Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Spotlight: Writers Theatre re-imagines Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'Sep 25, 2019 6:00 am - Streamlined classic Writers Theatre artistic director Michael Halberstam and writer/actor Sandra Delgado ("La Havana Madrid") have re-imagined Henrik Ibsen's proto-femin...
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Tried-and-true standards dominate Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire's 2020 seasonSep 24, 2019 1:00 am - Classic Broadway musicals make up the bulk of the Marriott Theatre's 2020 season, which was announced Monday by the Lincolnshire theater. Audiences get to go back to Ryd...
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TimeLine's 'Oslo' a galvanizing examination of Middle East peacemakingSep 20, 2019 6:00 pm - “Oslo” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Oslo,” the Tony Award-winning political drama chronicling clandestine Middle East peacemaking efforts during the early 1990s, concludes with a failure....
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Drury Lane ensemble emotionally elevates 'The Color Purple'Sep 20, 2019 4:00 pm - “The Color Purple” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It's hard to shake the feeling that the 2005 Broadway musical “The Color Purple” is in a perpetual race with itself. This musical inspired...
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On stage: 'Fantasticks' revival by MadKap, 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' at Chicago Children's TheatreSep 20, 2019 6:00 am - • MadKap Productions' revival of "The Fantasticks," the chamber musical by Tom Jones and Harvey L. Schmidt, continues through Oct. 6, at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln...
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'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' to play Chicago next yearSep 19, 2019 3:25 pm - Less than three months after it began Broadway previews, producers of the lush and lavish "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" announced they are taking the show on the road. On...
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Goodman's 'Dana H.' an unsettling, intriguing survivor's taleSep 19, 2019 3:00 pm - “Dana H.” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Before Lucas Hnath's unsettling, emotionally riveting “Dana H.” opened this week at the Goodman Theatre, word about its unconventional performance st...
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Theater-related podcasts find a hub in new digital networkSep 19, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Podcasts are exploding and the world of theater isn't immune. Now comes a digital hub that pulls together a lot of that theater talk - the Broadway Podca...
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Mexico Beyond Mariachi to put on 'SUGAR SKULL! A Dia de Los Muertos Musical Adventure' at the MAC Oct. 4Sep 18, 2019 11:00 pm - Mexico Beyond Mariachi presents "SUGAR SKULL! A Dia de Los Muertos Musical Adventure," written by Gregory Van Acker, musical arrangements by Sinuhé Padilla, at 7 p.m. Fr...
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Theater spotlight: Sept. 11-inspired 'The Mercy Seat' opens in ElginSep 17, 2019 6:00 am - Aftermath The newly formed Beacon Productions stages "The Mercy Seat," a Neil LaBute play inspired by the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Set on Sept. 12, 2001, LaBut...