Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Metropolis' R-rated puppet musical 'Avenue Q' is a charming place to visitJun 01, 2018 7:00 am - “Avenue Q” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Avenue Q” imparts personal, professional and financial lessons to young adults the way “Sesame Street” communicates cognitive and educational funda...
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Weekend picks: Chicago native Deon Cole laughs it up at Schaumburg's ImprovMay 30, 2018 6:00 am - Chicago's own Get a whole lot of laughs when Chicago native and actor Deon Cole ("Black-ish," "Barbershop") performs a series of standup comedy shows starting Thursday a...
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Theater spotlight: Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' comes to The GiftMay 29, 2018 8:00 am - The Gift's 'Hamlet' Daniel Kyri, who has made quite an impression on Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman, Lookingglass and Steppenwolf stages in recent years, plays the titular...
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Beloved director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell dies of cancerMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell, one of the greats of Chicago area theater and a fixture at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire for nearly 25 years, died Monday of o...
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Theater events: 'Mies Julie' opens at Victory GardenMay 25, 2018 6:00 am - • Victory Gardens Theater concludes its 43rd season with "Mies Julie." Yael Farber's adaptation of August Strindberg's "Miss Julie" is an examination of class and power ...
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St. Charles' Steel Beam goes the distance for touching drama '4000 Miles'May 25, 2018 6:00 am - “4000 Miles” - ★ ★ ★ A 91-year-old New Yorker and her 21-year-old grandson bridge the divides of age and distance in “4000 Miles.” Amy Herzog's acclaimed 2011 Pulitzer P...
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Historic theater cancels events due to roof damageMay 24, 2018 7:00 am - RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - A century-old Vermont theater known as a popular stop for performers traveling between Montreal and Boston canceled upcoming events due to roof damag...
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New mothers face hard choices in Northlight Theatre's 'Cry It Out'May 23, 2018 10:45 am - “Cry It Out” - ★ ★ ★ “When it comes to kids and careers, there's rarely a perfect choice,” opined a newsroom veteran who well recalls those heady days as a new mom full ...
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Writers Theatre delivers superb revival of unsettling 'Buried Child'May 23, 2018 6:30 am - “Buried Child” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If “Sweeney Todd,” Stephen Sondheim's gruesome musical about a vengeful barber turned serial murderer, is a “season killer” as a colleague once ...
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Theater spotlight: Lifeline brings back award-winning adaptation of 'Neverwhere'May 22, 2018 6:00 am - Lifeline's 'Neverwhere' Lifeline Theatre revives its Joseph Jefferson Award-winning adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel about businessman Richard, who gets trapped in an a...