Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Suburban theater artists prepare for virtual holiday showsDec 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Last spring, after theaters everywhere shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, holiday shows were likely the last things on the minds of theater artists like Lor...
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Spotlight: Vanessa Williams headlines virtual'Women of Broadway' benefitDec 02, 2020 5:00 am - Dream team Some of Chicago's most respected female theater artists unite for a virtual, staged reading of "Fefu and Her Friends," Maria Irene Fornés' play about women s...
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Chicago-area theaters reimagine seasonal tales for streaming and radioNov 27, 2020 5:00 am - It takes more than a global pandemic to keep Chicago-area theaters from serving up holiday cheer. And, while the options are limited, certain favorites - including Goodm...
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Spotlight: Lookingglass, WBEZ premiere audio version of 'Her Honor Jane Byrne'Nov 24, 2020 5:00 am - Audio premiere Lookingglass Theatre Company and WBEZ premiere the audio version of "Her Honor Jane Byrne," Lookingglass ensemble member J. Nicole Brooks' drama base...
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In Italy, theater reopens in town devastated by COVIDNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - In a signal of rebirth, the Donizetti theater in the northern Italian city of Bergamo, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, reopened this weekend after t...
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Spotlight: Goodman associate Dael Orlandersmith's 'Until the Flood' receives broadcast premiereNov 17, 2020 10:00 pm - 'Until the Flood' Goodman Theatre is among eight regional theaters that teamed up with All Arts to stream the broadcast premiere of "Until the Flood," a 2016 solo s...
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Theater at renowned Jacob's Pillow dance center burns downNov 17, 2020 6:00 am - BECKET, Mass. (AP) - A fire at the renowned Jacob's Pillow dance center in Massachusetts destroyed a theater building early Tuesday, but no one was hurt. The fire at the...
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Play 'Thoughts of a Colored Man' to get a Broadway runNov 17, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Playwright Keenan Scott II's play 'œThoughts of a Colored Man,'ť a work about the outer and inner lives of Black men, is heading to the bright lights of ...
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Spotlight: Holiday fave 'It's a Wonderful Life' returns to American Blues TheaterNov 13, 2020 5:00 am - 'Wonderful Life' online American Blues Theater won't let a global pandemic halt "It's a Wonderful Life: Live From Chicago!," the company's beloved, 1940s-style, radio pl...
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Suburban natives add voices to Porchlight's now-virtual 'New Faces Sing Broadway'Nov 11, 2020 10:00 pm - Even during a global pandemic, art finds a way. Of this, musicians, dancers and theater artists are certain. “One of the things about artistic folk of all sorts, we are ...