Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Annie Baker's play 'The Flick' to return to New York CityJan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Get out the popcorn, fans of Annie Baker: "The Flick" is being rereleased. Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three low-paid employees of a rundow...
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Sting unable to save his musical 'The Last Ship' on BroadwayJan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Sting is going down with his ship. Producers said early Tuesday that the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter's Broadway musical "The Last Ship" will close ...
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The brilliant mind behind the play 'Every Brilliant Thing'Jan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Comedian and musician Jonny Donahoe has come to New York with a play that may sound like a hard sell: It's a one-man show. It's British. It calls for som...
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Sketch comedy fest welcomes groups from near and farJan 05, 2015 4:30 am - When the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival launched in 2002, only half of the 33 groups that performed had ever done more than one show. “When we first started sketch wasn'...
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Theater news: Lifeline hosts Fillet of SoloJan 02, 2015 5:00 am - Fillet of Solo Performers Stephen Bastion of Gurnee and Tekki Lomnicki of Elmhurst are among those featured during Lifeline Theatre's 18th annual Fillet of Solo Fes...
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At 89, enigmatic Angela Lansbury is back in the 'Spirit'Dec 30, 2014 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Angela Lansbury has moved yet again. This time, home is the Ahmanson Theatre, where the 89-year-old Tony winner and honorary Oscar recipient has settled in...
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Theater events: Sasheer Zamata plays Zanies RosemontDec 26, 2014 8:00 am - Exit 2014 laughing “Saturday Night Live” featured player Sasheer Zamata headlines Zanies Rosemont on New Year's Eve. Known for her impressions of Michelle Obama and...
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Some suburban theaters soar, but others take a final bowDec 26, 2014 4:30 am - During a year in which Paramount Theatre in Aurora's profile continued to soar in its first Jeff Award eligible season and Writers Theatre in Glencoe broke ground on wha...
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Martha Plimpton: 'I don't want to be just famous'Dec 22, 2014 5:01 am - NEW YORK - To the audience watching the opening act of "A Delicate Balance" on Broadway, a gentle word of warning: Martha Plimpton is listening to you. The actress is ba...
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NYC theater plans live reading of 'The Interview'Dec 21, 2014 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Sony may have scrapped the release of the movie "The Interview," but it will be in at least at one theater in New York City - onstage, that is. Treehouse ...