Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Review: A family looks for destiny, meaning in 'Smokefall'Feb 22, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If you conjure up memories of scenes from your life and narrate them with hindsight, you would begin to have the structure of Noah Haidle's bittersweet, ...
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'Rent' star and Joliet native comes home with 'If/Then'Feb 22, 2016 4:00 am - Actor and Joliet native Anthony Rapp will forever be known for originating the role of filmmaker Mark in the 1996 cast of "Rent" and recreating it in the 2005 movie. And...
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Alfie Boe to be next hero in Broadway's 'Finding Neverland'Feb 21, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Opera and theater star Alfie Boe will go from prisoner to playwright when he trades in "Les Miserables" for "Finding Neverland" late next month on Broadw...
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Saoirse Ronan makes her stage debut on Broadway's 'deep end'Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Not too long ago, Saoirse Ronan found herself face-to-face on a red carpet with mega star Jennifer Lopez. "She didn't have a clue who I was," said the yo...
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Marriott Theatre's 'Sister Act' is flashy funFeb 20, 2016 5:00 am - There's something about singing and dancing nuns in musical theater. Whether fretting about Maria in “The Sound of Music” or deploying showbiz schtick in “Nunsense,” nun...
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Goodman brings Bolano to the stage in gloriously ambitious '2666'Feb 19, 2016 10:00 am - Page-to-stage translations are tricky. What to leave in, what to exclude and how faithful to remain to the source all pose challenges. I measure an adaptation's success...
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'Scalia/Ginsburg' composer to discuss opera at TEDxBroadwayFeb 19, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Most speakers at large conferences hope they have something topical to add when it's their turn to talk. Derrick Wang has nothing to worry about. The com...
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On stage: Janus puts a new spin on Homer's 'Iliad'Feb 19, 2016 4:00 am - Classic tale Janus Theatre presents “An Iliad,” a contemporary retelling of Homer's epic poem chronicling the Trojan War and centered on the warriors Achilles and H...
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Review: 'The Humans' is unsentimental, and terrificFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A sickening thud is the first thing you hear at Stephen Karam's powerful Broadway debut "The Humans." It's an unexplained noise, and unsettling. There ar...
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Joel Grey, now unburdened and emboldened, tells his storyFeb 18, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - At a cafe the other day, Joel Grey was drawn to an item on the menu that was both confusing and intriguing. He called over a waiter and asked: "What is t...