Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Main Street Cabaret comes to St. Charles FridayJun 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Vero Voce Theater presents the Arlington Heights-based organization, Main Street Cabaret, for one performance only, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the Pheasant Run Mai...
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'SpongeBob Musical' delights with whimsical visuals, spirited castJun 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Never before has ocean detritus looked as beautiful as it does in “The SpongeBob Musical,” the relentlessly exuberant new show inspired by the long-running Nickelodeon s...
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Next out: Leslie Odom Jr. to exit 'Hamilton' in JulyJun 18, 2016 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A week after winning a best leading actor Tony Award, Leslie Odom Jr. has announced he will leave the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton," joining key princi...
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Phillipa Soo of 'Hamilton' to star in 'Amelie' musicalJun 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Award-nominee and "Hamilton" star Phillipa Soo has a new whimsical gig lined up - she'll lead a musical stage version of the film "Amelie" that hope...
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Dynamic leads propel Lookingglass' 'Thaddeus and Slocum'Jun 17, 2016 6:00 am - Two recent events reveal how far theater has come in the pursuit of diversity and inclusion. The same weekend the Tony Awards made history by conferring musical theater...
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Drury Lane lavishes lots of talent on classic 'Deathtrap'Jun 16, 2016 11:00 pm - Two years ago when Drury Lane Theatre announced that plans were afoot to revive “Deathtrap,” you can bet that some habitual theatergoers sniffed and thought “That old th...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda leaving 'Hamilton' July 9; vows to returnJun 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The news that no die-hard "Hamilton" fan - or anyone who hasn't seen the Broadway smash yet - wants to hear has arrived: Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator ...
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David Hyde Pierce to go off-Broadway for 'A Life'Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Before David Hyde Pierce gets caught up with a meddling matchmaker on Broadway, he'll be consulting the stars in Adam Bock's play "A Life" off-Broadway. ...
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Josh Radnor, F. Murray Abraham sign on to 'White Rabbit'Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Josh Radnor of "How I Met Your Mother" and F. Murray Abraham of "Homeland" are the latest actors to volunteer putting themselves in an unfamiliar place o...
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Chicago theater closes in wake of misconduct allegationsJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - Profiles Theatre in Chicago has closed less than a week after The Chicago Reader published allegations of intimidation and misconduct against a member of its artistic st...