Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Review: All aboard the cheerfully campy musical 'Disaster!'Mar 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Welcome aboard the Barracuda, a floating casino and discotheque of dubious construction. It's 1979 and we're anchored to a pier in New York City's Hudson...
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Device lets partially paralyzed actor walk for 'Richard III'Mar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Actor/director Michael Patrick Thornton is doing something he hasn't done onstage in 13 years: He's walking. For the first time since spinal strokes left him partially p...
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Theater events: Princesses power Marriott's 'Cinderella ... After the Ball'Mar 07, 2016 10:00 pm - By Barbara Vitello Girl power Cinderella achieves her happily ever after with help from fellow fairy tale maidens Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty in Marriott Theatre's...
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Michelle Williams, once 'out to pasture,' returns to stageMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Before you can get to Michelle Williams' dressing room at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway, you pass one with a sofa upholstered in bright colors, a flat-scree...
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Onstage but no script in advance? No problem, say celebsMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg and Brian Dennehy have agreed to perform for one time only a thoughtful, 70-minute monologue. But there's a catch: ...
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'42nd Street' tour cast includes legally blind dancer, Paramount vetMar 07, 2016 5:00 am - Local audiences will once again get to "meet those dancing feet" of "42nd Street," the quintessential backstage musical where an understudy goes on to become a star. The...
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World premieres by Letts, Rabe in Steppenwolf's 2016-17 seasonMar 06, 2016 10:00 pm - Several world premieres and acclaimed dramas making their Chicago debuts have been announced for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2016-17 season. It's the first season to b...
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Review: Lupita Nyong'o soars in searing play 'Eclipsed'Mar 06, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lupita Nyong'o is a red carpet darling, effortlessly stunning in a Calvin Klein gown or in advertisements as the face of Lancome. So it may come as somet...
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'Fun Home' cast: New musical takes during Spotify visitMar 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Broadway musical "Fun Home" had fun at a different home when cast members went to Spotify's New York headquarters and knocked out new takes on their ...
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Barbara Cook to return to a New York stage this springMar 03, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Cook, whose buttery soprano helped define show after show on Broadway, is coming back to a New York stage to share stories and songs. The Grammy-...