Articles filed under Professional Theater
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In the time of COVID, local haunts adopt 'scary safe' precautionsSep 27, 2020 7:00 am - Halloween in the time of COVID-19 means safety precautions will accompany scares. To that end, most local haunted houses require reserved, timed admission. Advance ticke...
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Spotlight: Oil Lamp takes the stage outdoors, Steel Beam salutes 'Women of Steel'Sep 24, 2020 11:00 pm - Onstage outdoors Oil Lamp Theater hosts the first of its Onstage and Outdoors series with a live, outdoor cabaret comprised of Broadway hits from "Hamilton," "Frozen" an...
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Scare tactics: Lake County's Dungeon of Doom adds drive-in horror to haunted house thrillsSep 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Last spring as theaters, theme parks, nightclubs and other entertainment venues closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the future looked bleak for The Dungeon o...
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In Miami Beach, live theater returns - in vacant storefrontsSep 23, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This fall, the seven deadly sins will be found all along an iconic Miami Beach thoroughfare - but they'll be socially distanced, thankfully. ...
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Spotlight: Live improv returns to Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud TheaterSep 18, 2020 6:00 am - Laugh live Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud Theater resumes live performances of its improv show "20,000 Laughs Under the Sea." Temperature checks are required for all patron...
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Babes With Blades celebrates female actor/combatantsSep 17, 2020 11:00 pm - Acting, storytelling and physical expression have always intrigued Kathrynne Wolf. As a child, the Mount Prospect native and a friend staged a fight in a library parking...
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Drury Lane's 'An American in Paris' dances away with a leading 12 Jeff Award nominationsSep 15, 2020 9:00 am - In the wake of a 2019-2020 theater season cut short by nearly five months as a result of COVID-19 shutdowns, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace emerged with a leadin...
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Spotlight: Live reading of 'The Glass Menagerie' at redtwist, Hershey Felder channels George GershwinSep 11, 2020 6:00 am - Redtwist live Former Goodman Theatre producer/director and redtwist theatre ensemble member Steve Scott helms the company's live reading of "The Glass Menagerie," Tennes...
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Psychic by day, stand-up by night - comedian conjures laughs at Chicago's ZaniesSep 09, 2020 11:00 pm - After comedians finish their sets, you might find them swapping stories with colleagues or maybe getting a bite to eat. But not Karen Rontowski. Not when she's in Chicag...
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Oak Park magician deftly adapts 'The Magic Parlour at Home' for online audiencesSep 03, 2020 9:00 am - Dennis Watkins had been performing five shows a week at the Palmer House Hilton for about 10 years when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the hotel shut down in March. Look...