Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Tech and friendship at heart of Broadway's 'Be More Chill'Mar 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Iconis seems to have all the normal influences expected from a young musical theater composer. The "Be More Chill" songsmith cites Stephen Sondheim, ...
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Theater events: '2 Unfortunate 2 Travel' premieres at Prop Thtr; 'Sweat' previews at GoodmanMar 08, 2019 5:00 am - • Prop Thtr stages the world premiere of "2 Unfortunate 2 Travel," adapted and directed by Zach Weinberg from Thomas Nashe's 16th-century novel "The Unfortunate Travelle...
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Constable: These five comedians will make all their colors funMar 07, 2019 4:20 am - When Aliyah Kizilbash began her stand-up comedy career, the Barrington woman talked about her passion for fashion and style. "I played up the material side of me, and th...
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Writers Theatre to revive 'Into the Woods,' 'Stick Fly'Mar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Writers Theatre will open its 2019-2020 season with a bang, specifically an in-the-round revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairy tale-inspired musical “Into...
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Theater spotlight: BrightSide revives Chekhov-inspired comedy in NapervilleMar 05, 2019 5:00 am - Chekhov revisited BrightSide Theatre revives "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Christopher Durang's witty riff on the works of Russian writer Anton Chekhov. The pla...
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Steppenwolf breaks ground on multiyear, multimillion dollar expansionMar 05, 2019 12:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre broke ground Tuesday on the second phase of its multiyear, 50,000-square-foot expansion that will add a 400-seat, in-the-round theater to the Chicago...
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'To Kill a Mockingbird' compromise offered to small theatersMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat were offere...
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'Scatter the Pigeons' a tonal mess at St. Charles' Steel Beam TheatreMar 01, 2019 5:00 am - “Scatter the Pigeons” - ★ ½ Remember that moment in both film versions of “The Producers” showing the shocked, mouths-agape reactions of first-night audiences attending ...
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Theater events: Abby Theatre raises 'Two Pints' at Chicago Shakespeare TheaterMar 01, 2019 5:00 am - • Previews continue at The Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark St., Chicago, for the company's season opener "Mahalia Jackson: Moving Through the Light...
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Literary adaptations dominate First Folio seasonMar 01, 2019 12:00 am - Literary adaptations dominate First Folio Theatre's 24th season, which commences with a limited run of Anne Nelson's 9/11-inspired two-hander "The Guys," about a New Yor...