Articles filed under Professional Theater
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'Yankee Tavern' examines theories surrounding 9/11Mar 06, 2015 5:00 am - It's easy to get tangled up in the various 9/11 coincidences and conspiracies advanced by the characters in “Yankee Tavern,” Steven Dietz's taut, tantalizing thriller in...
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Theater events: BrightSide revives Simon farce 'Rumors'Mar 06, 2015 5:00 am - Simon farce revived BrightSide Theatre continues its fourth season with a production of Neil Simon's 1988 farce, "Rumors." Aaron Hendrickson directs the comedy in w...
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Laura Benanti stars in 'a love letter to New York City'Mar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - People recognize Laura Benanti on the street these days. They just don't know why. "They'll be like, 'You're the girl from the thing!' And then I just go...
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Premieres, national tours make up Broadway in Chicago seasonMar 03, 2015 11:00 am - Broadway in Chicago on Tuesday unveiled its 2015-2016 season, which includes the previously announced pre-Broadway world premiere of “Gotta Dance!” about a senior ci...
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Tena Stivicic's '3 Winters' wins Blackburn PrizeMar 02, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Tena Stivicic was still buzzing a day after winning the oldest and most prestigious playwriting prize for women with her sweeping play about four generat...
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Chilina Kennedy on finding the 'joy' of Carole King on B'wayMar 02, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - The last time Broadway theatergoers got to see Chilina Kennedy, she was portraying Mary Magdalene. Now she's returned to play someone much more contemporary -...
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Director of 'Verite' and 'Hand to God' discusses his methodsMar 01, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Not many theater directors have the range to do a play with a foul-mouthed hand puppet and then one with a whiff of film noir. Moritz Von Stuelpnagel can...
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Theater events: Whitney comes to Chicago ImprovFeb 27, 2015 4:00 am - Weekend with Whitney Whitney Cummings, a former “Chelsea Lately” regular who co-created the CBS sitcom “Two Broke Girls,” headlines the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg...
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Diane Lane sees ghosts in her return to NYC stageFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Diane Lane has returned to a New York stage. It took her long enough. The "Unfaithful" and "Man of Steel" star was still basically a girl the last time s...
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Bryan Cranston becomes a producer of 'Finding Neverland'Feb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The upcoming Broadway musical "Finding Neverland" has found a new producer to join its ranks - Bryan Cranston. Lead producer Harvey Weinstein said Friday...