Articles filed under Professional Theater
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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...
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On stage: Goodman premieres drama partly inspired by Naperville's Sandra BlandFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - • 16th Street Theater and the National New Play Network unite for the rolling premiere of "Alabaster," Audrey Cefaly's darkly comic drama about June and her pet goat Wee...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's well-made 'The Cake' a treat thanks to HowardFeb 06, 2020 10:00 am - “The Cake” - ★ ★ ★ In her “ripped from the headlines” dramedy “The Cake,” playwright Bekah Brunstetter makes the hot-button topic of same-sex marriage digestible by turn...
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Arlington Heights theater hires executive operations directorFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre on Thursday announced the hiring of a new executive operations director to oversee the business side of the downtown Arlington Heights ...
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First Folio's 'Jeeves Saves the Day' is a comic delightFeb 05, 2020 11:00 am - “Jeeves Saves the Day” - ★ ★ ★ After catching the opening-night performance of First Folio Theatre's shared world premiere of “Jeeves Saves the Day,” I regret missing M...
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Northlight Theatre's 'How a Boy Falls' proves gripping, but thinFeb 04, 2020 2:00 pm - “How a Boy Falls” - ★ ★ ½ Steven Dietz's thriller “How a Boy Falls” is unquestionably gripping in Northlight Theatre's super-sleek world premiere. But lasting just under...
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Spotlight: Aurora's Paramount premieres 'The Secret of My Success'Feb 04, 2020 5:00 am - 'Nine' in concert BrightSide Theatre's season devoted to guilty pleasures continues with a concert version of "Nine," the musical by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit adapte...
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Fantasy and reality mix in BrightSide's production of 'Nine'Feb 04, 2020 5:00 am - Federico Fellini's fascination with weaving fantasy with reality comes to the stage in "Nine," a musical inspired by the famous director's semi-autobiographical film "8½...