Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Steppenwolf Theatre resets season in the shadow of COVID-19Jun 23, 2020 1:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre announced its 2020/2021 "reset season" will include a new virtual platform and "risk free membership" that guarantees a refund if theater artists...
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Russian prosecutors seek prison term for theater directorJun 22, 2020 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian prosecutors on Monday demanded a six-year prison term for an acclaimed theater director accused of embezzling state funds, a case widely seen as po...
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Secluded stars: Jim Belushi hails 'The Blues Brothers;' Haley Reinhart honors dadJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - Jim Belushi recently took to Twitter to mark the 40th anniversary of "The Blues Brothers," the locally shot 1980 comedy classic that co-starred the former Wheaton re...
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AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlashJun 19, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nation's largest movie theater chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for sa...
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Spotlight: Sideshow Theatre streams 2018 hit 'Tilikum'Jun 19, 2020 6:00 am - 'Tilikum' returns Sideshow Theatre Company streams its 2018 Joseph Jefferson Award-winning production of "Tilikum," Kristiana Rae Colón's drama about the onetime ki...
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Glenview's Oil Lamp Theater looks toward future in challenging timesJun 19, 2020 6:00 am - March 2020 may go down as the best and worst month theater artist Jay Pastucha ever experienced. On March 1, he took over as executive director of Glenview's Oil Lamp T...
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Non-equity Jeff Awards to be broadcast on YouTubeJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - The 47th annual non-equity Joseph Jefferson Awards honoring excellence in nonunion Chicago theater will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Monday, June 22, on YouTube. A virtual ce...
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'Hamilton,' 'Phantom' will be off London stages until 2021Jun 17, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Some of London's biggest West End shows, including 'œHamilton'ť and 'œThe Phantom of the Opera,'ť won't reopen until next year, producers announced Wednesd...
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Citadel Theatre tries out a 'Drive-In Cabaret' in Lake ForestJun 10, 2020 11:00 pm - Theaters around the world are shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Citadel Theatre in Lake Forest is experimenting with a "Drive-In Cabaret" so that a live sh...
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Spotlight: Hell in a Handbag streams 'Golden Girls' parody onlineJun 09, 2020 11:00 pm - Watch 'Golden Girls: Lost Episodes' parody online Hell in a Handbag Productions streams the latest version of its ongoing sitcom parody "The Golden Girls: The Lost ...