Articles filed under Professional Theater
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'Annie' on national tour is led by a keeper of the flameNov 24, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If you catch the latest national tour of "Annie," you're in for a treat - the original director and lyricist is running the show. That's like drinking re...
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Tony Awards telecast finds a home for 2016 further uptownNov 24, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The next Tony Awards have found a home - a familiar one but one far from Broadway. The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing said Tuesday that th...
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Theater events: 'Domesticated' makes Chicago premiere at SteppenwolfNov 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Scandal Tom Irwin plays a disgraced politician stumbling through a televised apology for his indiscretion and Mary Beth Fisher plays his wife who stands stoically b...
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'Motown the Musical' to Broadway: 'I'll Be There' _ againNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - We've heard it through the grapevine - "Motown the Musical" is coming back to Broadway. Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and producer Kevin McCollum sa...
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'Holmes' role more than elementary for David ArquetteNov 22, 2015 10:00 pm - David Arquette's jaw dropped the first time he walked into the lobby of Chicago's Oriental Theatre and took in its over-the-top Asian decor. In town last month to drum u...
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Meet the 3 new Illusionists to appear on BroadwayNov 22, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - The magic super group "The Illusionists" has reappeared on Broadway this fall and three new acts are among the seven performers. Here's a look at them: JONATH...
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Northwestern grad starring in Chicago's 'Charlie Brown Christmas'Nov 21, 2015 6:00 am - Alex Benjamin has always been a fan of Charles M. Schulz's comic strip characters and recalls that watching the animated Peanuts television specials — particularly the h...
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Theater events: Paramount rings in holidays with 'Christmas Story'Nov 20, 2015 5:00 am - 'Christmas Story' A young boy growing up in a small Indiana town during the 1940s has his heart set on one thing: a Red Ryder BB gun. And he'll do almost anything t...
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Hold onto your helicopter: 'Miss Saigon' returns to BroadwayNov 19, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - That familiar sound of thwak, thwak, thwak is coming back to Broadway - the musical "Miss Saigon," complete with iconic helicopter, will land in New York...
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'You Can't Take It With You' a delight at NorthlightNov 18, 2015 7:00 am - “You Can't Take It With You” has endured through the decades, and Northlight Theatre's hilarious revival in Skokie shows why. Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer ...