Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Where to see discounted suburban productions during Chicago Theatre Week 2019Jan 23, 2019 8:00 am - Where to see discounted suburban productions during Chicago Theatre Week 2019
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Best bets: 'Disney On Ice' glides into RosemontJan 21, 2019 5:00 am - Finding Disney See skating sequences inspired by films like “Coco,” “Aladdin,” “Frozen” and more when “Disney On Ice: Mickey's Search Party” begins a run of 28 shows sta...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsJan 18, 2019 9:00 am - Bummed about the cold and snow? Here are five fun things to do in the suburbs despite the wintry weather. For more ideas, see dailyherald.com/calendar/. Funny Finesse Ca...
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Theater events: Kids' stories inspire Barrel of Monkeys' 'That's Weird, Grandma'Jan 17, 2019 10:00 pm - • After his wife leaves their home in the French countryside to visit her mother in Paris, Bernard plans a cozy getaway with his mistress Suzanne and enlists help from h...
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Steel Beam's 'Silent Sky' sheds light on astronomer Henrietta LeavittJan 17, 2019 12:00 pm - “Silent Sky” - ★ ★ ½ American astronomer Henrietta Leavitt doesn't have the name recognition of Edwin Hubble - the namesake astronomer for America's famed Hubble Space T...
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Brendan Coyle engrosses as self-hating critic in Goodman's 'St. Nicholas'Jan 16, 2019 10:00 am - “St. Nicholas” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Those who can, do theater. Those who can't do theater, critique it. That's the impression conveyed by the middle-aged theater critic at the ce...
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Spotlight: Suburban theaters celebrate 'Star Wars' aficionados and artist/activist Nina SimoneJan 15, 2019 5:00 am - 'Fillet of Solo' Lifeline Theatre's annual multivenue Fillet of Solo Festival returns for its 22nd year. In addition to solo storytellers, the festival, helmed by artist...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda: Shakespeare theater fire 'heartbreaking'Jan 14, 2019 6:00 am - STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) - Investigators sought the cause Monday of a fire that destroyed the historic American Shakespeare Theatre, whose stage has been graced by the like...
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Beautiful! Carole King shows up as herself in Broadway bioJan 13, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Anything can happen in live theater, and audience members seeing "Beautiful," the life story of Carole King, got a surprise when King appeared in the rol...
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Rhinofest at 30: Chicago theater fest endures as celebration of new, challenging worksJan 12, 2019 6:32 am - The Rhinoceros Theater Festival, the long-running, multi-arts celebration of Chicago's fringe running now through Feb. 24, owes its longevity to several factors. There's...