Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Broadway veterans will star in 'Motown' reboot on BroadwayApr 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The hit musical about Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is coming back to Broadway this summer led by an actor who actually met the music icon long befo...
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Letts' 'Mary Page Marlowe' an exceptional portrait of ordinary lifeApr 11, 2016 11:00 pm - The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line. But the indirect route is a more provocative path as evidenced by Tracy Letts' artfully crafted, introsp...
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'Dr. Seward's Dracula,' 'Captain Blood' on tap at First FolioApr 10, 2016 11:00 pm - First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook will open its 21st season with the world premiere of “Dr. Seward's Dracula,” by Joseph Zettelmaier (“The Gravedigger,” “Salvage”). ...
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Carol Burnett talks showbiz's evolution, gut instinct and moreApr 10, 2016 7:22 am - Hosting "The Carol Burnett Show" over 11 seasons from 1967 to 1978, the namesake star took time to answer spontaneous questions from the studio audience in all 279 episo...
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Two actresses share 'Evita' role at Lincolnshire's Marriott TheatreApr 10, 2016 7:00 am - Patti LuPone became a star for her Tony Award-winning turn in the 1979 Broadway musical “Evita.” Yet it was a fraught time, and LuPone said other company members schemed...
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Duncan Sheik reconsiders a psycho and makes beautiful musicApr 08, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The first time Duncan Sheik read the disturbingly gory novel "American Psycho," it didn't go well. He got halfway through the book before throwing it acr...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda celebrates immigrants in prize speechApr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Composer and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda has accepted one of the largest prizes given for the stage by celebrating immigrants, saying that his creation of t...
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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...