Articles filed under Professional Theater
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsSep 27, 2019 7:00 am - Grammy Award-winners for King & Country headline the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, celebrated shadow dance troupe Catapult wows at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, and A...
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'Bernhardt/Hamlet' favors introspection over passion in Goodman premiereSep 27, 2019 6:00 am - "Bernhardt/Hamlet" - ½ There is so much untapped potential in "Bernhardt/Hamlet." Theresa Rebeck's historically inspired 2018 Broadway drama receives a respectable ...
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On stage: AstonRep revives 'Equus' & area theaters scare up Halloween-themed showsSep 27, 2019 6:00 am - • Performances for "Feos," a collaboration between Chilean writer Guillermo Calderon and puppet artist Aline Kuppenheim about owning up to one's faults, presented as par...
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Northlight's 'Mother of the Maid' revisits Joan of Arc from different perspectiveSep 25, 2019 11:00 pm - “Mother of the Maid” - ★ ★ ★ Mothers who parented daughters and the daughters they parented may recognize themselves in Isabelle and Joan Arc, the titular characters in ...
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Spotlight: Writers Theatre re-imagines Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'Sep 25, 2019 6:00 am - Streamlined classic Writers Theatre artistic director Michael Halberstam and writer/actor Sandra Delgado ("La Havana Madrid") have re-imagined Henrik Ibsen's proto-femin...
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Tried-and-true standards dominate Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire's 2020 seasonSep 24, 2019 1:00 am - Classic Broadway musicals make up the bulk of the Marriott Theatre's 2020 season, which was announced Monday by the Lincolnshire theater. Audiences get to go back to Ryd...
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TimeLine's 'Oslo' a galvanizing examination of Middle East peacemakingSep 20, 2019 6:00 pm - “Oslo” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Oslo,” the Tony Award-winning political drama chronicling clandestine Middle East peacemaking efforts during the early 1990s, concludes with a failure....
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Drury Lane ensemble emotionally elevates 'The Color Purple'Sep 20, 2019 4:00 pm - “The Color Purple” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It's hard to shake the feeling that the 2005 Broadway musical “The Color Purple” is in a perpetual race with itself. This musical inspired...
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On stage: 'Fantasticks' revival by MadKap, 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' at Chicago Children's TheatreSep 20, 2019 6:00 am - • MadKap Productions' revival of "The Fantasticks," the chamber musical by Tom Jones and Harvey L. Schmidt, continues through Oct. 6, at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln...
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'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' to play Chicago next yearSep 19, 2019 3:25 pm - Less than three months after it began Broadway previews, producers of the lush and lavish "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" announced they are taking the show on the road. On...