Articles filed under Professional Theater
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T Bone Burnett to write songs for Roy Rogers musicalNov 06, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Producer, songwriter and musician T Bone Burnett has donned a white hat and jumped in to rescue the score to a musical about American icons Roy Rogers an...
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Blankenbuehler returning to Broadway with 'The Bandstand'Nov 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The sound of swing will return to Broadway next season when director Andy Blankenbuehler leads "The Bandstand" to New York. The story of six WWII veteran...
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How did Camryn Manheim become fluent in ASL?Nov 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actors usually have all sorts of special skills they've picked up along the way - sword-fighting, judo, a Scandinavian accent. Camryn Manheim has America...
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Writers' 'Marjorie Prime' explores questions of memory, identityNov 05, 2015 5:00 am - How would you prefer your memories? Raw, messy, unpleasant, imperfect? Or tidy and neatly embellished, with all the rough edges smoothed out? Those are among the questi...
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'Madam Secretary' star Erich Bergen brings his concert 'party' to MetropolisNov 04, 2015 8:00 am - When you hear about actor Erich Bergen's busy shooting schedule playing Blake Moran on the CBS drama "Madam Secretary," you realize how challenging it is for him to appe...
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Theater events: Janus opens 18th season with thriller 'King of Shadows'Nov 03, 2015 10:00 pm - Janus stages a thriller Janus Theatre opens its 18th season with the Chicago-area premiere of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's "King of Shadows." A supernatural thriller l...
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'Hamilton' cast album makes history singing about historyNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The cast album from the Broadway smash "Hamilton" has done something few such recordings have done in quite some time. How long? Since Richard Burton was...
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Stephen King meets Shakespeare in Janus Theatre's 'King of Shadows'Nov 02, 2015 10:00 pm - For anyone who delights in enjoying their theater with a twist, the Janus Theatre Company is set to begin its 18th season with a show that promises to deliver. "King of ...
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Hectic and fun '39 Steps' closing off-Broadway this JanuaryNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The off-Broadway show "39 Steps," the cheeky stage spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 spy thriller, is stepping away. Producer Douglas Denoff said Monday t...
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Theater founder hands over reins at St. Charles' Steel BeamOct 30, 2015 6:00 am - In 2009, Donna Steele, founder and artistic director of Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles, took a chance by including David Mamet's caustic, profanity-filled “Glengarry ...