Articles filed under Theater
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Schaumburg man makes his Silk Road debut in David Henry Hwang’s ‘Yellow Face’Jun 22, 2011 1:00 am - Most actors want to “get it right.” That is to say, they want to uncover the truth about the characters they play and convey that to the audience. When that truth is th...
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Best bets: The Bard at the Globe (but close to home)Jun 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Big screen Bard Never had a chance to visit the celebrated recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London? Then see a production from the replica Elizabethan t...
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Stellar acting sells Drury Lane's 'Broadway Bound'Jun 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Audiences come to Drury Lane expecting musical spectacles. Not this time. The Oakbrook Terrace theater last set aside the orchestra in 2007 for Neil Simon's “The Odd Cou...
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Shakespeare festival actors give back to communityJun 19, 2011 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — As part of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Santiago Sosa is preparing for four plays this summer. But his work won’t all be onstage. Like others i...
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'Wizard of Oz' opens Saturday night in SchaumburgJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - The greatest family musical of all time, “The Wizard of Oz,” based on the book by L. Frank Baum, is landing right in Schaumburg. H.O.T.T. Productions — Helping Others Th...
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On stage: what's new in theatersJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - Self discovery Waukegan native Michael Fosberg chronicles the search for his biological father in his one-man show “Incognito” for Clockwise Theatre. Fosberg, who grew u...
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Name change, shows reflect Fox Valley Rep's missionJun 15, 2011 12:00 am - Fox Valley Repertory changing its focus
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'Book of Mormon' wins big at Tony AwardsJun 13, 2011 1:00 am - NEW YORK — The profane and hysterical “The Book of Mormon” took home nine Tony Awards on Sunday including the prize for best musical, a considerable achievement for a pa...
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‘Mormon’ propels old college roomies to stardomJun 11, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — After every performance of the hit Broadway musical, “The Book of Mormon,” Josh Gad and Rory O’Malley bow side-by-side, a nightly celebration of a journey the...
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Bono talks of struggles, triumphs of 'Spider-Man'Jun 10, 2011 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — With the Broadway premiere of the beleaguered "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" finally in sight, Bono and The Edge, who wrote the music and lyrics for the musi...