Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Theater events: Drury Lane stages comedy whodunit 'Game's Afoot'Aug 29, 2014 7:00 am - Mystery achievement Derek Hasenstab, of the national tour of "The Lion King," plays a Broadway star whose Christmas Eve dinner party takes a dark turn when one of the gu...
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Fringe Fest gives Arlington Heights' theater troupe chance to shineAug 27, 2014 5:45 am - Organizers of the annual Chicago Fringe Festival are happy to describe their event as “weird.” In fact, the performance arts festival — which draws acts from the city, s...
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Steel Beam Theatre announces 2014-2015 seasonAug 26, 2014 1:01 am - Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles on Tuesday announced its 14th season centered on ordinary folks and their sometimes extraordinary experiences. It begins ...
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BrightSide brings professional theater to downtown NapervilleAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - BrightSide Theatre is Naperville's only professional theater performing in the downtown historic district with the mission to "enlighten, educate and entertain" its ...
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Girl who used periwinkle to best leukemia blossoms into comicAug 24, 2014 7:30 am - In 1998, 8-year-old Lisa Mongillo of Arlington Heights took a Make-A-Wish trip to Hawaii to see the periwinkle flower used to make one of the leukemia drugs doctors hoped would save her life. Now, she's a comedian in a two-woman show and works for a charity that helps kids.
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Marriott has a fine day 'On the Town'Aug 22, 2014 2:30 pm - It took 70 years, but "On The Town" - the 1944 Broadway musical about a trio of sailors on a 24-hour shore leave - has finally arrived. Typically, Chicago audiences don'...
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Theater events: Profiles gives us 'Reasons to be Happy'Aug 22, 2014 6:15 am - Happy days? Profiles Theatre opens its 26th season with "Reasons to be Happy," its 11th premiere by resident playwright Neil LaBute. A sequel to LaBute's 2008 play "reas...
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Evolution of an epic: Graney, cast discuss 'All Our Tragic'Aug 22, 2014 5:45 am - “All Our Tragic” is a labor of love. At least it is for adapter/director Sean Graney, whose ambitious adaptation of the 32 surviving Greek tragedies opened earlier this...
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2014 Equity Jeff Award nomineesAug 21, 2014 4:30 pm - PRODUCTION - PLAY - LARGE "The Dance of Death" - Writers Theatre "Hedda Gabler" - Writers Theatre "Lost in Yonkers" - Northlight Theatre "Luna Gale" - Goodman Thea...
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Drury Lane leads suburban theaters with 21 Jeff Award nominationsAug 21, 2014 1:01 am - Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook on Thursday received 21 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for excellence in theater. Emmy Award winner and Dolton native Jane Lynch ("Gl...