Articles filed under Professional Theater
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'Hamilton' actor returned to show after battling cancerMar 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An actor who stepped in for Lin-Manuel Miranda in two shows on Broadway - including playing the lead role in "Hamilton" once a week - has been fighting c...
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Goodman's affable revival of 'The Matchmaker' doesn't quite satisfyMar 18, 2016 6:00 am - Adventures are worth pursuing. Love is worth taking a risk. Of the life lessons Thornton Wilder's “The Matchmaker” imparts, those are the most fundamental and heartfelt....
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Did Marriott Theater hire enough Latinos for "Evita"?Mar 18, 2016 1:00 am - Marriott Theatre faces charges of cultural insensitivity after a Chicago-area actor criticized the Lincolnshire theater's casting of its upcoming production of “Evita,” ...
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Clockwise Theatre in Waukegan closesMar 17, 2016 11:00 pm - Clockwise Theatre in Waukegan closed abruptly Thursday. Money troubles, which forced Fox Valley Repertory in St. Charles to shut its doors in October, also played a rol...
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Asking the cast of 'Shear Madness' some tough questionsMar 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actors like to think their show is different every night, but the folks at "Shear Madness" really aren't exaggerating. Heavy audience participation means...
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Review: Revival of 'She Loves Me' worth skipping work to seeMar 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The charming, irresistible musical "She Loves Me" opens with a group of people arriving for work one midsummer day and dreaming of playing hooky. Thank g...
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World Puppetry Day on for Monday from Times Square to IowaMar 17, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Times Square will get even more crowded on Monday - and filled with even more fuzzy creatures - for World Puppetry Day, part of a national celebration for tho...
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Ex-'Chuck' star Zachary Levi takes the long way to BroadwayMar 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - To one day get to Broadway, Zachary Levi made the calculated choice to not initially go to Broadway. The southern California native grew up as a passiona...
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Musical to kick off Goodman's 2016-17 seasonMar 16, 2016 1:00 am - Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls marks 30 years helming one of the nation's pre-eminent theaters with a 2016-17 season that begins and ends with classi...
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Theater events: 'The Gathering' returns to Improv PlayhouseMar 15, 2016 11:00 pm - Annual 'Gathering' For the eighth year, the Improv Playhouse remounts "The Gathering," a contemporary re-imagining of the Last Supper by Josephine Raciti and Rolf F...