Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Theater events: Gift Theatre premieres 'Bethany'Sep 20, 2014 11:00 pm - • Libertyville native Marti Lyons reunites with playwright Laura Marks for The Gift Theatre's Chicago premiere of Marks' "Bethany." A contemporary drama set during the r...
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'Death Tax' a compelling tale of family responsibilitySep 19, 2014 5:45 am - “People who have money are preserved ... people who do not have money are not preserved.” That prophetic pronouncement from an aging grande dame in declining health come...
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Paramount's 'Cats' practically purr-fectSep 17, 2014 5:30 am - Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 international hit musical "Cats" ran for 21 years in London and lasted 7,485 performances in New York, where it holds the distinction...
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'Of Mice and Men' screening coming to the suburbsSep 16, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - The recent revival of "Of Mice and Men" starring James Franco may have closed on Broadway, but you can still catch it on the silver screen. The play will be s...
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Gillian Anderson on-screen Tuesday in 'Streetcar'Sep 15, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - If you can't get to London in time to catch Gillian Anderson is constant motion onstage in "A Streetcar Named Desire," her orbit is about to get larger. Start...
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Michael Cera: 'You get used to having an audience'Sep 14, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Brooklyn currently has a love affair with facial hair, is awash with hipsters, tons of kale - and now 100 percent more Michael Cera. The 26-year-old star of "...
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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...