Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' has a place of honor in company's first virtual seasonDec 16, 2020 5:00 am - As if Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater didn't have enough to deal with while creating a high-profile new work during a pandemic, there was the weather. Rain scuttled m...
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Streaming theater this week: Chicago Shakes' 'Peter Pan,' Congo Square's comedy seriesDec 16, 2020 5:00 am - Family favorite Chicago Shakespeare Theater streams its 2018 production "Peter Pan - A Musical Adventure," directed and choreographed by Amber Mak, new works development...
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Best Bets: 'Hip Hop Nutcracker' dances online this yearDec 15, 2020 5:00 am - Choreographed cheer Take in a different spin on the classic Tchaikovsky Christmas ballet with "The Hip Hop Nutcracker." The prerecorded performance is streamed on behalf...
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Steppenwolf's 'Wally World' reunites longtime friends, collaboratorsDec 10, 2020 5:00 am - Isaac Gómez and Karen Rodriguez were undergraduate theater majors at the University of Texas at Austin when Rodriguez suggested they move to Chicago after graduation. A...
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Spotlight: First Folio presents online reading series of literary favoritesDec 09, 2020 5:00 am - December delights First Folio Theatre delivers a bit of warmth this winter in the form of a family-friendly, online reading series featuring executive director and ...
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Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage showsDec 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - There's theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan's shuttered theater district but on that...
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Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage showsDec 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - There's theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan's shuttered theater district but on that ...
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Suburban theater artists prepare for virtual holiday showsDec 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Last spring, after theaters everywhere shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, holiday shows were likely the last things on the minds of theater artists like Lor...
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Spotlight: Vanessa Williams headlines virtual'Women of Broadway' benefitDec 02, 2020 5:00 am - Dream team Some of Chicago's most respected female theater artists unite for a virtual, staged reading of "Fefu and Her Friends," Maria Irene Fornés' play about women s...
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Chicago-area theaters reimagine seasonal tales for streaming and radioNov 27, 2020 5:00 am - It takes more than a global pandemic to keep Chicago-area theaters from serving up holiday cheer. And, while the options are limited, certain favorites - including Goodm...