Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Visual effects make Metropolis' Sherlock Holmes-inspired streaming comedy possibleJan 27, 2021 10:00 pm - Audiences tuning in to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's virtual production of "Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" might be curious about how the...
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Paramount Theatre offering free virtual reading of new playJan 25, 2021 12:00 am - Aurora's Paramount Theatre presents a free virtual reading of "BULL: a love story" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. The new play by Nancy García Loza follows a young Mexican...
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Steppenwolf playwright, electronic music composer collaborate on illustrated short 'Red Folder'Jan 21, 2021 5:00 am - When Rajiv Joseph entered first grade, his teacher gave every student a folder. The left side held pending assignments. The right side held completed assignments. Within...
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Spotlight: McAninch streams New Philharmonic's 'A Night of Broadway and Opera'Jan 20, 2021 5:00 am - Laugh more at Zanies Zanies launches a virtual comedy series this month. Chicago comedian Calvin Evans, who appears regularly on Comedy Central's "South Side," hosts the...
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Award-winning Wheaton actress shares life-changing discovery in new memoirJan 14, 2021 5:00 am - Twenty-four hours after her mother's death on Oct. 12, 2017, Cory Goodrich made a life-altering discovery that led the award-winning Wheaton actress to become a first-ti...
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Spotlight: American Blues Theater brings 'The Lion' to life with online readingJan 13, 2021 5:00 am - 'The Lion' American Blues Theater's live, online reading series continues with "The Lion," a new play about 19th-century African American civil rights activist Frederick...
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Paramount Theatre's new play project kicks off with dramas by women of colorJan 06, 2021 10:00 pm - Had everything gone according to plan, director Lanise Antoine Shelley would be in previews for a revival of "Rabbit Hole" this week at Aurora's Copley Theatre. The mult...
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Spotlight: Illusionist Scott Silven creates virtual 'Journey' for Chicago Shakespeare TheaterJan 06, 2021 5:00 am - Virtual 'Journey' Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents "The Journey," a virtual event created and performed by illusionist/performance artist Scott Silven, as part of it...
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Spotlight: Next up at First Folio - an online reading of 'The Little Match Girl'Dec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - More stories online First Folio Theatre's online winter reading series continues with artistic associate Cassy Schillo reading Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little...
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Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert star in 'Ratatouille' musicalDec 28, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - TikTok's crowdsourced "Ratatouille" musical has cooked up some serious talent for its one-night-only benefit concert, including roles for Tituss Burgess, Adam...