Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Drury Lane Theatre announces 'Beaches' castMay 11, 2015 1:00 am - Drury Lane Theatre on Monday announced the cast for its pre-Broadway production of "Beaches," the musical by writer/lyricist Iris Rainer Dart and Thom Thomas based o...
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Musical of the book 'Beaches' to wash ashore at Drury LaneMay 10, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Chicagoans, get out your hankies - a stage musical of "Beaches" is coming. The show, based on Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel about two best girlfriends, will b...
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Arlington Heights' Metropolis announces 2015-2016 seasonMay 10, 2015 11:00 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre announced its 2015-2016 season today, hours before members of the Arlington Heights village board are to meet to discuss financial ...
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'Doubt' retains its power in Writers Theatre's site-specific productionMay 08, 2015 4:45 pm - A decade after it debuted, John Patrick Shanley's play "Doubt: A Parable" still packs an unsettling dramatic punch. Local audiences can once again confront the many chal...
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Theater events: Silent Theatre pays tribute to Madam CapriceMay 08, 2015 6:00 am - Silent show Silent Theatre Company artistic director Tonika Todorova conceived and directed the company's latest original production, "The Seven Secret Plays of Mad...
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Grayslake dancer part of 'Chuggington' cast at Rosemont TheatreMay 06, 2015 1:00 am - Grayslake native Caitlin Sheppard is dancing, singing and acting onstage with some really big stars - train locomotives, to be exact. Sheppard, 23, is one of nine human ...
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Former Chicago Dramatists artistic director diesMay 04, 2015 1:00 am - Longtime Chicago Dramatists artistic director Russ Tutterow, who shepherded to the stage Arlington Heights writer Keith Huff's "A Steady Rain" among many other new works...
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CST's intimate 'Sense and Sensibility' nothing less than sublimeMay 01, 2015 6:00 am - Before the orchestra plays a note of composer/lyricist Paul Gordon's exquisite score. Before Sharon Rietkerk and Megan McGinnis delight with their winning performances a...
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Theater events: Mood swings and more in Copley's 'Menopause The Musical'Apr 29, 2015 6:00 am - That certain age Four women who meet at a department store lingerie sale discuss the travails of middle age - mood swings, hot flashes, chocolate cravings and the l...
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Steppenwolf earns multiple Tony noms for 'Airline Highway'Apr 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Lisa D'Amour's "Airline Highway" - which chronicles the lives of a colorful group of fringe-dwellers who inhabit a rundown SRO hotel ...