Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Stripped-down revival of 'The Color Purple' retains powerful messageJul 25, 2018 11:45 am - “The Color Purple” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It's too bad that Broadway in Chicago couldn't have booked the national tour of “The Color Purple” into a smaller venue than the 3,875-seat ...
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Metropolis' tuneful 'Beehive' sweet as cotton candy and just as fillingJul 25, 2018 8:00 am - “Beehive” - ★ ★ ½ If there is an ideal time for a revival of “Beehive: The 60's Musical,” that time is summer. A frothy homage to 1960s girl groups and female solo artis...
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A play about straight white men on Broadway makes historyJul 24, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The play that just opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway may have a cast dominated by white men but history has been made behind the scenes. Youn...
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Spotlight: 'The African Company Presents Richard III' comes to the stageJul 24, 2018 6:00 am - Drama under the stars The African Company of New York, the nation's first black theater ensemble, creates a bit of a stir in Carlyle Brown's period drama "The Afric...
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Stacy Keach marks Chicago return in Goodman Theatre's 'Pamplona'Jul 21, 2018 1:00 am - Any student who has stared at a blank computer screen the night before the essay is due, any employee who's struggled with the quarterly report, any critic who has toile...
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Theater events: Skokie Theatre puts up “Torch, Sass and Swing!”Jul 20, 2018 6:00 am - • Actress, cabaret singer and American Blues Theater ensemble member Suzanne Petri shares tales about great Chicago nightclubs such as Mr. Kelly's and The London House i...
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First Folio's new 'Shrew'd!' updates Shakespeare's problematic comedyJul 18, 2018 10:00 am - “Shrew'd!” - ★ ★ ½ In “Shrew'd!” - a breezy new musical adapted from William Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew” - co-writers and lyricists David Rice and Lydia Hil...
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Theater spotlight: Babes With Blades presents 'The Lady Demands Satisfaction'Jul 18, 2018 6:00 am - McGann at Zanies Chicago comedian Pat McGann, a frequent guest on ABC 7's "Windy City Live," the WGN morning news and Fox's "Good Morning Chicago," headlines Zanie...
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Tony-winning 'Band's Visit' stops in Chicago next yearJul 17, 2018 1:00 am - "The Band's Visit," the acclaimed musical directed by Skokie native David Cromer that earned 10 Tony Awards last month, comes to Chicago for a brief run next year. B...
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Drury Lane's excellent 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” leaves lasting impressionJul 13, 2018 5:00 pm - “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Nearly two years after her revelatory revival of “Smokey Joe's Cafe” at Drury Lane Theatre, director Marcia Milgrom Dodge returns to Oa...