Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Paramount Theatre to stage world premiere 'August Rush' musicalFeb 05, 2018 8:30 am - After earning Joseph Jefferson Awards three years running for best large musical, Paramount Theatre is flexing its muscles with an eye toward expanding, maybe as far as ...
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Suburban creators bring dose of 'Musical Therapy' to Chicago theater festFeb 04, 2018 6:00 am - Joey Katsiroubas traces his love of musicals back to the Disney movies he watched as a kid growing up in Roselle. Favorites included “The Lion King” and “Aladdin.” “Each...
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'The Humans' perfectly reflects an imperfect middle-American familyFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - “The Humans” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Stephen Karam's evocative, superbly written “The Humans” chronicles an imperfect family in all its flawed glory. Struggling to survive in storm-...
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Marriott's stunning 'Ragtime' finds today's truths in historical musicalFeb 02, 2018 11:00 am - “Ragtime” - ★ ★ ★ ★ It took two decades for the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire to tackle “Ragtime.” But director Nick Bowling's superlative staging of the epic 1...
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First Folio scares up laughs in flawed 'Women in Jeopardy!'Feb 01, 2018 5:00 am - “Women in Jeopardy” - ★ ★ ½ There's an ancient saying about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. That's not entirely true of Wendy MacLeod's farcical “Wome...
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Goodman's 'Blind Date' explores machinations behind Reagan-Gorbachev summitJan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - “Blind Date” - ★ ★ ★ “Blind Date” may sound like the name of a fun romantic comedy. Yet this 2017 play by Rogelio Martinez is actually about the first face-to-face meeti...
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Theater events: Writers Theatre marks its first staging of a Eugene O'Neill playJan 30, 2018 5:00 am - Bittersweet Valentine Director William Brown's production of the bittersweet love story "A Moon for the Misbegotten" marks the first time Writers Theatre has staged a Eu...
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'Zora' brings biography of Zora Neale Hurston to life Feb. 22 at ECC Arts CenterJan 29, 2018 10:00 pm - The life and work of Zora Neale Hurston will be brought to life on stage by actor Kim Brockington at the Elgin Community College Arts Center on Thursday, Feb. 22. This ...
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Broadway veterans bring 'The Humans' back to ChicagoJan 28, 2018 6:00 am - Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas knows a little about creating credible fictional families and crafting timeless drama. He made his Broadway debut at age 7, play...
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Drury Lane re-imagines 'Joseph' as Vegas-set spectacle - showgirls and allJan 26, 2018 1:45 pm - “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” - ★ ★ With Pharoah channeling Elvis and a score that embraces an eclectic mix of music genres, “Joseph and the Amazing Te...