Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Richard Marx, Reduced Shakespeare to headline Prairie CenterAug 05, 2015 4:00 pm - Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Richard Marx, Hubbard Street 2 and the Reduced Shakespeare Company are among the artists scheduled to perform at the Schaumburg Pr...
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Organic Theater stages 'Tartuffe' at North CentralAug 04, 2015 11:00 pm - After a successful six-week run in Chicago, Organic Theater Company presents its modern staging of Moliere's "Tartuffe" for its summer showing at North Central College. ...
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Theater events: Celebrate jazz giant Ella Fitzgerald at MetropolisJul 31, 2015 5:15 am - Comedy crank up The Comedy Shrine hosts “Cranked Up,” a new weekly, stand-up showcase featuring up-and-coming local and touring comedians. Jack Baker and Adam Gulle...
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Thwarted romance, angst animate Sideshow's brilliant 'Bird'Jul 31, 2015 5:15 am - “Stupid (expletive) Bird” is an exceptional play, but this commercial remount of Sideshow Theatre Company's 2014 hit is not for everyone. That's especially true of those...
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Clever circus staging reframes 'Pippin' as true spectacleJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - If ever there was a musical that desperately needed a visionary director to shape it into a triumph of style over substance, that would be "Pippin." And by all accounts,...
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Richard Pryor drama plays Chicago this fallJul 28, 2015 5:00 am - "Unspeakable," a play chronicling the rise of seminal comedian Richard Pryor, will play here in October, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. James Murray Jackson Jr....
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Theater events: Citadel take Shakespeare on the roadJul 24, 2015 6:00 am - Shakespeare on tour Citadel Theatre Company takes its production of William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" on the road this summer, performing under the stars at various...
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Suburban actor on board for Lookingglass' 'Moby Dick'Jul 22, 2015 6:00 am - When viewers enter the theater to see Lookinglass Theatre's production of "Moby Dick," they appear to be venturing into the belly of a whale. "On the perimeter of the s...
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Constable: 'My kingdom for bug spray!' Suburban actors face summer's tormentJul 20, 2015 1:00 am - Full of sound and fury, wet basements, hot offices, cold picnics, hail damage and mosquitoes from hell, this summer of our discontent proves a challenge for actors in “T...
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'Hamilton' cast 'thrilled' after Obama and his girls see playJul 18, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The current American president took a trip back in time Saturday to visit some of the country's early leaders in the hip-hop musical "Hamilton" on Broadway, l...