Articles filed under Professional Theater
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5 ideas for this weekend in the suburbsAug 17, 2018 10:00 am - Head outdoors for a summer concert featuring Gladys Knight and the O'Jays Saturday at RiverEdge Park. This is just one of many fun events happening this weekend in the s...
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Theater events: Music Theater Works revives 'Anything Goes'Aug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - • Music Theater Works continues its season with Cole Porter's madcap 1934 musical comedy "Anything Goes," about a stowaway aboard an ocean liner who falls in love with a...
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College of Lake County grad discusses his long career and current project 'A Shayna Maidel'Aug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - All his life, Charles Stransky wanted to be an actor. Mostly, that's what he's done. "I never learned to wait on tables, drive a cab or tend bar," joked Stransky, refer...
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Theater spotlight: Fantastical 'Nightmares' takes over The AthenaeumAug 14, 2018 6:00 am - BBE 'Nightmares' British author John Collier's acerbic, fantastical tales inspired Black Button Eyes Productions' premiere of "Nightmares and Nightcaps: The Stories of J...
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Michael Feinstein happy to share stage with Kristin Chenoweth at RaviniaAug 12, 2018 7:30 am - Michael Feinstein has lost count of the number of times he has performed at the Ravinia Festival. Nonetheless, the famed multitalented pianist/singer/conductor and musi...
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Ask Marilu Henner about a day and you'll hear every detailAug 10, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's best not to get into an argument about past events with Marilu Henner. You will definitely lose. The actress is hard-wired with the ability to insta...
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Chicago plays host to the National Asian American Theater Conference and FestivalAug 10, 2018 5:45 am - There's a lot of excitement and some trepidation about this summer's Hollywood adaptation of Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel "Crazy Rich Asians." On the one hand, many ...
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Theater events: Den Theatre hosts 'Hindrance and Hysteria'Aug 10, 2018 5:45 am - • iO Chicago celebrates prolific alumni with its first Bentwood Comedy Festival. Named for the familiar bentwood stage chair, the festival showcases improv, stand-up, sk...
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'Broadway Princess Party' makes local debut at Schaumburg's ImprovAug 08, 2018 12:15 pm - Most fairy tale shows just feature one princess. But with the touring “Broadway Princess Party,” you get three. Soon making its local debut at Schaumburg's Improv Comedy...
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Theater spotlight: Road trip rom-com 'Vietgone' opens Writers' seasonAug 07, 2018 6:00 am - Love story Writers Theatre opens its season with the Chicago-area premiere of "Vietgone," Qui Nguyen's irreverent combination of a road trip, romantic comedy and immigra...