Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Theater events: Writers Theatre extends 'Days Like Today' and moreJun 20, 2014 6:00 am - • Writers Theatre has extended its world premiere of Alan Schmuckler and Laura Eason's “Days Like Today,” a modern musical about love in all its permutations. Performanc...
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Algonquin native ready for takeoff with Wright brothers showJun 20, 2014 5:30 am - He may spend most of his time behind the scenes, but Eric Svejcar puts the soul in a show. As a composer, the Algonquin native's role is to get audience members tapping...
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Gorgeous vocals sell Fox Valley Rep's 'Sisters of Swing'Jun 18, 2014 3:30 pm - The brief a cappella snippet that opens "Sisters of Swing" makes clear where the strength of Fox Valley Repertory's Andrews Sisters bio-musical resides: with the pristin...
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James Franco to make stage-directing debutJun 15, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - James Franco is adding another notch to his expansive resume - stage director. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater said Monday that Franco will direct Robert Bosw...
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Jake Gyllenhaal on Broadway in 'Constellations'Jun 15, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Jake Gyllenhaal will make his Broadway debut later this year with a work by a playwright he's come to admire. The Manhattan Theatre Club said Thursday the "Br...
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A Broadway cancer survivor mentors young singersJun 15, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK - Five young, amateur singers assembled a little nervously in a rehearsal room recently near Times Square. This was the day they'd be mentored by a Tony Award-n...
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Theater events: BrightSide takes on 'Cabaret'Jun 13, 2014 5:00 am - Kander-Ebb classic BrightSide Theatre concludes its third season with John Kander and Fred Ebb's classic, “Cabaret.” Inspired by Christopher Isherwood's stories and...
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Lifeline's comic fantasy a 'Monstrous' delightJun 12, 2014 5:30 am - I have never read a novel from fantasy writer Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. But after seeing Lifeline Theatre's zealous, laugh-out-loud world premiere adaptation o...
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Marriott's 'Godspell' goes contemporary, losing hippie-era edgeJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - The hippies of the 1971 musical revue "Godspell" have been replaced with pretty, peppy contemporary Christians at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. It's for the Chic...
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Andrews Sisters tributes boogie onto local stagesJun 11, 2014 5:30 am - Break out the bugles: World War II may be long over, but the sisters who brought Boogie Woogie to the troops are back. More than 45 years after the Andrews Sisters last...