Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Orchestra makes Lyric's 'My Fair Lady' an experience like no otherMay 03, 2017 6:00 am - The Lyric Opera of Chicago might well have spoiled musicals for theater fans when it began giving beloved Broadway tuners the opera house treatment five years ago as par...
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Hear the story of 'The Other Mozart,' Amadeus' sister and fellow prodigyMay 02, 2017 11:00 pm - Fermilab Arts & Lecture Series will present "The Other Mozart" at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium, off Pine Street in Batavia. Tickets are $25 o...
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'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' leads Tony nodsMay 01, 2017 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812," a sung-through musical that dramatizes a 70-page melodrama at the center of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace," earned...
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Naperville's BrightSide Theatre announces 2017-2018 seasonMay 01, 2017 1:00 am - Naperville's BrightSide Theatre announced its seventh season featuring works adapted to the stage from hit films. "The 39 Steps," a comedic whodunit inspired by Alfred H...
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Drury Lane 'Chicago' makes media a target in flashy productionApr 29, 2017 1:00 am - The hit musical “Chicago” famously uses vaudeville acts to take aim at two manipulative “murderesses” and their rivalry to become showbiz celebrities. But it's the media...
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater charmingly adapts Oscar-winning comedyApr 27, 2017 6:00 am - Whenever some enterprising producer floats the idea of adapting a hit film to the stage, I find myself pondering the same question. What did the original leave unsaid th...
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Paramount's 'Superstar' delivers potent revival of classic rock operaApr 26, 2017 6:00 am - The timing for Paramount Theatre's revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar” was just a bit off. Previews for Tim Rice's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera chronicling Jesus...
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Longtime Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey dies at 60Apr 25, 2017 1:00 am - Longtime Steppenwolf Theatre artistic director Martha Lavey, a titan of Chicago theater, died Tuesday from complications from a stroke she suffered April 19. She was 60....
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Theater events: Refugee-inspired 'Objects in the Mirror' premieres at GoodmanApr 24, 2017 11:00 pm - Goodman premiere The real-life experiences of refugee-turned-actor Shedrick Yarkpai's journey from war-torn Liberia to various refugee camps to eventual relocation ...
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Trump's Cabinet picks fuel stage drama in London and NYApr 24, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Coming soon to the West End and Broadway stage: Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Tom Price and Scott Pruitt. Four key players in President Donald Trump's new ...