Articles filed under Professional Theater
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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...
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A song from Broadway musical 'Doctor Zhivago' is releasedFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A soaring, deeply romantic tune from the upcoming Broadway musical "Doctor Zhivago" has been released - just in time for Valentine's Day. The song "Now,"...
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Chicago Theatre Week offers bargain tickets to suburban, city showsFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - If Chicago Theatre Week organizers for a moment doubted the passion of theater patrons, their fears have long since dissipated. Neither inclement weather nor post-holida...
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Arlington Heights candidates debate subsidizing MetropolisFeb 07, 2015 6:00 am - The Arlington Heights village board on Monday night will get results of a monthslong study on the future of the struggling Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, but with si...
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Northlight's 'White Guy on the Bus' a fiery examination of raceFeb 06, 2015 5:00 am - "White Guy on the Bus" may not change anyone's opinion on race. But Bruce Graham's play, in its world premiere at Northlight Theatre, will most certainly ignite conversa...
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On stage: Porchlight revives 'Sondheim on Sondheim'Feb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Examining Sondheim The multi-Jeff Award-winning team of director Nick Bowling and music director Austin Cook helms Porchlight Music Theatre's revival of "Sondheim o...
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Marriott's 'La Cage' embraces the gaudy and the grandFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - The 1983 Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles" is a debatable paradox. It can be seen in equal measures as gaudy and grand, daring and dated. Conservatives will blanch a...
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Stage musical update of 'Hee Haw' slated for Texas this fallFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Get ready for a familiar mix of gentle, cornball jokes and country music when a stage version of "Hee Haw" lands in Texas this fall. "Moonshine: That Hee...
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George Takei's musical 'Allegiance' finally gets to BroadwayFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - George Takei is next boldly going somewhere special - to Broadway. The "Star Trek" star's personal and heartfelt show about Japanese-Americans imprisoned duri...