Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Oak Park theater marks 40 years with fun, flawed 'Earnest'Jul 28, 2014 11:00 pm - To celebrate Oak Park Festival Theatre's 40th anniversary, the company is staging “The Importance of Being Earnest” for the first time. Oscar Wilde's classic 1895 comedy...
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Arlington Hts. man moved by Andrews Sisters musical at Pheasant RunJul 28, 2014 11:00 pm - When Alice K. Sylvester of Arlington Heights was looking for a show to attend with her 89-year-old father, Robert Sylvester, she booked tickets to "Sisters of Swing," ho...
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Theater events: Jedlicka brings 'Big Fish' to the stageJul 25, 2014 9:00 am - First Look In-development works by Martyna Majok, Tanya Saracho and Joshua Conkel are among the plays featured as part of Steppenwolf Theatre's ninth annual First L...
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Actor crosses color barrier in off-Broadway 'Fantasticks'Jul 25, 2014 6:00 am - Not long ago, Kevin R. Free went to an audition for a part in the longest running musical in history. He immediately felt weird. All the other actors vying for the same ...
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Mount Prospect native tackles challenges of Beckett in 'Half-Light'Jul 25, 2014 5:45 am - If you haven't seen Kathrynne Wolf onstage, you may have heard her anyway. Wolf's voice has earned her recording spots in commercials, pinball games, video games and pub...
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'Charlotte's Web' proves child's play for young castJul 23, 2014 5:45 am - “Charlotte's Web” is adored by both kids and adults, and the director for a Chicago production of the classic children's story has taken that to heart by casting kids as...
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Second City's Chicago comedy school to expandJul 21, 2014 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - The training center for Chicago's famous Second City comedy group is expanding. The Second City Training Center announced Tuesday that it will lease a former m...
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'Laughter' falls short of its comic inspirationJul 18, 2014 5:00 am - Young playwrights are often admonished to avoid writing about other writers. That's because it can be difficult to compellingly dramatize all the tedious work that goes ...
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Broadway star joins local favorite for Drury Lane mysteryJul 18, 2014 1:01 am - Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook announced casting for its Chicago area premiere of "The Game's Afoot," Ken Ludwig's award-winning suspense comedy from 2011. Drury L...
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Theater events: Three Brothers revives 'Crimes'Jul 18, 2014 1:00 am - Three Bros ‘Crimes' Three Brothers Theatre revives “Crimes of the Heart,” Beth Henley's dramedy about three estranged sisters who return to their Mississippi home f...