Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Blue Man Group bids Chicago farewellNov 22, 2024 4:31 pm - Hail and farewell blue men. Blue Man Group Chicago announced Friday the long-running production will close on Jan. 5, 2025, after 27 years at the Briar Street Theatre.
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Buffalo Theatre’s ‘The Wickhams’ an entertaining alternative for holiday theatergoersNov 20, 2024 6:15 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s charming revival of “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” is a pleasant alternative to typical holiday theatricals.
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Spotlight: Metropolis ushers in holiday season with ‘A Christmas Carol’Nov 20, 2024 12:37 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre stages “A Christmas Carol” while Griffin Theatre premieres a new musical version of “The House Without a Christmas Tree” and TUTA Theatre revives Thornton Wilder’s “The Long Christmas Dinner.”
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Love, drama and biscuits: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents ‘The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley’Nov 19, 2024 10:40 pm - The main characters from “Pride and Prejudice” return in the second in a trilogy, “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley.” The play is presented by Buffalo Theatre Ensemble now through Dec. 15 at the Playhouse Theatre in Glen Ellyn.
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Chicago, Broadway veteran delivers virtuoso turn in Writers’ ‘Every Brilliant Thing’Nov 18, 2024 5:15 pm - Jessie Fisher makes her Writers Theatre debut in “Every Brilliant Thing,” a moving, ultimately hopeful examination of the myriad reasons life is worth living.
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Pure magic: ‘Frozen’ regional premiere a triumph for Paramount TheatreNov 14, 2024 6:47 am - Paramount theatergoers should prepare to be dazzled by the Aurora theater’s marvelous regional premiere of Disney’s “Frozen.”
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Spotlight: Jeff winner in concert at Lincolnshire’s Marriott TheatreNov 12, 2024 4:14 pm - Kaitlyn Davis, who earned a Jeff Award for her performance as Carole King in Marriott Theatre’s revival of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” returns to the theater with her solo show, “Songs From the Bench.”
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Ideal time for Marriott’s merry revival of ‘Irving Berlin’s White Christmas’Nov 08, 2024 2:26 pm - The cast of Marriott Theatre’s warm-hearted revival of “White Christmas” is a cheerful bunch, but no member is merrier than superb dancer/singer/actor Tyler Johnson-Campion making his Marriott debut.
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Spotlight: Buffalo Theatre revives ‘The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley’Nov 06, 2024 1:27 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble stages the Jane Austen-inspired “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley,” Lifeline Theatre hosts its 28th annual Fillet of Solo Festival, and the national tour of “Annie” comes to the Chicago Theatre.
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Steppenwolf’s ‘Leroy and Lucy’ beguilingly reinvents a blues mythNov 05, 2024 8:12 am - Mythologies inevitably build up around innovative artists who become legends beyond their lifetimes. Playwright Ngozi Anyanwu is astutely aware of this in her entrancing world-premiere play “Leroy and Lucy” for Steppenwolf Theatre.