Articles filed under Theater
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'Solo Tu' is 'by Latinas, about Latinas'Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - It takes courage to allow audiences to scrutinize the deeply personal and even painful, such as botched surgeries and failed pregnancy attempts. Tanya Saracho and Coya P...
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Arts agendaMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - • Steel Beam Theatre has auditions for Yasmina Reza's award-winning comedy "Art" at 6 p.m. March 16 at 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. Three men over 30 are needed. Prepar...
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Director sees himself in 'Match' characterMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - When Chicago director Steve Scott read Stephen Belber's play, "Match" (opening Saturday at the Highland Park-based Apple Tree Theatre), he saw a bit of himself in the ma...
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'Solo Tu' nurses images of motherhoodMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Are there women who have never given any thought to motherhood? Unlikely. Whether they intend to ever have children, and whether natures cooperates or puts the brakes, m...
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Pioneering choreographer Giordano diesMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - August Thomas ("Gus") Giordano, the award-winning choreographer and founder of Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, died from pneumonia Sunday in Chicago. He was 84. "His vision...
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Spunky Circle Theatre stages equally spunky 'Can-Can'Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - You have to admire spunky Circle Theatre. The company's tiny Forest Park storefront doesn't allow artistic director Kevin Bellie to stage musicals on the same scale as s...
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New on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Greasy Joan & Co. begins its 12th year with Moliere's "The Misanthrope," a satire on aristocrats whose empty lives revolve around gossip. The play opens today at the Ath...
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Still on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Foote fest finale Goodman Theatre concludes its Horton Foote festival with "The Trip to Bountiful," a delicate drama about a widow returning to her childhood home for a ...
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Sister's act is holy riotMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - If any nun could solve all the world's problems in one night, Sister could. We don't learn the first name of the nun who holds sway in "Put the Nuns in Charge!" During t...
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Arabs in AmericaMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Compromise and obligation. The twin challenges budding artists confront prove especially acute for minorities. Should they alter their work to ensure commercial succes...