Articles filed under Professional Theater
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How Disney staked its claim on Broadway - and suburban stagesOct 27, 2019 7:00 am - When the Walt Disney Co. rolled its massive entertainment resources onto Broadway 25 years ago with the unveiling of a stage version of the animated movie musical “Beaut...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsOct 25, 2019 6:00 am - Jim Peterik and The Ides of March perform a 55th anniversary concert at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, while UFO hits the Arcada Theatre stage for its 50th anniversary...
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On stage: Red Theater's 'You Are Happy' showcases deaf theater artistsOct 24, 2019 11:00 pm - • Nine members of Connective Theatre Company share their experiences as survivors of sexual and domestic violence and gender-based discrimination in "Me Too Monologues" ...
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Technology is remaking how we see the ancient art of theaterOct 23, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When James Corden kicked off the Tony Awards this year, his opening number was a full-throated endorsement of the live theatrical experience. "It's live,...
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Spotlight: 'Dracula' on the air in Libertyville, 'Hoodoo Love' opens in ChicagoOct 22, 2019 6:00 am - Radio drama 'Dracula' Improv Playhouse reprises its radio version of "Dracula" using Orson Welles' script from The Mercury Theater's 1938 broadcast, which unfolds, as do...
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Here's the list of 2019 Jeff Award winnersOct 21, 2019 1:00 am - The following is a list of 2019 equity Jeff Award recipients Production play - Large: "Downstate," Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production play - Mid-size: "Frankenstein,...
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Improv Playhouse to perform 'Dracula' in radio show formatOct 20, 2019 11:00 pm - Improv Playhouse will be performing Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula" as a staged radio drama using the original 1938 Orson Welles' script Friday and Saturday, Oct. ...
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Female artists dominate, but suburban theaters also honored at 51st Jeff AwardsOct 20, 2019 11:00 pm - Female theater artists - including Drury Lane, Marriott, Northlight and Paramount theater veterans E. Faye Butler, Barbara E. Robertson and Donica Lynn - prevailed in th...
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On stage: First Floor stages Chicago premiere of 'Sugar in Our Wounds'Oct 18, 2019 6:00 am - • While the Civil War rages, a young slave and his plantation family take in a stranger, an act that sparks an unexpected romance in "Sugar in Our Wounds" by Donja R. Lo...
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Downers Grove actress sends up '80s sitcom in Handbag's 'Facts of Life'Oct 18, 2019 6:00 am - In 2015, aspiring actress Alexa Castelvecchi, then a student at Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts, wasn't doing much acting. "I had not been cast...