Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Spotlight: Improv Playhouse hosts 'Live the Laugh' bilingual comedy eventOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Women of Steel series Steel Beam Theatre's season-long salute to women continues with "The Odd Couple (Female Version)," Neil Simon's 1986 revision of his 1965 comedy ab...
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Writers Theatre production rebuilds 'A Doll's House' into lively one-actOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - “A Doll's House” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Every writer needs a good editor - even pioneering writers like 19th-century playwright Henrik Ibsen. And he has them in writer/actor Sandra D...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsOct 04, 2019 9:00 am - Anne Burrell of “Chef Wanted,” Kandi Burruss of Xscape and more appear at the Chicago Ultimate Women's Expo and Great Food Expo in Rosemont and the Broadway jukebox musi...
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On stage: Chicago Shakespeare stages 'A Man of Good Hope,' Steppenwolf revives 'Brothers Size'Oct 03, 2019 11:00 pm - The ensemble Mexico Beyond Mariachi brings its production of “Sugar Skull! A Dia de los Muertos Musical Adventure” to the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage ...
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'Anything Goes' delivers toe-tapping fun at the MetropolisOct 03, 2019 6:00 am - “Anything Goes” - ★ ★ ★ What most audiences want from “Anything Goes” is a glorious parade of Cole Porter standards, including “You're the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of Yo...
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Theater spotlight: First Folio, Arranmore Arts salute Sherlock Holmes with new showsOct 01, 2019 6:00 am - Mystery on stage Describing First Folio Theatre's season-opening production "Sherlock's Last Case," director Janice L. Blixt called it a "love letter to 221B Baker Stree...
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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 ...