Articles filed under Professional Theater
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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...
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Marriott's 'Anything Goes' is ship shapeApr 16, 2015 4:45 pm - Screwball musical comedies from the 1930s may seem like lightweight fluff, but there's a tremendous amount of hard work involved to keep everything afloat. So despite so...
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Fraught family gathering powers Steppenwolf's 'Herd'Apr 16, 2015 7:00 am - Can superlative emotional acting win out over some technical performance flaws? That's a question facing audiences at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago as they watc...
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First Folio announces 2015-2016 seasonApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - First Folio Theatre remounts its acclaimed production "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story" to mark the start of its 20th anniversary season, which the Oak ...
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Steel Beam delivers fresh, heartfelt 'Ordinary Days'Apr 15, 2015 6:00 am - “Ordinary Days,” the disarming 2009 chamber musical by composer/lyricist Adam Gwon, perfectly suits Steel Beam Theatre both in terms of style and scale. With a cast of ...
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Theater events: Darkly comic 'Constant State of Panic' premieres at ClockwiseApr 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Modern anxiety Playwright Patrick Gabridge takes a darkly comic look at maintaining a modern-day marriage in "Constant State of Panic." Clockwise Theatre presents t...