Articles filed under Theater
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10 for '16: Exciting entertainment options for the year aheadJan 06, 2016 6:00 am - It's the dawn of the new year, which means many of us have resolved to exercise more, eat better, work harder and complete other improve-our-lives kind of tasks. Such r...
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'Gotta Dance' a feel-good showJan 06, 2016 4:30 am - "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." The Mark Twain adage pretty much sums up the main theme of "Gotta Dance," a feel-good music...
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Dramatic comedy "Uncommon Women and Others" opens in Antioch Jan. 29Jan 06, 2016 12:00 am - "Uncommon Women and Others," a dramatic comedy, will be opening Jan. 29 at the PM&L Theatre, 877 N. Main St., in Antioch and will run Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays for...
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Theater events: One-hour Shakespeare returns to ClockwiseJan 05, 2016 10:00 pm - GayCo in the 'burbs GayCo, a comedy ensemble whose work centers on gay and lesbian themes, brings its "50 States of Gay" revue to the Metropolis Performing Arts Cen...
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Elgin Theatre Company to present 'M*A*S*H'Jan 04, 2016 10:00 pm - In 2010, the Elgin Theatre Company produced "M*A*S*H," a play about doctors and nurses working at a medical facility in Korea during the Korean War. "I directed 'M*A*S*...
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LOL: Suburban talent part of Chicago Sketch Comedy's 15th festJan 04, 2016 5:00 am - A person exuding confidence on the outside may very well be hiding inadequacy on the inside. That's the theme of the sketch show The Inept, featuring Jennifer Mitchell f...
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Tonya Pinkins quits NYC play, saying her role 'neutered'Dec 30, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bertolt Brecht's epic play "Mother Courage and Her Children" may be about the horrors of war, but a new off-Broadway production is revealing real conflic...
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Theater forecast: World premieres, major Broadway tour on tap for 2016Dec 30, 2015 5:00 am - Local theater lovers have nine long months before the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton” — Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop bio-musical about the nation's first treasury secret...
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Theater events: Catch 'White Christmas' before it closesDec 30, 2015 4:58 am - Last chance This weekend marks your last chance for holiday cheer courtesy of Drury Lane Theatre, whose production of "White Christmas, The Musical" closes Sunday. ...
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Prairie Center presents Spoon River Anthology Jan. 17Dec 28, 2015 10:00 pm - On Sunday, Jan. 17, "Spoon River Anthology" will be performed at 2 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Court in Schaum...