Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Metropolis announces 2022-2023 season to include 'Ragtime,' 'Cabaret' and 'Xanadu'Jun 11, 2022 1:00 am - Two classic musicals, a sendup of a bad 1980s movie musical and a comedy about the making of a drag queen will be part of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's 2022-20...
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New roller skating-inspired tuner 'Skates' needs finessingJun 09, 2022 11:30 am - “Skates” - ★ ½ One thing going for “Skates,” the new, nostalgia-fueled, pandemic-delayed tuner that opened Sunday at Chicago's historic Studebaker Theater, is that it pr...
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'Shine the light': Ariana DeBose talks about hosting Sunday's Tony AwardsJun 09, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Tony Award host and theater veteran Ariana DeBose says this year's telecast will spread its arms wider than just Broadway's stars and celebrate the unsung her...
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Spotlight: Chicago premiere of 'Life After' debuts at GoodmanJun 08, 2022 11:00 pm - All-star revival An ensemble made up of Chicago theater all-stars and an all-female creative team partner for Drury Lane Theatre's revival of "Steel Magnolias," Robert ...
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75th Tony Awards celebrate a back-in-business BroadwayJun 08, 2022 11:00 pm - After two years of pandemic-prompted delays, the Tony Awards are back on track in time for their 75th anniversary. Broadway's salute to its best marks that milestone Sun...
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McAninch Arts Center announces 2022-23 season of visiting showsJun 07, 2022 8:00 pm - Legacy dance troupes, international vocal ensembles and pop tributes are just a few of the visiting acts coming to College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn...
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Kyiv theater reopens, plays sell out: `You continue living'Jun 07, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A theater in Ukraine's capital reopened over the weekend for the first time since Russian forces invaded the country, and tickets quickly sold out. ...
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Neighbors in the News: Park Ridge attorney receives Lader Good Citizen AwardJun 06, 2022 11:00 pm - • Longtime Park Ridge resident Jim Argionis, an attorney with Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation practice in Chicago, was named the 2022 recipient of the Sgt. Karen...
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Book celebrates the 50th anniversary of musical 'Grease'Jun 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - On Valentine's Day 1972, a musical opened off-Broadway needing a lot of love. It was already $20,000 in debt and the reviews were mixed to poor. A decisi...
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Book celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'Grease'Jun 06, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - On Valentine's Day 1972, a musical opened off-Broadway needing a lot of love. It was already $20,000 in debt and the reviews were mixed to poor. A decision h...