Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Art in Trying Times: 'Signs of Life' a musical Holocaust storySep 16, 2013 5:30 am - Virgina Criste knows that the creation of a musical about the World War II concentration camp Terezin in the former Czechoslovakia is bound to ruffle some feathers. But...
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Actress leaves Broadway hit to star in 'Evita'Sep 14, 2013 11:00 pm - It takes guts for an actor to leave a new hit Broadway show, especially one that just won six Tony Awards including one for Best Musical. But that's what Caroline Bowma...
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Timing, hard work elevate Buffalo Theatre's 'Leading Ladies'Sep 13, 2013 6:00 am - One thing about the enthusiastic cast members of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's “Leading Ladies,” they work hard. Especially leading men Robert Jordan Bailey and Bryan Burke...
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Theater events: 'Six Dance Lessons' takes the floorSep 13, 2013 6:00 am - Dance lessons Steel Beam Theatre founder and artistic director Donna Steele plays Lily, a 72-year-old widow who hires a middle-aged dance instructor (Will Nifong) t...
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Hit New York shows headed to ChicagoSep 12, 2013 5:00 pm - Two high-profile New York shows from the past season are Chicago bound. The 2013 Broadway concert "Once Upon a Dream starring the Rascals" is set to play five performan...
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Tunes better than the script in Fox Valley Rep's 'Let's Misbehave'Sep 12, 2013 6:00 am - Fox Valley Repertory is billing the regional debut of “Let's Misbehave!” at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles as “The New Cole Porter Revue.” Yet, “Let's Misbehave”...
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Cicely Tyson on winning a Tony, Obama & next stepsSep 08, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — There is a beach with fluffy sand in Cicely Tyson's future. She can't wait to get to it. Just don't ask where it is. The newly crowned Tony Award winner is co...
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Creators savor chance to remount Julia Child dramaSep 08, 2013 6:00 am - Back in 2009, Chicago playwrights William Brown and Doug Frew were nearly done co-writing their new play, "To Master the Art," when they went to see Nora Ephron's film "...
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Fantasia prepares for Broadway under watchful eyeSep 06, 2013 8:46 am - NEW YORK — The first rehearsal of Fantasia Barrino’s upcoming Broadway show was, to be fair, a little rough. No sooner had the “American Idol” and Grammy Award winner op...
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TimeLine proves 'Raisin in the Sun' ripe for revivalSep 06, 2013 6:00 am - Among the telling moments in TimeLine Theatre's superb revival of Lorraine Hansberry's “A Raisin in the Sun” is a fleeting bit of business that reveals not just the meti...