Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Theater events: Chicago Children's Theatre remounts 'Selfish Giant'Jan 23, 2015 5:00 am - • Chicago Children's Theatre remounts its 2008 production of “The Selfish Giant” by Blair Thomas & Company. This retelling of the Oscar Wilde story about a grumpy giant ...
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'Rose Tattoo' an early valentine to Chicago theatergoersJan 23, 2015 4:15 am - Shattered Globe Theatre delivers to theatergoers an early valentine in the form of its heartfelt, exquisitely acted revival of “The Rose Tattoo,” Tennessee Williams' lov...
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Metropolis' 'Private Lives' a look at deliciously dysfunctional romanceJan 22, 2015 5:00 am - The relationship between Amanda and Elyot, the endlessly sparring ex-spouses in Noel Coward's “Private Lives,” stands as a textbook example of marital dysfunction. Or m...
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Zany romp through 'Into The Woods' has bewitching singingJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Why go "Into the Woods" through the musical play when the big, splashy Disney movie is everywhere? Because a streamlined, refreshingly irreverent version...
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Jason Alexander revisits his musical-theater rootsJan 21, 2015 5:01 am - We'll always know him as George Costanza, the slow-boiling sidekick on "Seinfeld." But before he stepped foot in Jerry's apartment, Jason Alexander already had a success...
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'The Who's Tommy' at Paramount is a rocking visual spectacleJan 19, 2015 10:00 pm - “The Who's Tommy” doesn't get staged that often because its technical and talent demands can be so huge. So theater fans should be grateful that the Paramount Theatre in...
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The brilliant mind behind the play 'Every Brilliant Thing'Jan 19, 2015 5:01 am - NEW YORK - Comedian and musician Jonny Donahoe has come to New York with a play that may sound like a hard sell: It's a one-man show. It's British. It calls for some aud...
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Theater events: 'Handicap This!' comes to Stage 773Jan 16, 2015 5:00 am - • Step Up Productions presents “Handicap This!” an examination of the friendship between a man with a disability and his aide, written and performed by Mike Berkson, who...
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Review: 'Honeymoon in Vegas' a winning combo of fun, songsJan 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - What's a girl to do when, just hours before her long-awaited marriage, some other guy tries to strong arm her into wedlock! Such is the slim dilemma driv...
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2014 Tony winner launches national tour in ChicagoJan 14, 2015 12:01 am - The national tour of the 2014 Tony Award-winning musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" will launch in Chicago Sept. 29, Broadway in Chicago announced Wednesday....