Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Zestful acting, tasty cuisine make farcical play 'Recipe for Disaster' a delectable treatOct 19, 2021 5:00 pm - “A Recipe for Disaster” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Master chef and restaurateur Rick Bayless knows something about successful recipes. So do the folks at Windy City Playhouse, whose 23 J...
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Spotlight: Storyteller spins scary tales at St. Charles' Steel Beam TheatreOct 19, 2021 6:00 am - A teller named Speller Just in time for Halloween, actor and storyteller Mike Speller brings his solo show, "Fear Itself," to Steel Beam Theatre, where he shares classic...
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Paramount Theatre revises its 2022 Bold Series at renovated Copley TheatreOct 19, 2021 1:00 am - The Paramount Theatre's 2020 plans to launch its new four-show Bold Series at the intimate Copley Theatre in Aurora were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. But now a revi...
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Chita Rivera reflects on Chicago award and long Broadway careerOct 18, 2021 1:00 am - Chita Rivera has received plenty of accolades over the course of her 70-year performing career, among them: three Tony Awards (including 2018's lifetime achievement awar...
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Metropolis' 'Legally Blonde' a slight confectionOct 17, 2021 11:00 pm - “Legally Blonde” - ★ ★ For pure fluff, there's no show quite like “Legally Blonde.” Adapted from the hit 2001 film, this musical about a privileged Malibu princess, who ...
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Spotlight: Goodman stages 'Fannie,' and The Second City returnsOct 15, 2021 6:00 am - E. Faye as Fannie Lou Joseph Jefferson Award-winner E. Faye Butler channels civil rights and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Goodman Theatre's production of ...
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Actors of Indian descent proud to lead Broadway's 'Aladdin'Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - As kids growing up in different states, Shoba Narayan and Michael Maliakel shared a love of one favorite film - 'œAladdin.'ť Both are of Indian descent, ...
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R-rated Paranormal Cirque isn't for families, or the faint of heartOct 11, 2021 11:00 pm - Paranormal Cirque is neither for families nor for the faint of heart. In fact, the Halloween-themed, European-style circus running Oct. 14-24 under a sprawling tent in ...
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First Folio Theatre presents premiere of 'The Jigsaw Bride' Oct. 13-15Oct 10, 2021 11:00 pm - First Folio Theatre will present the world premiere of Joseph Zettelmaier's "The Jigsaw Bride," previewing Oct. 13-15, at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. A mesmer...
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Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, Darren Criss eye BroadwayOct 08, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A revival of David Mamet's 'œAmerican Buffalo'ť with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss was in rehearsal when the pandemic closed Broadway...