Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Weekend picks: Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt go acoustic at the GeneseeNov 03, 2017 6:00 am - Lovett & Hiatt together again Grammy Award winner Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, bring their incredible combined talent ...
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Jimmy Buffett looks to Broadway as 'Margaritaville' sails into ChicagoNov 03, 2017 6:00 am - Jimmy Buffett is one savvy pop star. He knows what his parrothead legions want. And he gives it to them. “There are 10 or 15 songs that we always play,” said Buffett, ...
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Goodman's 'Yasmina's Necklace' sparkles as compelling tale of identityNov 01, 2017 11:00 pm - “Yasmina's Necklace” - ★ ★ ★ Suspended above the Goodman Theatre stage where the disarming, gently comic “Yasmina's Necklace” unfolds, a less than subtle (and not entire...
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Weekly picks: 'Marvel Universe' takes over Rosemont's Allstate ArenaOct 31, 2017 11:00 pm - They're super! See comic book superheroes and villains onstage when “Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes” comes on tour starting Thursday at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. ...
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Theater events: 'Bridges of Madison County' opens in NapervilleOct 30, 2017 11:00 pm - BrightSide's 'Bridges' BrightSide Theatre opens its season with a revival of “The Bridges of Madison County” by composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown and writer Marsha No...
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Theater events: City Lit Theater revives Bible tale 'J.B.'Oct 26, 2017 7:45 am - Bible tale retold Nine Chicago-area actresses “of a certain age” play 23 roles in City Lit Theater's revival of “J.B.” a free-verse, morality play by poet/playwright Arc...
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Chicago-area theaters scare up Halloween treatsOct 21, 2017 7:00 am - Since the 2006 premiere of “The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story,” Halloween has been very good to First Folio Theatre. “The first time was a conscious decision...
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Lake Zurich native takes lead in campy horror musical 'Carrie 2'Oct 20, 2017 6:00 am - Demi Zaino has fond memories of scary movie fests in her family's basement around Halloween. It was during one of these movie nights when she was a kid that the Lake Zu...
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Theater events: BoHo Theatre closes out season with 'Marie Christine'Oct 17, 2017 6:00 am - Voodoo woman's tale BoHo Theatre concludes its season with "Marie Christine," Michael John LaChiusa's "Medea" musical partly inspired by the life of Marie Laveau, a...
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'Les Miserables' is back — and it's magnificentOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - “Les Miserables” — ★ ★ ★ ½ In 2010, 25 years after it debuted, a new “Les Miserables” emerged. Victor Hugo's melodramatic, 19th century French tale of redemption a...