Articles filed under Theater
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Author of "Wicked" visits Rolling Meadows High SchoolMar 09, 2016 12:00 am - Gregory Maguire never dreamed of writing a novel that would be turned into one of the most successful Broadway shows of all time. As a young boy all Maguire wanted was t...
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World premiere, streamlined Shakespeare on tap for Writers' 25th seasonMar 09, 2016 12:00 am - Writers Theatre on Wednesday announced that its 25th anniversary season, the first in its new Glencoe home, will consist of six productions including a new, streamlined ...
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Shakespeare at StevensonMar 09, 2016 12:00 am - Stevenson High School will host performances of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" this weekend. Performances are set for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Lincolnshi...
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Glenbard East presents two plays before IHSA competitionMar 08, 2016 10:00 pm - Two dramas that Glenbard East High School will present at the Illinois High School Association competition can be seen by the local community first. "Doubt" and "In the ...
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Mood loose as 'Fiddler on the Roof' cast makes albumMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A nondescript building near Times Square was turned for a day into a small Russian village in 1905 when the cast and orchestra of the Broadway revival of...
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Review: All aboard the cheerfully campy musical 'Disaster!'Mar 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Welcome aboard the Barracuda, a floating casino and discotheque of dubious construction. It's 1979 and we're anchored to a pier in New York City's Hudson...
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Device lets partially paralyzed actor walk for 'Richard III'Mar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Actor/director Michael Patrick Thornton is doing something he hasn't done onstage in 13 years: He's walking. For the first time since spinal strokes left him partially p...
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Men, women sought for auditionsMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - PM&L Theatre in Antioch will hold auditions for "Kill Me, Deadly," a detective noir comedy by Bill Robens, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 28, and Tuesday, March 29, at the thea...
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Theater events: Princesses power Marriott's 'Cinderella ... After the Ball'Mar 07, 2016 10:00 pm - By Barbara Vitello Girl power Cinderella achieves her happily ever after with help from fellow fairy tale maidens Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty in Marriott Theatre's...
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Michelle Williams, once 'out to pasture,' returns to stageMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Before you can get to Michelle Williams' dressing room at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway, you pass one with a sofa upholstered in bright colors, a flat-scree...