Articles filed under Professional Theater
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'Cruel Intentions' musical shoehorns pop hits into the 1999 teen dramaApr 04, 2019 6:00 pm - “Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical” - ★ ★ ½ There's a lot of moaning going on with the national touring debut of “Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical” at Chicago's Broa...
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First Folio's 'Firestorm' examines the power of wordsApr 02, 2019 11:00 pm - “The Firestorm” - ★ ★ ★ ½ One word can make a world of difference. “The Firestorm,” Meridith Friedman's 2015 drama in a blistering revival at First Folio Theatre, makes...
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Steel Beam Theatre stages spoof of traditional mysteriesApr 02, 2019 11:00 pm - Steel Beam Theatre's 'The Real Inspector Hound' a spoof of traditional mysteries
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Theater spotlight: Comedy, drama, rock concert 'Cambodian Rock Band' opens at Victory GardensApr 02, 2019 6:00 am - Face the music Thirty years after he fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge's slaughter of more than 1.5 million people, a father returns to search for his wayward da...
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John Leguizamo to tour with his 'Latin History for Morons'Apr 01, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Leguizamo is taking his irreverent one-man comedy show about Latin history on the road. The comedian will kick off a 12-state U.S. tour of his "Lati...
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Best Bets: 'Jersey Boys' returns for a limited run in ChicagoMar 31, 2019 7:00 am - 'Walk Like a Man' “Jersey Boys,” the Tony Award-winning musical biography of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, tours back to the Windy City for an eight-show run start...
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Weekend picks: Laugh along with 'Lucas Bohn's Lesson Plans to Late Night' at MetropolisMar 30, 2019 7:29 am - 'Lesson Plans to Late Night' Lucas Bohn brings his solo show, "Lucas Bohn's Lesson Plans to Late Night," chronicling his transition from elementary school teacher to sta...
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'Anastasia' spins romantic tale out of imperial Russia's darkest daysMar 29, 2019 4:30 pm - “Anastasia” - ★ ★ ½ If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, “My Fair Lady” and “Fiddler on the Roof” should be sincerely flattered by “Anastasia,” whose national...
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Review: Writers Theatre goes a cloning in Caryl Churchill's unsettling 'A Number'Mar 29, 2019 1:00 pm - “A Number” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “A Number” is far from the only sci-fi piece pondering the dire implications of genetic cloning. But Caryl Churchill's 2002 British drama, now recei...
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Theater events: Grade-school teacher turned comedian headlines the MetropolisMar 29, 2019 7:30 am - After precocious 14-year-old Leonard Pelkey goes missing from his small Jersey Shore town, his optimism and spirit inspire his fellow citizens in “The Absolute Brightne...