Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Flair for farce: Oak Brook's First Folio revisits delightful 'Jeeves Intervenes'Nov 10, 2022 5:45 am - “Jeeves Intervenes” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In my 2008 review of First Folio Theatre's hugely entertaining “Jeeves Intervenes” - the first in a wonderful series of P.G. Wodehouse tale...
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Spotlight: Andersen classic 'Steadfast Tin Soldier' returns to Lookingglass TheatreNov 09, 2022 5:00 am - True-blue trooper Lookingglass Theatre remounts its acclaimed "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," a show that incorporates puppets and circus arts to tell Hans Christian A...
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Festivals Nov. 11-17: Veterans Day events, Chicago Botanic's Lightscape, Morton's IllumiBrew and moreNov 09, 2022 5:00 am - Ongoing Fall Flower Show: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Nov. 27 at Wilder Park Conservatory, Church Street and Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst. A seasonal display of fal...
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Emerging playwrights get a boost in Terrence McNally's honorNov 03, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If it was show time at any of the city's myriad off-Broadway theaters, audience members could likely expect to see a theatrical giant in their midst - pl...
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Suburban actors celebrate love in all forms in Artistic Home's Shakespeare-inspired rom-com 'Malapert Love'Nov 02, 2022 11:00 pm - Asked about Lorca, the nonbinary character she plays in The Artistic Home's world premiere of "Malapert Love," Jenna Steege Ramey describes the character as a legendary ...
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Spotlight: The hills come alive at Paramount with 'Sound of Music'Nov 02, 2022 6:00 am - Sparklejollytwinklejingley Buddy, a human raised by elves, travels from the North Pole to New York City to reconnect with his biological father in Drury Lane Theatre's p...
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Cirque du Soleil coming to Now Arena in JuneNov 02, 2022 1:00 am - After a four-year absence, Cirque du Soleil returns to the Chicago area next spring with "Corteo," which last played here in 2006, a year after its Montreal premiere. T...
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Cameron Crowe's 'Almost Famous' rocks out on BroadwayOct 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Composer Tom Kitt got a compliment the other day that any songwriter would sing about. A friend had seen his Broadway stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe's...
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A persistent plague: The Gift Theatre's new thriller 'The Locusts' shows promiseOct 27, 2022 10:00 am - “The Locusts” - ★ ★ ★ In “The Locusts,” Jennifer Rumberger's grim thriller about a serial killer targeting teenage girls, a sheriff offers a 16-year-old girl some advice...
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Spotlight: TimeLine Theatre revives Alice Childress' landmark 1955 drama 'Trouble in Mind'Oct 26, 2022 11:00 pm - Jeeves returns First Folio Theatre commences its final season with a remount of "Jeeves Intervenes," which in 2008 was its first production of a Margaret Raether comedy ...