Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Downers Grove actress sends up '80s sitcom in Handbag's 'Facts of Life'Oct 18, 2019 6:00 am - In 2015, aspiring actress Alexa Castelvecchi, then a student at Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts, wasn't doing much acting. "I had not been cast...
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Meet the playwright behind a 'deeply raw space' on BroadwayOct 15, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Playwright Jeremy O. Harris has a rule that he doesn't cry in public. He broke that rule the night Rihanna attended his Broadway debut. Harris uses the s...
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Spotlight: Billy Gardell does standup at the Raue, Janus stages unrehearsed 'Macbeth'Oct 14, 2019 11:00 pm - Billy Gardell on stage Comedian/actor Billy Gardell, co-star of the new CBS sitcom “Bob Hearts Abishola,” headlines the Raue Center for the first time where he'll share ...
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On stage: Hollis Resnik stars in Porchlight's 'Sunset Boulevard'Oct 11, 2019 6:00 am - • Hollis Resnik stars as faded film star Norma Desmond in Porchlight Music Theatre's season-opening production of the musical "Sunset Boulevard," adapted from the 1950 f...
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Josh Groban plans to 'let go' in upcoming show seriesOct 08, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Josh Groban has a date for Valentine's Day - with 6,000 or so of his fans. The singer-songwriter said Tuesday he has booked New York's City's massive Rad...
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Spotlight: Improv Playhouse hosts 'Live the Laugh' bilingual comedy eventOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Women of Steel series Steel Beam Theatre's season-long salute to women continues with "The Odd Couple (Female Version)," Neil Simon's 1986 revision of his 1965 comedy ab...
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Writers Theatre production rebuilds 'A Doll's House' into lively one-actOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - “A Doll's House” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Every writer needs a good editor - even pioneering writers like 19th-century playwright Henrik Ibsen. And he has them in writer/actor Sandra D...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsOct 04, 2019 9:00 am - Anne Burrell of “Chef Wanted,” Kandi Burruss of Xscape and more appear at the Chicago Ultimate Women's Expo and Great Food Expo in Rosemont and the Broadway jukebox musi...
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On stage: Chicago Shakespeare stages 'A Man of Good Hope,' Steppenwolf revives 'Brothers Size'Oct 03, 2019 11:00 pm - The ensemble Mexico Beyond Mariachi brings its production of “Sugar Skull! A Dia de los Muertos Musical Adventure” to the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage ...
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'Anything Goes' delivers toe-tapping fun at the MetropolisOct 03, 2019 6:00 am - “Anything Goes” - ★ ★ ★ What most audiences want from “Anything Goes” is a glorious parade of Cole Porter standards, including “You're the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of Yo...