Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Snow threat cancels some theater productions; show goes on for mostFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Despite warnings of an approaching storm that could dump as much as a foot of snow on the suburbs, the curtain will rise on most suburban theater productions. A couple,...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble delivers powerful drama 'Time Stands Still'Feb 07, 2018 5:00 am - “Time Stands Still” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Watching Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's bracing revival of “Time Stands Still,” a couple of things struck me. The first was that I wouldn't min...
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'America's Got Talent' winner Darci Lynne brings 'Friends' to RosemontFeb 07, 2018 5:00 am - Never mind that she is the youngest performer ever to win NBC's "America's Got Talent," received more final performance votes than any other contestant in the show's his...
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Theater events: Williams Street Rep's 'Love Letters' for Valentine's DayFeb 06, 2018 5:00 am - 'Love Letters' Williams Street Repertory commemorates Valentine's Day with a revival of A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters." Through letters, the two-hander chronicles the life...
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Paramount Theatre to stage world premiere 'August Rush' musicalFeb 05, 2018 8:30 am - After earning Joseph Jefferson Awards three years running for best large musical, Paramount Theatre is flexing its muscles with an eye toward expanding, maybe as far as ...
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Suburban creators bring dose of 'Musical Therapy' to Chicago theater festFeb 04, 2018 6:00 am - Joey Katsiroubas traces his love of musicals back to the Disney movies he watched as a kid growing up in Roselle. Favorites included “The Lion King” and “Aladdin.” “Each...
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'The Humans' perfectly reflects an imperfect middle-American familyFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - “The Humans” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Stephen Karam's evocative, superbly written “The Humans” chronicles an imperfect family in all its flawed glory. Struggling to survive in storm-...
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Marriott's stunning 'Ragtime' finds today's truths in historical musicalFeb 02, 2018 11:00 am - “Ragtime” - ★ ★ ★ ★ It took two decades for the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire to tackle “Ragtime.” But director Nick Bowling's superlative staging of the epic 1...
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First Folio scares up laughs in flawed 'Women in Jeopardy!'Feb 01, 2018 5:00 am - “Women in Jeopardy” - ★ ★ ½ There's an ancient saying about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. That's not entirely true of Wendy MacLeod's farcical “Wome...
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Goodman's 'Blind Date' explores machinations behind Reagan-Gorbachev summitJan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - “Blind Date” - ★ ★ ★ “Blind Date” may sound like the name of a fun romantic comedy. Yet this 2017 play by Rogelio Martinez is actually about the first face-to-face meeti...