Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Bissell's luminous performance animates First Folio's 'Silent Sky'Apr 05, 2017 6:00 am - At the Harvard College Observatory early last century, Henrietta Swan Leavitt helped catalog the cosmos. And she did it without looking through a telescope. Her gender ...
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Theater events: Improv Playhouse remounts 'The Gathering' for ninth timeApr 03, 2017 11:00 pm - 'The Gathering' For the ninth consecutive year, Improv Playhouse remounts "The Gathering," Josephine Raciti and Rolf Forsberg's modern take on The Last Supper. Shah...
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Iconic New Delhi movie theater shuts down after 85 yearsApr 02, 2017 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - From Bollywood superstars to political heavyweights, the Regal theater hosted some of India's biggest names over more than eight decades. But with nosta...
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Hurricane Sandy drama 'By the Water' makes powerful debut at NorthlightMar 29, 2017 11:30 am - Heartbreaking expressions of loss grab you from the start in the Hurricane Sandy drama “By the Water.” Sharyn Rothstein's 2014 play makes a solid Midwestern debut at Sko...
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Theater events: GayCo brings night of sketch comedy to MetropolisMar 28, 2017 11:00 pm - Love is love, is love GayCo Productions, a sketch ensemble that specializes in comedy rooted in LGBTQ themes, brings "Love is Love is Love Handles" to the Metropolis Per...
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'Million Dollar Quartet,' 'Elf' lead Paramount's upcoming seasonMar 26, 2017 11:00 pm - "Million Dollar Quartet," the rock 'n' roll jukebox musical that kept toes tapping in Chicago for eight years, returns in September courtesy of Paramount Theatre in Auro...
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Goodman announces new season reflecting 'darkly divided country'Mar 23, 2017 1:00 am - Marginalized immigrants, centenarian civil rights activists, Iraqi refugees and an anti-corruption crusader are among the characters whose stories Goodman Theatre will c...
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Goodman's 'Destiny of Desire' lovingly sends up Latin American telenovelasMar 22, 2017 1:00 pm - YouTube The 2015 comedy is essentially a loving sendup of telenovelas, the globally popular TV cousins to American daytime soaps. Rather than disdaining this form of ent...
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Off-Broadway's 'The Fantasticks' to close after 21,000 showsMar 21, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The off-Broadway phenomenon "The Fantasticks" will end its record-breaking run this spring, bringing down the curtain on a show featuring confetti and a ...
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Theater events: Steppenwolf premieres Tracy Letts' 'Linda Vista'Mar 20, 2017 11:00 pm - The Latest by Letts Steppenwolf Theatre presents the world premiere of "Linda Vista," the latest by ensemble member and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts. Dexter Bullard...