Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Who's that in a cape? New musical stars Brooklyn superheroesFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Move aside, Gotham. Brooklyn has gotten so cool these days that it now has its own group of superheroes. The original musical "Brooklynite" stars six bra...
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TV dance contest winner to enter Broadway's 'On the Town'Feb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The newest winner of TV's "So You Think You Can Dance" is ready for his Broadway close-up. Ricky Ubeda, a 19-year-old from Miami, won the Fox TV contest ...
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Glitz and guillotine: Steppenwolf revisits 'Marie Antoinette'Feb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - You can track the declining fortunes of the titular character in David Adjmi's modern, pseudo-historical "Marie Antoinette" by the diminishing height of her hair and hee...
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Guthrie Theater names Joseph Haj as new artistic directorFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Tony Award-winning Guthrie Theater announced Tuesday that Joseph Haj has been named artistic director of the Minneapolis organization, one of the ...
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Helen Mirren returns to New York as queen of the subwayFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Trust Helen Mirren to look regal while surrounded by rats, seat hogs and grime. The 69-year-old Oscar winner has been spotted riding the city's squalid subway...
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'Hedwig' creator jumps aboard his own showFeb 13, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Even the man who helped give birth to "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" learned something about his leading lady this month: Don't take anything about her for grant...
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Stage version of 'Frozen' to have familiar writersFeb 13, 2015 3:45 pm - NEW YORK - The stage version of "Frozen" will have some familiar faces behind the scenes. Disney Theatrical Productions said Friday that the husband-and-wife team of Rob...
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Broadway-bound 'First Wives Club' premieres in ChicagoFeb 13, 2015 5:00 am - Talk about pedigree. “First Wives Club” — the new Broadway-bound musical beginning previews Tuesday at Chicago's Oriental Theatre — has an impressive one. Let's start wi...
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Theater events: Blue Box hosts Helbig worksFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - You Don't Know Jack Janus Theater Company presents several short works by playwright Jack Helbig, onetime Daily Herald correspondent, this weekend at Elgin's Blue B...
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No plans? A procrastinator's guide to Valentine's DayFeb 10, 2015 10:00 pm - Valentine's Day falls on a Saturday this year, so you can bet that folks with plenty of foresight had their romantic evenings planned out weeks ago. But if you're more o...