Articles filed under Professional Theater
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'Grease,' 'Cinderella,' 'Fiddler' among Drury Lane Theatre's offerings for 2023-2024Oct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Theatre's 2023-2024 season consists of a nostalgia trip, a farcical whodunit, a tribute to an American music icon, a well-loved fairy tale and one of thea...
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Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'Oct 07, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Wendell Pierce hopes that heading a Black-led cast in a historic revival of Arthur Miller's 'œDeath of a Salesman'ť goes beyond exposing the classic Amer...
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Spotlight: Aurora's Copley Theatre concludes inaugural season with world premiere of 'Bull'Oct 07, 2022 6:00 am - Copley Theatre premiere Paramount Theatre's Bold Series concludes its inaugural season with the premiere of "Bull: a love story," Nancy García Lopez's family drama about...
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Review: Broadway revival of '1776' shakes things up nicelyOct 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The somewhat antiquated musical 'œ1776'ť has long been ripe for a radical makeover and it has found one on Broadway. 'œSomeone oughta open up a window!'ť...
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Talent, hard work propel Naperville skater-turned-actor as an understudy in 'The Notebook'Oct 06, 2022 6:00 am - You won't see Alex Benoit on stage every night in "The Notebook." But if you do see him during Chicago Shakespeare Theater's world premiere, it's likely because the show...
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Best bets: The Who, B-52's and Boo! at the ZooOct 04, 2022 3:00 pm - Open Sesame! When magician Justin comes to Sesame Street, Elmo is inspired to learn some tricks, bringing the entire gang along on a ride through science, illusion, colo...
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Uplifting 'Wicked' will make you shake your broom at DorothyOct 03, 2022 2:00 pm - “Wicked” - ★ ★ ★ ½ A good measure of success for any “Wicked” production is whether the audience leaves hating the little girl from Kansas who doused the Wicked Witch of...
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Music stops: Energy costs close Hungary theaters for winterOct 03, 2022 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - A theater in Hungary's capital will sit through a cold and quiet winter after its managers chose to shut it down rather than pay skyrocketing ut...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber to transfer his 'Cinderella' to BroadwayOct 03, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Andrew Lloyd Webber is saying goodbye to his last remaining show on Broadway and welcoming another. The musical theater icon announced Monday that his ...
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Spotlight: Mike Lew's family comedy 'Tiger Style' opens at Writers TheatreSep 30, 2022 6:00 am - Sibling rivals Christopher Thomas Pow and Aurora Adachi-Winter play squabbling siblings in "Tiger Style," Mike Lew's comedy about Chinese American heritage, in which a b...