Articles filed under Theater
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'Ad-rap-tation' adds plenty of funk to Bard's 'Much Ado'Jul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Shakespeare Theater plays it straight with its namesake's plays. Under artistic director Barbara Gaines, productions at CST, winner of the 2008 Regional Theatre ...
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Smoking ban snuffs out cigarettes in playJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago's smoking ban has forced the cast of "Jersey Boys" to snuff out their cigarettes. Smoking was the norm in the 1950s and 60s when the play about Frankie Valli and...
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New playwright finds audience this summerJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - For many theater people, summer is traditionally a slow time, but for David Alex, a rising, not-so-young Chicago playwright, this summer turns out to be a time of unusua...
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Letts' 'Donuts' a solid successor to 'August'Jul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Critics who had sharpened their knives in anticipation of Tracy Letts' "Superior Donuts" will have to sheath their blades. More intimate than its predecessor - the wide...
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'Ain't Misbehavin'' revival happily fills Goodman stageJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Go big or go home. Director Chuck Smith clearly had that adage in mind when he staged Goodman Theatre's revival of "Ain't Misbehavin'," the tribute to iconic jazz compos...
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'Wonka' coming to Navy PierJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Another 'Ado' Nick Sandys and Melissa Carlson play the witty, would-be lovers in First Folio Shakespeare Festival's production of Shakespeare's delicious comedy "Much Ad...
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Canceled suburban 'Ragtime' shows will go onJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The once-silenced sounds of the musical "Ragtime" will be heard in Wilmette after all-albeit indoors. Cast and crew members of a canceled Wilmette Park District producti...
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'The Fly' opera is buzz of Paris seasonJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Be afraid, be very afraid: David Cronenberg's 1986 horror flick, "The Fly," has undergone a bizarre metamorphosis. It's now an opera. The new incarnation, with ...
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Tickets for Guthrie's 'Little House' break recordsJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- The Guthrie Theater says a world premiere production of "Little House on the Prairie" is breaking ticket sales records. Friday was the first day of sales ...
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Language takes "Ragtime" out of park settingJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Cast and crew members of a production of "Ragtime" are searching for a new venue and funds to stage the show after its producer, the Wilmette Park District, canceled it ...