Articles filed under Professional Theater
-
Theater artists look back on their suburban startsOct 17, 2014 5:30 am - As suburban theater artists continue to make their presence known on Chicago stages, we caught up with several. Kelli Harrington When Kelli Harrington heard that ...
-
Carol Burnett returns to Broadway, happilyOct 14, 2014 6:30 am - NEW YORK - Carol Burnett doesn't want to brag, but she's done it with a lot of famous guys. Her first time was with Leslie Nielsen, then Tony Roberts. She did it twice w...
-
Complete list of 2014 Jeff Awards winnersOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - The Joseph Jefferson Committee announced the winners of the 2014 equity Jeff Awards Monday at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook. Writers Theatre in Glencoe received five aw...
-
'Next to Normal,' 'Brigadoon,' 'Misbehavin'' win at JeffsOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - Perennial nominee Susie McMonagle earned her first Joseph Jefferson Award Monday for her performance as a bipolar wife and mother in Drury Lane Theatre's production of t...
-
Theater eventsOct 10, 2014 10:00 am - • ColorBox Theatre, co-founded by Naperville residents Kurt and Michelle Konow, makes its Chicago debut with “Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe,” in which the writer attemp...
-
Theater events: Body image at play in Clockwise's 'Impenetrable'Oct 10, 2014 9:00 am - Body image A spa billboard showing a gorgeous, bikini-clad woman with arrows pointing to her imperfections and how they could be improved provokes outrage in a Chicago s...
-
First Folio's 'Gravedigger' poses provocative questionsOct 10, 2014 5:45 am - Can a terrible act be forgiven? Can a despicable creature redeem himself? Those are the questions Joseph Zettelmaier raises in "The Gravedigger," his "Frankenstein"-ins...
-
Porchlight revists Sondheim classic for delectable 'Sweeney Todd'Oct 09, 2014 1:01 am - For Porchlight Music Theatre, reviving "Sweeney Todd" meant filling some pretty big shoes. Its own. Ten years ago, the company's laudable production of Stephen Sondheim...
-
Arlington Hts. chamber, restaurants back tax hike for MetropolisOct 06, 2014 5:30 am - While Arlington Heights tries to find a new path forward for Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, some downtown restaurant owners and the local chamber board say they woul...
-
Taymor puts 'Spider-Man' behind her with new movieOct 06, 2014 5:30 am - TORONTO — Moving on from the debacle that was “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” Julie Taymor has gone back to an old friend — Shakespeare. The director recently finished ...