Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Broadway musical 'Diana' to bypass closed stage for NetflixAug 12, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Broadway musical 'œDiana'ť isn't waiting for theaters to reopen in New York to offer its show to a live audience - it's going to Netflix. In an uncon...
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The always intimate Theatre for One goes onlineAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The coronavirus hasn't stopped the world's smallest theater. 'œTheatre for One,'ť where one audience member sees one short play performed by a single ac...
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Spotlight: Mike Toomey brings the laughs in-person (and virtually) to the Raue stage SaturdayAug 07, 2020 9:20 am - Toomey returns Mike Toomey headlines Lucy's Live, Raue Center for the Arts' ongoing comedy series. Toomey's appearance alongside stand-up comedian Fritz Nothnagel m...
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Glenview's Oil Lamp Theater records one-woman comedy 'Bad Dates' for drive-in, online viewingAug 05, 2020 6:00 am - Like many theater-makers whose stages went dark this spring in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oil Lamp Theater executive director Jay Pastucha and associate artistic...
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No Shakespeare in the park this summer? 12 adaptations to stream insteadJul 30, 2020 11:00 pm - If you are missing Shakespeare in the park this summer, you can always turn to the many film adaptations of his work. William Shakespeare's plays have been adapted hundr...
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Spotlight: Theater collaborations make new digital premieres possibleJul 30, 2020 11:00 pm - Trap Door online Chicago's Trap Door Theatre, in association with its sister company Trap Door International in Barcelona, Spain, presents a digital production of “Alas”...
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Best Bets: Scottish Festival & Highland Games moves onlineJul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Top pick Highlanders online Watch bagpipers, dancers and “heavy sports” competitors from the safety of your home via the 2020 Virtual Scottish Festival & Highland Games ...
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Musical tribute to Judy & Liza canceledJul 26, 2020 11:00 pm - The resumption of live theater in Chicago in the form of a Judy Garland/Liza Minnelli revue was short-lived. "Judy & Liza – Once in a Lifetime: The London Palladium Con...
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AP PHOTOS: Ancient Greek theaters return to life in pandemicJul 25, 2020 7:00 am - EPIDAURUS, Greece (AP) - Lights! Crickets. Birds. Bats. Action! The ancient theater of Epidaurus, renowned for its acoustics, has reopened for a limited number of open-...
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First Folio postpones fall production until October 2021Jul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook announced Thursday its season opening production “The Jigsaw Bride: A Frankenstein Story,” by ensemble member Joseph Zettelmaier, will b...