Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Overstuffed Donna Summer bio-musical squanders its disco-filled promiseFeb 14, 2020 3:00 pm - “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” - ★ ★ ½ Does every Top-40 pop artist of the past merit a jukebox musical these days? It seems so, and the latest to hit Chicago is “Su...
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Strong performances define Writers Theatre's revival of 'Stick Fly'Feb 14, 2020 12:00 pm - “Stick Fly” - ★ ★ ★ Issues of class and race figure prominently in Lydia R. Diamond's “Stick Fly,” a 2006 domestic drama that is currently running at Writers Theatre. It...
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On stage: Griffin Theatre examines international ivory trade in "Mlima's Tale"Feb 14, 2020 5:00 am - #x2022; The regulars at a Cleveland karaoke bar fight to save their favorite watering hole from closure thanks to neighborhood gentrification in "Last Night in Karaoke T...
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Goodly Creatures to present 'An Ideal Husband' at Elgin Arts ShowcaseFeb 13, 2020 6:10 am - A dinner party goes off the rails as rich and powerful people deal with political corruption, personal scandal and romance in "An Ideal Husband," a classic comedy presen...
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Actress channels 'Queen of Disco' for 'The Donna Summer Musical' tourFeb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - Why have just one actress playing a musical's leading lady when you can cast three? That's the line of thinking behind a few Broadway shows of the past decade, including...
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Farcical 'Noises Off' gets frenzied, funny revival at MetropolisFeb 11, 2020 5:00 am - “Noises Off” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Farce is fiendishly difficult to master. It has to be crisp. It has to be animated. It has to be impeccably timed. The actors must have command o...
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Spotlight: Multitalented Klea Blackhurst headlines Drury Lane's cabaret roomFeb 11, 2020 5:00 am - Drury Lane cabaret Actress/singer/comedienne Klea Blackhurst, who's known for her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman and who starred as the titular housekeeper in Drury L...
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Best bets: Post Malone at Allstate Arena, Jessica Simpson appears in NapervilleFeb 09, 2020 6:00 am - 'Right Here Waiting' Expect to hear song hits such as “Hold on to the Nights,” “Don't Mean Nothing” and more when Richard Marx performs an acoustic concert at the Arcada...
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Drury Lane's brassier 'An American in Paris' makes leap from ballet to musical theaterFeb 07, 2020 3:30 pm - “An American in Paris” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Drury Lane Theatre's dreamy regional premiere of “An American in Paris” takes pains to set itself apart from the Tony Award-winning Broa...
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Steppenwolf's 'Bug' a welcome infestation of thrills and paranoiaFeb 07, 2020 11:00 am - “Bug” - ★ ★ ★ ★ A combination love story, psychodrama, dark comedy and horror tale, “Bug,” by Tracy Letts, is a wholly riveting account of a paranoid Gulf War veteran an...