Articles filed under Professional Theater
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How meeting her idol changed Jesse Mueller's lifeJun 07, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - When Jesse Mueller first sat behind the piano to portray Carole King on Broadway, she had no idea what kind of year she was going to have. It was when the rea...
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'Ask Aunt Susan' exposes online exploitationJun 06, 2014 5:30 am - In Seth Bockley's "Ask Aunt Susan," a cocky twenty-something tech guy becomes an Internet sensation as a phony female advice columnist. The plot of the drama, in a world...
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Theater events: 'Annapurna' a cowboy tale of sortsJun 05, 2014 11:00 pm - Midwest premiere A woman tracks down the cowboy-poet husband she left 20 years earlier at his battered Colorado trailer where he's working on his “magnum opus” in S...
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Theater events: Join in Family Fringe Day in ElginMay 30, 2014 6:15 am - Family fringe The Elgin Fringe Festival hosts a Family Fringe Day this weekend in advance of its first festival taking place Sept. 11-14. Sunday's family-friendly ...
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'White Snake' role brings Downers Grove native 'full circle'May 29, 2014 5:45 am - Vin Kridakorn took a leap of faith - and landed on two feet. With little experience and a lot of passion, the Downers Grove native moved to New York after college to se...
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Imperfect relationships play out in Writers' delightful 'Days'May 28, 2014 11:00 pm - For anyone passionate about musicals, who has observed with dismay stage adaptations of Hollywood hits (and misses), frothy relationship revues and jukebox shows cobbled...
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Arlington Heights' Metropolis theater looking for new executive directorMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - After 2½ years, Charlie Beck is out as executive director of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. The Metropolis board has named former special ev...
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Simon comedy, 'Drowsy Chaperone' among new Metropolis showsMay 27, 2014 1:00 am - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights has announced its 2014-15 theater season, which features two classic comedies, a thriller, a one-man show and ...
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Theater events: Seth Bockley's 'Aunt Susan' premieres at GoodmanMay 22, 2014 6:00 am - Goodman premiere Initially, things go well for the twenty-something young man moonlighting as online advice guru Aunt Susan. But as the website becomes more popular...
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Gloria Estefan musical to premiere in Chicago next yearMay 20, 2014 1:01 am - "On Your Feet!" - the new musical chronicling the life and career of Grammy Award-winner Gloria Estefan and her musician/producer husband Emilio Estefan - will premi...