Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Details detract from Citadel Theatre's 'Deathtrap'Sep 12, 2014 6:00 am - In a pre-curtain speech, Citadel Theatre Company artistic director Scott Phelps beseeched the opening night audience at “Deathtrap” not to be spoilers by revealing any o...
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What's new: Steppenwolf opens "The Night Alive"Sep 12, 2014 6:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre opens its season with director Henry Wishcamper's Chicago premiere of "The Night Alive," by Irish playwright Conor McPherson. A middle-aged Dublin m...
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Fine cast trumps stage design in 'Brighton Beach Memoirs'Sep 11, 2014 5:45 am - A note to set designer Ian Zywica: Just because a play like “Brighton Beach Memoirs” has a specific location in its title doesn't necessarily mean that you have to liter...
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Goodman, AWJ seek aspiring criticsSep 11, 2014 1:01 am - Goodman Theatre and the Association for Women Journalists invite girls in the 11th grade to apply for the eighth annual Cindy Bandle Young Critics program for 2014-2...
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Michael C. Hall to be 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'Sep 08, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Michael C. Hall's next step is going to be a gender-bending one - the former "Dexter" star will play the rock chanteuse at the center of "Hedwig and the Angry...
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Broadway League backs down, agrees to honor RiversSep 08, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - In the end, Broadway's leaders saw the light - and decided to turn them off. The Broadway League, which represents theater owners and producers, reversed itse...
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No Broadway dimming of lights for Joan RiversSep 08, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Despite being a long champion of New York theater, Joan Rivers will not be memorialized by the dimming of Broadway's lights. The Broadway League, which repre...
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Elgin celebrates art on the fringeSep 08, 2014 5:45 am - Art can happen anywhere. One thing co-founder Sean Hargadon hopes artists and audiences take away from the first Elgin Fringe Festival is that art doesn't just happen i...
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Drury Lane's 'Game's Afoot' needs more laughs, thrillsSep 07, 2014 7:30 am - The opening night applause for Drury Lane Theatre's production of "The Game's Afoot" spoke volumes about what works and what doesn't in this pedestrian comedy whodunit b...
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Area mourns two theater veterans who died Saturday after accidentsSep 07, 2014 1:01 am - Two theater veterans, Bernie Yvon and Molly Glynn, died Saturday in separate accidents, dealing a devastating blow to the Chicago-area theater community - many of whom t...