Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Well-intentioned 'Mosque Alert' examines tolerance and bigotry in the suburbsApr 07, 2016 1:00 am - Midway through Jamil Khoury's “Mosque Alert,” a Naperville woman describes a fellow Metra passenger arousing her suspicion because he appeared to be Muslim and carried a...
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Steel Beam's able 'Spelling Bee' cast overcomes tight quartersApr 06, 2016 11:00 am - Steel Beam Theatre seems like an ideal setting for a revival of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The intimate, second-floor venue in downtown St. Charles su...
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Teens facing adversity shine in a special NY talent showApr 06, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - As she prepares to sing the iconic Carole King song "Beautiful" onstage, Hannah Pienkowski has managed to find the perfect coach. Not the actual songwrit...
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Musical about Lady Liberty finds new home on 42nd StreetApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A story about how the Statue of Liberty ended up raising her torch in New York Harbor is the subject of a musical that will open off-Broadway this summer...
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Tap dancing icon Savion Glover keeps 'tradition' aliveApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - At a recent rehearsal of a musical with a constellation of big stars, a wiry man in sweatpants with one leg rolled up stood up, stopped the action and ma...
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Theater events: Family-friendly 'Snow White' comes to the MetropolisApr 04, 2016 11:00 pm - Snow White on stage The Chicago Kids Company brings its production of the well-loved fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to the Metropolis Performing Arts ...
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Tracy Letts' latest play premieres at SteppenwolfApr 04, 2016 4:30 pm - The day before the first performance of his latest play, Tracy Letts is cool as a cucumber. “My temperature doesn't rise. I sleep well. I don't chew my nails,” he says ...
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Review: Reunion takes unexpected turn in 'Antlia Pneumatica'Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ghosts from our past are often in our minds, but thinking they walk among us is another story. Ann Washburn provides a realistic, disarming ghost tale, i...
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Life beyond the suburbs? How some world-premiere musicals faredApr 03, 2016 6:00 am - Chicago has a sterling reputation as a tryout town for Broadway-bound musicals. And in recent years, suburban theaters have joined downtown stages in producing world-pre...
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Star abruptly leaves Broadway's Cirque du Soleil showApr 01, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Things have gotten much more complicated for the upcoming high-octane Cirque du Soleil show on Broadway: One of the leading actors has left only 16 days ...