Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Steppenwolf's 'Wally World' reunites longtime friends, collaboratorsDec 10, 2020 5:00 am - Isaac Gómez and Karen Rodriguez were undergraduate theater majors at the University of Texas at Austin when Rodriguez suggested they move to Chicago after graduation. A...
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Spotlight: First Folio presents online reading series of literary favoritesDec 09, 2020 5:00 am - December delights First Folio Theatre delivers a bit of warmth this winter in the form of a family-friendly, online reading series featuring executive director and ...
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Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage showsDec 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - There's theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan's shuttered theater district but on that...
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Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage showsDec 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - There's theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan's shuttered theater district but on that ...
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Suburban theater artists prepare for virtual holiday showsDec 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Last spring, after theaters everywhere shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, holiday shows were likely the last things on the minds of theater artists like Lor...
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Spotlight: Vanessa Williams headlines virtual'Women of Broadway' benefitDec 02, 2020 5:00 am - Dream team Some of Chicago's most respected female theater artists unite for a virtual, staged reading of "Fefu and Her Friends," Maria Irene Fornés' play about women s...
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Chicago-area theaters reimagine seasonal tales for streaming and radioNov 27, 2020 5:00 am - It takes more than a global pandemic to keep Chicago-area theaters from serving up holiday cheer. And, while the options are limited, certain favorites - including Goodm...
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Spotlight: Lookingglass, WBEZ premiere audio version of 'Her Honor Jane Byrne'Nov 24, 2020 5:00 am - Audio premiere Lookingglass Theatre Company and WBEZ premiere the audio version of "Her Honor Jane Byrne," Lookingglass ensemble member J. Nicole Brooks' drama base...
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In Italy, theater reopens in town devastated by COVIDNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - In a signal of rebirth, the Donizetti theater in the northern Italian city of Bergamo, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, reopened this weekend after t...
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Spotlight: Goodman associate Dael Orlandersmith's 'Until the Flood' receives broadcast premiereNov 17, 2020 10:00 pm - 'Until the Flood' Goodman Theatre is among eight regional theaters that teamed up with All Arts to stream the broadcast premiere of "Until the Flood," a 2016 solo s...