Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Spotlight: Mike Toomey and friends headline Metropolis' virtual comedy showApr 07, 2021 6:00 am - Virtual stand-up Metropolis Performing Arts Centre hosts a virtual stand-up showcase "A Night of Comedy with Mike Toomey and Friends" featuring headliner Toomey, a ...
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Chicago Cabaret Professionals premieres new online music and interview seriesApr 06, 2021 11:00 pm - Chicago Cabaret Professionals presents a new online series that combines interviews and performances by cabaret veterans and new performers. "Cabaret Beat: Music & Conve...
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Paramount Theatre in Aurora to open immersive venue in 2022Apr 02, 2021 1:00 am - Aurora's Paramount Theatre announced Friday that it plans to open a new immersive performance venue in summer 2022. The Stolp Island Theatre is to be built at 5 E. Downe...
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Remy Bumppo revives radio drama by award-winning playwright Tom StoppardApr 01, 2021 11:00 am - For James Bohnen, Remy Bumppo Theatre's invitation to direct Tom Stoppard's early radio play “Artist Descending a Staircase” was an offer he couldn't refuse. “I would d...
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Elgin singer to star in new opera honoring health care workers premiering April 17Mar 31, 2021 11:00 pm - Chicago-based Working In Concert premieres the world's first full-length virtual opera, “On Call: COVID-19,” streaming on April 17-18. Created by librettist Christine S...
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Chicago Shakespeare showcases playwright's supporting charactersMar 31, 2021 6:00 am - Oil Lamp one-acts Oil Lamp Theater celebrates April Fools' Day belatedly with "Fool(ish)," an evening of one-act comedies. The plays include "Bowl of Trouble," abou...
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Dinner theater drops 'Cinderella' with mostly white castMar 26, 2021 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - A suburban Minneapolis dinner theater has scrapped plans for a production of 'œCinderella'ť because the cast was mostly white and it didn't fit ...
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Spotlight: Virtual readings, podcasts resume at SteppenwolfMar 26, 2021 6:00 am - Reading at Steppenwolf Steppenwolf Theatre hosts a virtual reading of a new work "Mosque4Mosque" by Omer Abbas Salem as part of SCOUT, the theater's new play development...
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Dozens of playwrights, actors join 'Period Piece' monologuesMar 25, 2021 7:00 am - Mandy Moore, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Beth Leavel, Jessica Hecht and dozens of other actors are teaming up to talk about something rarely mentioned on stage: periods. 'œPe...
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Laugh Out Loud in-person: Schaumburg comedy club resumes improv hybridMar 24, 2021 11:00 pm - When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year, owner Lillie Frances and the ensemble members thought Laugh Out Loud theater would close for a couple of weeks. A couple of ...