Articles filed under Theater
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A magical 'Mary Poppins' stage adaptation opens in ChicagoMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - P.L. Travers' magical English nanny takes up residence this week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where the North American tour of Disney and producer Cameron ...
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'Art' paints portrait of a fractured friendshipMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Friendship cannot bear very much honesty. That much is clear by the end of "Art," Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning play about three friends who have a falling out - an ...
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Palminteri brings his 'Bronx Tale' to townMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Actor Chazz Palminteri grew up in the Bronx. He had such a rich childhood experience that he later wrote a 1989 one-man off-Broadway show "A Bronx Tale," in which he pla...
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Actor Dennehy strengthens artistic ties to GoodmanMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls made official his longtime artistic partnership with two-time Tony Award winner Brian Dennehy when he named the actor a me...
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Phylicia Rashad set for 'August: Osage County'Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Phylicia Rashad will soon be adding another formidable woman to her collection of Broadway portraits. Producer Jeffrey Richards says the actress will join th...
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Marriott's 'Joseph' a Technicolor dreamMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Marriott Theatre's production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" demonstrates yet again how a skilled and savvy director can turn a middling musical into ...
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'Lend me a Tenor' to open at MetropolisMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - When an accidental overdose keeps the great tenor Il Stupendo from performing, his assistant Max goes on in his place in Ken Ludwig's door-slamming farce "Lend Me A Teno...
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Cheap stuff to do: Irish dancing, 'Stuart Little', alternative petsMar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Cheap events? Contact Laura Stewart at lstewart@dailyherald.com Free Start your St. Patrick's Day a little bit early The McNulty Irish Dancers get their toes tapping fo...
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Steel Beam's 'Greater Tuna' tasty, but without biteFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Don't be fooled by the "Greater Tuna" catchphrase describing the play as a "comedy about Texas' third smallest town - where the Lions Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline...
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Backstage tours offer glimpse at Lyric Opera's inner workingsFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - "Opera is magic!" That's what volunteer Roy Fisher kept on saying during his presentation on stage props during one of the Lyric Opera of Chicago 2009 Backstage Tours. B...