Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Singing about suffrage, and thinking about current strugglesMay 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Phillipa Soo says she noticed a change in the audience immediately. News had just dropped of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion that would overturn...
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Ever-resonant 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a plea for healingMay 20, 2022 4:15 pm - “To Kill a Mockingbird” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “We have to heal this wound or we'll never stop bleeding.” Atticus Finch, the standard-bearer of decency and tolerance Harper Lee int...
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Spotlight: Aurora's Copley Theatre revives darkly comic, puppet-centered 'Hand to God'May 20, 2022 6:00 am - Fourth time's a charm Disappointed by love and life, a pair of adult siblings - twice divorced and once widowed Maria and relationship-averse Anthony - find themselves b...
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Des Plaines actress is right where she belongs - starring in Shattered Globe's 'Rasheeda Speaking'May 18, 2022 11:00 pm - Barbara Roeder Harris was born to theater. She made her debut playing the king in a production of "Cinderella" she and her siblings staged in the family basement. "I wa...
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Jesse Williams addresses leak of Broadway nude sceneMay 16, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jesse Williams vowed not to be discouraged after leaked video and images of his onstage nude scene in the Broadway play 'œTake Me Out'ť were posted onlin...
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Fine acting in newly adapted 'Seagull' ensures Steppenwolf's legacyMay 13, 2022 3:00 pm - “Seagull” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The first act of Steppenwolf Theatre's “Seagull” is standard Steppenwolf. Robust and practiced, it is a solid piece of theater by director Yasen Peya...
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Spotlight: Broken Nose stages sci-fi drama 'After the Blast'May 13, 2022 6:00 am - Immigration tale For his new musical, Brian Quijada looked to his mother, whose real-life story about crossing from El Salvador to the U.S. inspired his show "Somewhere ...
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Metropolis cast works hard to invigorate 1960s-inspired jukebox tuner 'Shout!'May 12, 2022 6:00 am - “Shout! The Mod Musical” - ★ ★ “Shout! The Mod Musical,” the jukebox tuner currently running at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, is an innocuo...
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Unauthorized video of Jesse Williams onstage prompts outrageMay 11, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Video of a naked Jesse Williams captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play has been posted online, prompting an outcry from the producers an...
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'That community defined me': Tony-winning producer reflects on teenage years in DeerfieldMay 10, 2022 5:10 am - Actor/musician turned Broadway producer Kevin McCollum called the Chicago suburbs home only briefly. If you count his four years at Deerfield High School, a post-college...