical “Tiger Style!” are unhappy and out of place. Albert Chen, a Harvard Unive...
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Lovely score, impressive performances power Chicago Shakespeare's superb 'Notebook'Oct 10, 2022 6:00 am - “The Notebook” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds ... it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” No part of Wil...
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'Grease,' 'Cinderella,' 'Fiddler' among Drury Lane Theatre's offerings for 2023-2024Oct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Theatre's 2023-2024 season consists of a nostalgia trip, a farcical whodunit, a tribute to an American music icon, a well-loved fairy tale and one of thea...
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Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'Oct 07, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Wendell Pierce hopes that heading a Black-led cast in a historic revival of Arthur Miller's 'œDeath of a Salesman'ť goes beyond exposing the classic Amer...
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Spotlight: Aurora's Copley Theatre concludes inaugural season with world premiere of 'Bull'Oct 07, 2022 6:00 am - Copley Theatre premiere Paramount Theatre's Bold Series concludes its inaugural season with the premiere of "Bull: a love story," Nancy García Lopez's family drama about...
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Review: Broadway revival of '1776' shakes things up nicelyOct 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The somewhat antiquated musical 'œ1776'ť has long been ripe for a radical makeover and it has found one on Broadway. 'œSomeone oughta open up a window!'ť...
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Talent, hard work propel Naperville skater-turned-actor as an understudy in 'The Notebook'Oct 06, 2022 6:00 am - You won't see Alex Benoit on stage every night in "The Notebook." But if you do see him during Chicago Shakespeare Theater's world premiere, it's likely because the show...