Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Waukegan's Clockwise Theatre announces new seasonJul 10, 2014 1:01 am - Season tickets are now on sale for Clockwise Theatre's 2014-15 season. Clockwise, a Waukegan-based company devoted to presenting works by and about Midwesterners, recent...
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A-list creative team, top-notch performers make for stellar 'Brigadoon'Jul 09, 2014 5:00 am - It took about a decade for director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell to make her Goodman Theatre directorial debut. I don't expect she'll have to wait long for another invi...
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Goodman extends magical 'Brigadoon'Jul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Goodman Theatre has, for a second time, extended its spirited, emotionally charged revival of "Brigadoon." A 1947 musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, it'...
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'Cats' gets rap twist for West End revivalJul 06, 2014 11:00 pm - LONDON - "Cats" is back - and now one of the felines raps. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical returns to London's West End in December in a revamped production with a hip-hop...
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Theater events: 'Merry Wives' opening at First FolioJul 03, 2014 6:15 am - ‘Wives' in Oak Brook Nearly penniless, Sir John Falstaff decides to court a pair of wealthy married women who turn the tables on the philandering knight in “The Merry W...
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Rockwell hand-picked for Goodman's revival of 'Brigadoon'Jul 03, 2014 5:30 am - So, do you want to direct and choreograph "Brigadoon"? Rachel Rockwell didn't ponder that question long before accepting the offer from Liza Lerner, daughter of legenda...
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'Billy Elliot' regional premiere set for Drury LaneJul 01, 2014 1:01 am - Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook announced Tuesday it will kick off its 2015-2016 season with the regional premiere of the hit musical "Billy Elliot." Joseph Jefferson A...
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Monty Python shows aim for Jagger-like energy joltJun 29, 2014 11:00 pm - LONDON - The members of Monty Python are aiming to move like Jagger in their live farewell shows. The five surviving Pythons have reunited for 10 dates at London's 15,00...
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Drury Lane's 'Spelling Bee' a winnerJun 28, 2014 11:00 pm - The stress-induced sweat and all-out terror at misspelling a word are palpable in the kiddie contestants of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," the two-time To...
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Theater events: 'Brigadoon' revived at GoodmanJun 27, 2014 1:00 am - ‘Brigadoon' revival Jeff Award-winning director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell makes her Goodman Theatre directing debut with a revival of “Brigadoon.” The 1947 musi...