Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Alan Cumming on sappy songs and 'The Good Wife' endingFeb 12, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The coolest place to be on Broadway last year was inside the Studio 54 theater. To be more specific, it was in Alan Cumming's dressing room there. That's...
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Lush score, star highlight imperfect 'Heaven' at PorchlightFeb 11, 2016 1:00 pm - Come for the melodrama. Stay for the music. That's my advice to theatergoers considering Porchlight Music Theatre's Chicago-area premiere of “Far From Heaven,” the cham...
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Actress Sarah Steele juggles 'The Good Wife' and BroadwayFeb 11, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sarah Steele's return to Broadway is good news. Well, maybe not for everyone. The actress, perhaps best known for playing the no-nonsense daughter of Ala...
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Review: Birbiglia pulls no punch lines in new 1-man showFeb 11, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - All jokes are offensive to someone, comedian Mike Birbiglia insists, and that's OK. When his everyday encounters "become the joke later," and he exposes ...
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Harriet Jacobs' 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' comes to life Feb. 25 at ECCFeb 10, 2016 10:00 pm - Harriet Jacobs' autobiographical 1861 novel "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" will be brought to life on stage by actress Cherita Armstrong at the Elgin Community ...
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A dozen last-minute ideas for Valentine's Day eventsFeb 10, 2016 10:00 am - Valentine's Day - a holiday with so much expectation, promise and possibility. It's nearly here, and if you didn't plan ahead, you're probably in panic mode. No worries....
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New adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' heads to BroadwayFeb 10, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" - and its now-somewhat sullied hero Atticus Finch - are heading to Broadway in a new adaptation writte...
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Stage version of 'Frozen' to be directed by Broadway veteranFeb 09, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Disney has tapped one of Broadway's freshest talents to direct one of its most anticipated musicals, "Frozen." According to a Disney Theatrical Productions a...
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Nat Wolff turns to the dark side in 'Buried Child'Feb 09, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actor and musician Nat Wolff couldn't resist agreeing to do a darkly weird off-Broadway play about a strange family. After all, he's got a weird family c...
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Theater events: Clockwise honors Waukegan's favorite son in 'Mr. Benny'Feb 09, 2016 4:57 am - Newell as Jack Benny Tim Newell stars as comedian and radio/TV host Jack Benny in "Mr. Benny," a one-man tribute by Mark Humphrey to Waukegan's favorite son. Artist...