Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Elk Grove Village native embraces crazy comedy of 'Cosmologies' at The Gift TheatreOct 26, 2018 8:14 am - Actress Darci Nalepa is shouldering a lot of stress. The Elk Grove Village native is currently in previews for The Gift Theatre's Midwest premiere of David Rabe's absur...
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Theater events: Court Theatre offers a sneak peek of “Frankenstein” Oct. 31Oct 26, 2018 8:00 am - The Factory Theater opens its 26th season Friday, Oct. 26, with “The Darkness After Dawn,” co-artistic director Manny Tamayo's noir-style detective tale about a home in...
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Stellar Betty Buckley takes center stage in superb 'Hello, Dolly!' revivalOct 25, 2018 11:00 pm - “Hello, Dolly!” - ★ ★ ★ ½ When a star vehicle like “Hello, Dolly!” motors into town with a bona fide Broadway diva like Betty Buckley behind the wheel, you pull over and...
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Libertyville High School alums find common ground on Chicago-bound 'Hello, Dolly!' tourOct 24, 2018 11:00 am - When the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!” sets up shop at Chicago's Oriental Theatre starting Tuesday, it's likely that all eyes will be on star Betty Buckley. But local...
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Theater spotlight: Prop Thtr premieres Peter Pan-inspired 'Neverland'Oct 23, 2018 6:00 am - Prop Thtr premiere The latest riff on the Peter Pan tale comes courtesy of Prop Thtr, whose world premiere "Neverland" was adapted from J.M. Barrie's story and directed ...
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Marriott's 'Ragtime' named best large musical at 2018 Jeff AwardsOct 22, 2018 1:00 am - By Barbara Vitello bvitello@dailyherald.com Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire ended Paramount Theatre's three-year winning streak Monday when the Joseph Jefferson Award C...
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Theater events: The Gift presents the Midwest premiere of David Rabe's 'Cosmologies'Oct 19, 2018 6:00 am - • The Gift Theatre concludes its 17th season with the Midwest premiere of "Cosmologies," an absurdist comedy by Tony Award-winning playwright and Gift ensemble member Da...
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Theater review: Janus Theatre revives Marsha Norman's shattering ''Night, Mother'Oct 18, 2018 9:00 am - “'Night, Mother” - ★ ★ ½ It's a typical Saturday night for the widowed Thelma Cates and her divorced daughter Jessie, the characters in Marsha Norman's gut-wrenching two...
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Theater spotlight: Janet Ulrich Brooks stars as Maria Callas in TimeLine's 'Master Class'Oct 16, 2018 6:00 am - Callas' 'Class' TimeLine Theatre ensemble member Janet Ulrich Books stars as opera diva Maria Callas in the company's revival of Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning pl...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Alonzo Bodden plays Schaumburg's ImprovOct 14, 2018 7:23 am - Do tell Catch up with comedian Alonzo Bodden ("Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!," "Last Comic Standing") when he performs this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 ...