Articles filed under Theater Companies
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'Wicked' ready to cast another spell in Chicago returnDec 03, 2017 6:00 am - This month, “Wicked” makes its fourth return to Chicago for a seven-week run at the Oriental Theatre. The 2003 musical blockbuster, a revisionist riff on “The Wizard of...
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'Beautiful — The Carole King Musical' returns with another Chicago starDec 03, 2017 6:00 am - YouTube Evanston native Jesse Mueller originated the title role of the best-selling singer and songwriter for both its San Francisco tryout and its Broadway debut. When ...
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Broadway actor to Glenbard North theater students: 'Remember where you're from'Nov 30, 2017 12:00 am - Before performing in a Broadway-bound musical Thursday night in Chicago, Eric Petersen gave theater students at his alma mater in Carol Stream a lesson in humility and k...
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Kid-powered 'School of Rock' is inspiring and funNov 03, 2017 5:00 pm - “School of Rock - The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Don't be surprised if “School of Rock - The Musical” makes your jaw drop repeatedly. That's because there's so much talent burst...
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'School of Rock - The Musical' star got theater start in WheatonOct 28, 2017 7:00 am - Autograph hounds hanging around the Cadillac Palace Theatre stage door for the Chicago touring debut of “School of Rock - The Musical” will have to arrive extra early or...
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'Les Miserables' memories help performers with local ties on tourOct 06, 2017 6:00 am - For more than three decades, “Les Misérables” has marched across the globe to move audiences to tears. The award-winning hit musical based on Victor Hugo's weighty 1862 ...
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First Chicago International Latino Theater Fest highlights visiting, local companiesSep 24, 2017 7:00 am - The new Chicago International Latino Theater Festival carries the theme “Destinos” (“Destinations”). It's apt since the monthlong festival is spread out among five diffe...
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John Mahoney, Francis Guinan return to Steppenwolf to contemplate 'The Rembrandt'Sep 20, 2017 6:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre Company walks a precarious tonal tightrope with the Chicago debut of “The Rembrandt.” The time-shifting script by playwright Jessica Dickey (“The Ami...
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Broadway hit 'Dear Evan Hansen' heading for ChicagoSep 06, 2017 11:00 pm - Broadway in Chicago announced Thursday that a tour of the new hit Broadway musical "Dear Evan Hansen" will play the Windy City during the 2018-19 season. Dates, a venue...
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'American in Paris' delights with dance, deeper stage scriptJul 28, 2017 1:30 pm - “An American in Paris” delivers everything you would want from a stage adaptation of the 1951 Academy Award-winning film: glorious Gershwin music, beautiful bursts of ba...