Articles filed under Theater
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Midwest premiere like 'coming home' for Naperville playwrightFeb 23, 2011 10:00 pm - When Mat Smart was growing up in Naperville, he took a trip to see “The Crucible” at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. “It was the most powerful piece of art I'd ever seen,...
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'Au Pair Man' comes off as dated dramaFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - The slang usage of “cougar” wasn't in the English lexicon back in the 1970s when Irish playwright Hugh Leonard penned “The Au Pair Man.” Nowadays Leonard's 1973 Broadway...
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Best bets: Chicago Slaughter hosts season openerFeb 20, 2011 10:00 pm - Get your football fix The Chicago Slaughter hosts the Omaha Beef for its Indoor Football League home opener at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Sears Centre Aren...
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Raue needs $10,000 for fundraising goalFeb 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Over the last 10 years, Raue Center for the Arts has brought the community a place to enrich their lives through the arts. The community has been entertained by greats a...
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Uneven, combative 'Mary' confronts bigotryFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Attribute the collective metaphoric thud at the conclusion of Goodman Theatre's world premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's “Mary” to audience members' jaws hitting the floor. E...
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What's new in theaters near and farFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - • Previews begin Friday, Feb. 18, for Piccolo Theatre Ensemble's production of “A Servant of Two Masters,” Carlo Goldoni's 18th century, commedia dell'arte about a wily ...
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Headin' out: Paul Rodriguez comes to SchaumburgFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Freebie Storytime for all ages Picture book author Carolyn Crimi of Evanston reads from her new book, “Dear Tabby,” at a storytime event for all ages at the Bo...
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Onstage: 'Au Pair Man' revivalFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Comedy of manners Donna Steele and Jim Poole star as a wealthy English woman and her Irish boy-toy in Steel Beam Theatre's revival of Hugh Leonard's “The Au Pair Ma...
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'Guys and Dolls' opens today at ECCFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre is getting back to the classics with its production of “Guys and Dolls,” which opens today, Feb. 18, and runs through Sunday, Feb...
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Benefactor buys cast dinner in SchaumburgFeb 16, 2011 11:00 pm - Many members of the cast of the variety show last Friday at Schaumburg High School ran into an unexpected benefactor while eating afterward at Applebee’s in Schaumburg. ...