Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Metropolis' matching gift campaign, village subsidy help ensure the shows go on in Arlington HeightsNov 18, 2023 12:00 am - Ticket sales are up; subscriptions rose by 35%. But those working to keep Metropolis Performing Arts Centre afloat — at a time when other theaters across the country hav...
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Drury Lane Theatre's charming 'Cinderella' delights the ears and the eyesNov 16, 2023 10:00 pm - “Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella” — ★ ★ ★ Drury Lane Theatre's revival of “Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella” is easy on the ears and on the eyes. Lovely to...
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From satires to spectacles, from family-friendly to adult, holiday shows deliver something for everyoneNov 15, 2023 10:00 pm - Along with time-honored favorites like "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life" and seasonal sketch-comedy sendups, suburban and Chicago theaters offer Christmas-...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble puts on Austen-inspired 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley'Nov 14, 2023 10:00 pm - The Buffalo Theatre Ensemble launches its 2023-24 season with "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley," a sequel to Jane Austen's beloved novel "Pride and Prejudice." The c...
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Spotlight: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble stages Jane Austen-inspired 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley'Nov 14, 2023 10:00 pm - 'Christmas at Pemberley' Mary Bennet, the bookish younger sister to Jane Austen's Lizzie Darcy, embarks upon a holiday romance in "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberl...
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Best bets: Sparkle Light Festival, Illumination: Tree Lights, Disney 100, 'The Illusionists'Nov 13, 2023 10:00 pm - Holiday lights • The opening of the 2023 Sparkle Light Festival brings back ice skating, tubing, a two-story ice slide, illuminated villages, kids' activities, trai...
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Leading lady gives showstopping turn in Marriott's heartfelt 'Beautiful'Nov 13, 2023 4:00 am - YouTube So primed was the audience for Marriott Theatre's first Chicago-made production of #8220;Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,#8221; they began applauding before K...
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Hail to the actual chiefs: Crackerjack cast powers Steppenwolf's 'POTUS'Nov 08, 2023 4:00 pm - “POTUS” — ★ ★ ★ ½ “POTUS: or, Behind Every Great (expletive) are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” commenced with an unprintable word that likely shocked some S...
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Spotlight: Citadel revives 'She Loves Me,' 'Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas' debutsNov 08, 2023 5:00 am - Tuneful romance A pair of squabbling co-workers, unaware that they are anonymous pen pals, fall in love in Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's 1963 musical "She Loves ...
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Suburban actresses describe Teatro Vista's 'Bernarda!' as a theater experience unlike any otherNov 01, 2023 11:00 pm - Teatro Vista's new interpretation of “The House of Bernarda Alba,” early 20th-century Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's tragedy about a despotic matria...