Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Suburban theaters stage serious and silly seasonal delightsNov 27, 2016 6:20 am - Theater lovers looking for holiday entertainment in the suburbs have plenty of options this year. While Marriott, Drury Lane and Citadel theaters offer traditional prod...
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Elk Grove father/daughter make beautiful music in Goodman's 'Christmas Carol'Nov 26, 2016 6:15 am - Like many families, the Ruhls will spend the holidays together. But they won't necessarily be sitting around a fireplace or at a dining room table. Multi-instrumentalis...
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Longtime director of Oak Brook's First Folio theater diesNov 25, 2016 12:00 am - "If you're not having fun making theater, you're doing something wrong." Those words summarized the artistic philosophy of director and actor Alison C. Vesely, a force ...
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Steppenwolf's 'Fundamentals' examines conflict between ambition, integrityNov 23, 2016 1:00 pm - Boiled down to its fundamentals, “The Fundamentals” is about the lengths to which people will go to achieve their goals, and the compromises they're willing to make alon...
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Gary Busey talks about acting, Donald Trump and greased pigsNov 22, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Things get odd very quickly when Gary Busey stops by. The actor, making his off-Broadway stage debut this month, gets far off the topic of acting within ...
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'Miss Bennet' a pleasant 'Pride and Prejudice' holiday sequel at NorthlightNov 22, 2016 5:00 am - Is it really necessary to marry off the Bennet sisters left unattached at the end of Jane Austen's “Pride and Prejudice”? Apparently, the answer is “yes” for playwrights...
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Theater events: Olympic scandal 'Tonya and Nancy' comes to the stageNov 22, 2016 5:00 am - Tonya & Nancy redux Underscore Theatre Company revisits an Olympic scandal involving skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan in "Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera." ...
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'Scriptless' comedy comes to Genesee; Spector cancelsNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - If you missed the recent Batavia performance of improvisational comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, the former stars of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" will be returni...
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Review: Foster shines in perky revival of 'Sweet Charity'Nov 21, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Watching the repeated misadventures of a gullible girl who always gives her heart to Mr. Wrong can be exasperating. But the 1966 musical "Sweet Charity" ...
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Chicago native sweeps into town with percussive show 'Stomp'Nov 21, 2016 5:00 am - “There's not a training program for you to learn to play a broom and dustpan,” said Chicago native Artis Olds. Yet, he's playing those and more in the North American tou...