Articles filed under Theater
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'Radium Girls' on stage at Glenbard WestApr 18, 2017 11:00 pm - "Radium Girls," a drama inspired by actual events from the 1920s, will be presented by theater students at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn. The show focuses on w...
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Hinsdale Central to stage 'The Little Mermaid'Apr 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Hinsdale Central High School is presenting Disney's "The Little Mermaid" as its spring musical. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday, April 21, and noon and 7 p.m. Saturday, Apr...
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Glenbard North to stage 'The Last Night of Ballyhoo'Apr 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Set in 1939 in Atlanta during the world premiere of "Gone with the Wind" and just after Hitler's invasion of Poland, Alfred Uhry's Tony Award-winning comedy "The Last Ni...
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Man-eating plant comes to Grant High SchoolApr 18, 2017 1:00 am - A giant man-eating plant named Audrey II, operated by three puppeteers, got into a shouting match with Seymour Krelborn, played by James Molidor, during dress rehearsal ...
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Fox Valley high schools spring into song with musicalsApr 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Musical lovers will have their choice this weekend and next when young actors take to the stage at several Fox Valley high schools. This weekend, Dundee-Crown High Schoo...
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Children's Theatre of Elgin's 'The Lion King Jr.' roars onto The Hemmens stageApr 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Pounce into the Pridelands with Children's Theatre of Elgin and their performance of Disney's "The Lion King Jr." on The Hemmens Cultural Center stage this weekend, Apri...
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Stage version of 'Frozen' musical casts 2 Broadway veteransApr 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The upcoming stage adaptation of "Frozen" has found its sisters Anna and Elsa - they'll be played by two Broadway veterans in Patti Murin and Cassie Levy...
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Writers Theatre examines sexuality, race in 'Mystery of Love and Sex'Apr 16, 2017 5:00 am - "The Mystery of Love and Sex," Bathsheba Doran's 2015 relationship drama, is both a little more complex than it appears and a little less satisfying than it might have b...
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Steel Beam's 'Ruthless!' a hilariously campy look at showbiz ambitionApr 14, 2017 6:00 am - Did that little girl just drop an F-bomb? Is that matronly woman really a man in drag? And are we supposed to laugh at the deadly final tableau that apes “Hamlet”? “Ruth...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsApr 14, 2017 1:00 am - Ride the roller coasters at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, hunt for Easter eggs at Arlington Park or catch comedian Jeff Garlin in Rosemont. Here are five ideas for ...