Articles filed under Professional Theater
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George C. Wolfe on how a 94-year-old show sparked creativityMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - In 1921, a show limped onto Broadway with less-than-rosy prospects. The city was still recovering from the Depression. The show was debuting in the middl...
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Arlington Heights trustee hopefuls talk future of Metropolis at candidate forumMar 15, 2015 7:45 am - Most of the six candidates running for four seats on the Arlington Heights village board say business at the financially troubled Metropolis Performing Arts Centre won't...
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Angela Lansbury's road, from 'Murder, She Wrote' to Noel CowardMar 15, 2015 7:00 am - TORONTO - They begin to cheer as soon as Angela Lansbury emerges, early in Act 1, with a curly, red wig and accent thicker than an overdone Sunday roast. Each night, the...
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Naperville native tackles Jean Valjean for Paramount's 'Les Misérables'Mar 15, 2015 5:30 am - Naperville native Robert Wilde was surprised when, out of the blue, he was asked to audition for the leading role of Jean Valjean in Paramount Theatre's new production o...
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Charismatic leads best thing about 'First Wives Club'Mar 13, 2015 2:00 pm - The pre-Broadway premiere of “First Wives Club,” the musical based on the 1996 film and Olivia Goldsmith's chick-lit novel, owes a great deal to its superb leads: Faith ...
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Peter Gallagher fights infection to return to BroadwayMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - If there's one thing that musical theater performers fear most it might be silence - their own. Imagine opening your mouth to sing and nothing comes out....
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Theater events: Ben Tedder defends the 'Caveman' in AuroraMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - • Performances begin Friday, March 13, for Copley Theatre's production of "Defending the Caveman." Ben Tedder stars as the titular Neanderthal in Rob Becker's examinatio...
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Audra McDonald to return to Broadway in 2016 in a musicalMar 11, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is returning to Broadway next year in a show that reaches back over 90 years. Producer Scott Rudin said Thursda...
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Aurora's Garrett Lutz getting 'goofy' for Kokandy's 'Full Monty'Mar 10, 2015 6:00 am - For Garrett Lutz, there's more to playing the lead in Kokandy Productions' “The Full Monty” than just shedding his shorts. The musical, based on the 1997 hit British fil...
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Director Stephen Daldry on dogs, 'Wicked' and 'Billy Elliot'Mar 09, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Director Stephen Daldry has two shows opening on Broadway this season and that means juggling two sets of casts - both human and doggy. One recent afternoon, ...