Articles filed under Theater
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Will you see yourself in one of the ‘12 Angry Jurors’ at Maine East?Sep 22, 2025 12:03 pm - Watch a murder trial unfold when Maine East High School’s Fine Arts Department presents “12 Angry Jurors” Sept. 25-27 in Park Ridge.
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Geneva High theater season begins with comedy on test anxietySep 22, 2025 9:48 am - Students at Geneva High School will perform a humorous 1980s-themed play about taking an exam, surrounded by personifications of worst-case scenarios.
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American Airlines pilot whose grounded flight on 9/11 inspired musical plans to attend Paramount’s productionSep 19, 2025 6:39 pm - Beverley Bass, the retired American Airlines pilot who inspired one of the characters in the Tony Award-winning “Come From Away” will be a special guest of the Paramount Theatre at Saturday’s performance of the heartwarming tuner about the residents of a small town in Canada who welcomed some 7,000 stranded airline passengers following the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Almost golden: Goodman Theatre’s ‘Ashland Avenue’ needs a little polishSep 17, 2025 4:45 pm - Goodman Theatre marks the beginning of its centennial with the premiere of the Chicago-set “Ashland Avenue,” starring Francis Guinan as a TV shop owner struggling to keep his business afloat.
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Space archaeologist tackles middle age in ‘Timey Wimey’ solo show at Elgin Fringe FestSep 16, 2025 9:43 pm - Writer and performer Victoria Montalbano presents "Timey Wimey Stuff," a solo show exploring mid-life crisis and time traveling at the Elgin Fringe Festival.
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Things to do Sept. 19-25: Oktoberfests, Naperville Irish Fest, Elgin Fringe Festival, Cary Main Street Fest and moreSep 16, 2025 1:46 pm - Mark your calendar for Oktoberfests in Libertyville, Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Palatine and Highland Park; Tacos and Tequila Festival in Geneva; Naperville Irish Fest; Cantigny Car Show and more happening this week.
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Spotlight: Evanston native Elizabeth McGovern channels Ava GardnerSep 16, 2025 9:51 am - Actress Elizabeth McGovern channels Ava Gardner in “Ava: The Secret Conversations” at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater, plus world premieres open at Chicago Shakespeare and A Red Orchid theaters.
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Gold star: Ideally cast, timely ‘First Lady of Television’ shines at NorthlightSep 15, 2025 5:21 pm - Cindy Gold, ideally cast as broadcast pioneer Gertrude Berg, is outstanding in Northlight Theatre’s timely premiere of “The First Lady of Television,” James Sherman’s 1950-set drama about McCarthyism.
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Lake Park High theater takes on rhyming couplets for ‘Hamlet Hears a Who’Sep 13, 2025 12:05 am - Lake Park High School is combining Shakespeare's "Hamlet" with Dr. Seuss in "Hamlet Hears a Who," a children's play told in rhyming couplets.
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Drury Lane delivers stylish revival of classic suspense thriller ‘Dial M for Murder’Sep 11, 2025 11:20 am - Drury Lane Theatre delivers a stylish, wonderfully designed revival of “Dial M for Murder,” Jeffrey Hatcher’s taut examination of greed, sex, jealousy and revenge adapted from Frederick Knott’s classic 1952 suspense thriller.