Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Steppenwolf earns multiple Tony noms for 'Airline Highway'Apr 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Lisa D'Amour's "Airline Highway" - which chronicles the lives of a colorful group of fringe-dwellers who inhabit a rundown SRO hotel ...
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Jeff Committee: Hypocrites ineligible for non-equity award nomsApr 25, 2015 1:00 am - Here is a revised list of 2015 non-equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominees PRODUCTION - PLAY "Exit Strategy" - Jackalope Theatre Company "The Jungle" - Oracle Productions...
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From suburbs to city: Theater artists light up Chicago stagesApr 24, 2015 6:00 am - One thing about the suburbs, they're brimming with talent. Many theater artists who got their start in the suburbs make their professional homes in Chicago storefronts. ...
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2015 Non-equity Jeff Award nomineesApr 23, 2015 11:00 pm - Here's a list of the 2015 non-equity Jeff Award nominees: Production - Play "All Our Tragic" - The Hypocrites "Exit Strategy" - Jackalope Theatre Company "The Jung...
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Suburban theater artists among non-equity Jeff nomineesApr 23, 2015 11:00 pm - An Arlington Heights native making his professional Chicago debut was among the nominees for the non-equity Joseph Jefferson Awards recognizing excellence in nonunion Ch...
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Former Daily Herald theater critic Tom Valeo succumbs to cancerApr 23, 2015 1:00 am - Tom Valeo was a man who wore many hats, both literally and metaphorically. A versatile writer and editor at the Daily Herald who arguably was best known for his work as ...
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Theater events: Rex Havens comically looks at love, marriage at the MetropolisApr 22, 2015 6:00 am - At the Metropolis Rex Havens, author of “Everything I Need to Know, I Learned From My Wife,” brings his solo show, “Bidding You a Fond ‘I Do,'” a comic look at love...
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Evanston native Jessie Mueller to star in Sara Bareilles' 'Waitress'Apr 18, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK - The Sara Bareilles' musical "Waitress" has found its server - Evanston native Jessie Mueller. Mueller, who won the Tony Award for best leading actress in a mu...
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Branagh forms theater troupe with Richard Madden, Judi DenchApr 18, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON - Kenneth Branagh has assembled a troupe including Judi Dench, Rob Brydon and "Game of Thrones" star Richard Madden for a season of plays under the banner of the ...
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'Billy Elliot' soars in Drury Lane premiereApr 17, 2015 3:15 pm - At the heart of "Billy Elliot, The Musical" is the notion that art has the power to transform lives: to change a young, boy from a duck into a swan, to rescue him from a...