Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Women's funny fest returns to ChicagoJun 14, 2015 7:00 am - Amy Sumpter doesn't have to look far for comedic material. “I'm always the butt of my own jokes,” the Streamwood native says. “I don't like making fun of other people. ...
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Theater events: Well-loved 'Sound of Music' takes stage in NapervilleJun 12, 2015 6:00 am - 'Sound of Music' BrightSide Theatre concludes its fourth season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music," starring Meg McGarry as Maria, Tony Lage of Wes...
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'City of Angels' receives rare revival at MarriottJun 09, 2015 11:00 pm - For musical theater afficionados, the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire's revival of “City of Angels” is a big deal. That's because this jazzy 1989 musical comedy about t...
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'Fun Home,' 'Curious Incident' big winners at TonysJun 07, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The poignant and groundbreaking coming-of-age show "Fun Home" was named best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday, one of five big trophies it won on the way ...
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'Fun Home' latest musical to push the envelope while on the roadJun 07, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK - There is a coffin sitting onstage. A lesbian is the narrator. There are no movie stars in it. And we are promised a suicide by Page 9 of the script. "Fun...
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Who will win at the Tony Awards? Some predictionsJun 06, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - One tip-off that this season on Broadway has been unique is that two of the top musicals had coffins prominently onstage. The season also had royalty, from th...
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Theater events: Light Opera Works revives 'The Fantasticks'Jun 05, 2015 6:00 am - 'The Fantasticks' Light Opera Works stages "The Fantasticks," Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's legendary chamber musical about two fathers' attempts to play Cupid for...
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Goodman's 'stop. reset.' piles on futuristic fearsJun 05, 2015 6:00 am - Don't be surprised if you have a hard time wrapping your head around the conclusion of Regina Taylor's “stop. reset.” Now making its Midwest debut at Chicago's Goodman T...
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Musical 'Once' still sweet second time aroundJun 03, 2015 5:15 pm - Can music break all bonds on the path to love? Or is it better suited as a universal salve to help ease the pain of broken hearts? Local audiences are lucky to ponder t...
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Gloria Estefan's life, music give rise to 'On Your Feet!'May 31, 2015 6:00 am - YouTube Featuring a score of Latin-crossover pop hits created by the Grammy Award-winning Estefan and the band The Miami Sound Machine, #8220;On Your Feet!#8221; theatri...