Articles filed under Theater
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Metropolis gets heady with Shakespeare-inspired 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern'Feb 13, 2017 4:00 pm - Hollywood has no bones about making film franchise spinoffs with minor characters from earlier blockbusters. Just look at how DreamWorks Animation let the cat out of the...
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Aurora University puts on Poe satire this weekFeb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - The Aurora University theater department will present the world premiere of Chicago-based playwright Sean Graney's "Fuller (and Edgar) in the House of Usher" at 7:30 p.m...
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Fox Country Players offers 'Night of Broadway' Feb. 19Feb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - Tickets are still available for the Sunday matinee concert of Fox Country Players' "Night of Broadway." The concert will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Yorkvill...
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Last-minute city and suburban ideas for Valentine's DayFeb 10, 2017 2:00 pm - Whoops. It's almost Valentine's Day - and you've got nothing. Maybe the holiday slipped your mind. Or perhaps you're just not a planner. The truth is, everyone likes to...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsFeb 10, 2017 12:00 am - A ski jump competition in Fox River Grove, a musical about a murderous barber in Aurora and an Elvis tribute concert in Rosemont are among the weekend's diverse suburban...
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Glenn Close revisits 'most challenging role I've ever had'Feb 09, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Returning to reprise one of her most iconic stage triumphs was relatively easy for Glenn Close. All she had to do was go to her closet. The actress keeps...
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Northlight's timely 'Faceless' examines terrorism in heady courtroom dramaFeb 08, 2017 10:00 pm - “Faceless” may well leave you breathless. Selina Fillinger's timely new play about identity and faith expresses its myriad ideas so quickly and so unrelentingly that it...
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ECC Musical Theatre presents 'Avenue Q' Feb. 24-March 5Feb 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present its spring production of the Tony Award-winning, R-rated musical comedy "Avenue Q" from Friday, Feb. 24 through Sund...
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Class, self-preservation animate Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's 'Good People'Feb 08, 2017 5:00 am - “Good People,” David Lindsay-Abaire's superb examination of class and self-preservation, shows us life on the verge of economic ruin. And in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's s...
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Aquila Theatre Co. brings Agatha Christie mystery to the stageFeb 07, 2017 10:00 pm - "Murder on the Nile," by one of the greatest mystery writers in world literature, Agatha Christie, will be staged at Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium by the Aquila Theatre C...