Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Theater at renowned Jacob's Pillow dance center burns downNov 17, 2020 6:00 am - BECKET, Mass. (AP) - A fire at the renowned Jacob's Pillow dance center in Massachusetts destroyed a theater building early Tuesday, but no one was hurt. The fire at the...
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Play 'Thoughts of a Colored Man' to get a Broadway runNov 17, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Playwright Keenan Scott II's play 'œThoughts of a Colored Man,'ť a work about the outer and inner lives of Black men, is heading to the bright lights of ...
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Spotlight: Holiday fave 'It's a Wonderful Life' returns to American Blues TheaterNov 13, 2020 5:00 am - 'Wonderful Life' online American Blues Theater won't let a global pandemic halt "It's a Wonderful Life: Live From Chicago!," the company's beloved, 1940s-style, radio pl...
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Suburban natives add voices to Porchlight's now-virtual 'New Faces Sing Broadway'Nov 11, 2020 10:00 pm - Even during a global pandemic, art finds a way. Of this, musicians, dancers and theater artists are certain. “One of the things about artistic folk of all sorts, we are ...
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Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane earns 8 Jeff Awards during virtual ceremonyNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - In the wake of a season cut short by COVID-19, the faithful celebrated excellence in Chicago area equity theater Monday during the 52nd annual Joseph Jefferson Awards ce...
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2020 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award recipientsNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - Production - Play (large) • "King Hedley II" - Court Theatre Production - Play (mid-size) • "The Boys in the Band" - Windy City Playhouse Production - Musical or Revue (...
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Steppenwolf debuts new digital play by award-winner James IjamesNov 05, 2020 10:42 am - Playwright James Ijames and director Whitney White were deep into rehearsals for Steppenwolf Theatre's local premiere of Ijames' "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial...
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James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical daysNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James Corden may not be allowed in a theater these days but there's still a way to laugh with him onstage. Lea Salonga isn't permitted to sing to a crowd...
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Spotlight: Stage Left Theatre revives award-winning 'The Project(s)' virtuallyNov 03, 2020 5:00 am - In their own words Stage Left Theatre revives the award-winning play "The Project(s)." An examination of the history of Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes, a public-hous...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber releases first song from 'Cinderella'Oct 30, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Andrew Lloyd Webber is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of his 'œJesus Christ Superstar'ť album with the first single from his latest musi...