Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Theater events: BoHo revives Steve Martin & Edie Brickell's 'Bright Star'Mar 15, 2019 6:00 am - • Previews continue through Friday, March 15, for redtwist theatre's "Herland" by University of Chicago graduate Grace McLeod and produced in conjunction with the Nation...
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Theater spotlight: Peanuts gang at Drury Lane, 'In To America' at the Metropolis & moreMar 15, 2019 6:00 am - Peanuts on stage Happiness is ... Drury Lane Theatre for Young Audiences' revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," the musical inspired by Charles M. Schulz's belo...
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'Ya Got Trouble' _ Hugh Jackman heading back to BroadwayMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hugh Jackman is coming back to Broadway as a classic roguish traveling salesman. Producer Scott Rudin said Wednesday the two-time Tony-winner will star i...
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Tech and friendship at heart of Broadway's 'Be More Chill'Mar 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Iconis seems to have all the normal influences expected from a young musical theater composer. The "Be More Chill" songsmith cites Stephen Sondheim, ...
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Theater events: '2 Unfortunate 2 Travel' premieres at Prop Thtr; 'Sweat' previews at GoodmanMar 08, 2019 5:00 am - • Prop Thtr stages the world premiere of "2 Unfortunate 2 Travel," adapted and directed by Zach Weinberg from Thomas Nashe's 16th-century novel "The Unfortunate Travelle...
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Constable: These five comedians will make all their colors funMar 07, 2019 4:20 am - When Aliyah Kizilbash began her stand-up comedy career, the Barrington woman talked about her passion for fashion and style. "I played up the material side of me, and th...
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Writers Theatre to revive 'Into the Woods,' 'Stick Fly'Mar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Writers Theatre will open its 2019-2020 season with a bang, specifically an in-the-round revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairy tale-inspired musical “Into...
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Theater spotlight: BrightSide revives Chekhov-inspired comedy in NapervilleMar 05, 2019 5:00 am - Chekhov revisited BrightSide Theatre revives "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Christopher Durang's witty riff on the works of Russian writer Anton Chekhov. The pla...
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Steppenwolf breaks ground on multiyear, multimillion dollar expansionMar 05, 2019 12:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre broke ground Tuesday on the second phase of its multiyear, 50,000-square-foot expansion that will add a 400-seat, in-the-round theater to the Chicago...
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'To Kill a Mockingbird' compromise offered to small theatersMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat were offere...