Articles filed under Professional Theater
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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...
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Theater events: Mooney does 'Shakespeare on demand' in 'Breakneck Hamlet'May 29, 2015 6:00 am - Fast-paced 'Hamlet' Clockwise Theatre presents the world premiere of "Breakneck Hamlet," writer/actor Tim Mooney's accelerated version of William Shakespeare's long...
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Arlington Heights native, Tony winner Scott Waara stars in 'Once' tourMay 29, 2015 6:00 am - Though he was born and raised in Arlington Heights, Tony Award-winning actor Scott Waara has never performed on a professional Chicago stage. That will change when he ap...
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Northlight's 'Shining Lives' a moving tribute to courageous womenMay 21, 2015 6:00 am - “Work that pays you well, costs something,” warns a character in “Shining Lives: A Musical.” For some young women working at the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois,...
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Chicago theater director dies after accident in ScotlandMay 21, 2015 1:00 am - PJ Paparelli, the 40-year-old artistic director of American Theater Company in Chicago, died Thursday while vacationing in Scotland. The writer/director died from injur...
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Metropolis' 'Drowsy Chaperone' lovingly spoofs 1920s Broadway musicalsMay 19, 2015 11:00 pm - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has fallen under a lot of scrutiny lately, especially since Arlington Heights village trustees recently approved a new business pla...
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Theater events: Des Plaines resident stars in Mary-Arrchie's 'December Man'May 15, 2015 6:00 am - Tragedy revisited Mary-Arrchie Theatre presents Colleen Murphy's "The December Man (L'homme de Décembre)," inspired by the 1989 massacre at Montreal's Ecole Polytec...
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Exceptional cast powers riveting revival of 'The Little Foxes' at GoodmanMay 15, 2015 6:00 am - One thing about the domestic strife that ensnares the titular characters in Lillian Hellman's 1939 domestic drama "The Little Foxes": It makes any family friction that's...
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Frothy 'Menopause The Musical' benefits from zesty performancesMay 13, 2015 11:00 pm - “Menopause The Musical” will never want for an audience. Tailor-made for women of a certain age, this genial musical revue chronicling the effects of menopause on four e...