Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Metropolis resumes live theater with 'Little Shop of Horrors' outdoorsMay 02, 2021 7:30 am - Like theater makers everywhere, the folks at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre found themselves doing things they never imagined in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fo...
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Spotlight: Artemisia presents virtual premiere of an intergalactic taleApr 30, 2021 6:00 am - ABT's 'Room' American Blues Theater's in-development play-reading series "The Room" continues with a live, online reading of "On the Greenbelt." Karissa Murrell Myers' p...
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History Matters awards North Central College student with Judith Barlow PrizeApr 28, 2021 11:00 pm - History Matters: Celebrating Women's Plays of the Past, a New York City nonprofit, has announced the winner for this year's Judith Barlow Prize. The annual prize is awar...
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Florence Welch throws her hat into the musical theater ringApr 28, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Florence Welch is ditching the machine for musicals. The Grammy-nominated leader of Florence + The Machine is supplying the lyrics and co-writing music f...
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Spotlight: Chicago Shakespeare Theater celebrates its namesake's birthdayApr 27, 2021 11:00 pm - Happy Birthday, Will Chicago Shakespeare Theater marks William Shakespeare's April 23 birthday with a virtual celebration. Titled "To Be 4/23" and streamed live from the...
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Beyond the Pandemic: London's West End readies for next actApr 23, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Noah Thomas saw his name in lights, and then the lights went out. The young actor was still in drama school when he was cast to play the lead role in the L...
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Hundreds of theater workers demand change in Times SquareApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of theater workers marched down Broadway on Thursday, rallying to demand more inclusion in the industry, protesting producer Scott Rudin and to ...
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Writers Theatre serves up Anna Ziegler's 'The Last Match' onlineApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic loomed, playwright Anna Ziegler watched rehearsals for Writers Theatre's revival of her play "The Last Match," which unfolds during a...
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Best Bets: Six Flags Great America reopens for 2021Apr 20, 2021 6:00 am - Returning thrills Thrill seekers can rejoice now that Six Flags Great America is reopening (with limited crowd capacity) starting Saturday at 1 Great America Parkway, Gu...
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Rejected Broadway posters on sale to help theater communityApr 19, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Letting the world see your failures is usually something most people try to avoid. Not for theatrical poster designer Frank Verlizzo - he hopes you'll pu...