Articles filed under Theater
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Andrews Sisters tributes boogie onto local stagesJun 11, 2014 5:30 am - Break out the bugles: World War II may be long over, but the sisters who brought Boogie Woogie to the troops are back. More than 45 years after the Andrews Sisters last...
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Neil Simon's 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' comes to ElginJun 11, 2014 5:01 am - Eric Faler is a 17-year-old high school graduate. He shaves his face. He is old enough to drive. He will be heading off to college in the fall. But starting Friday, June...
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Soured on theater after parking ticketsJun 09, 2014 5:01 am - After reading your view on the Metropolis Theater I have to comment. We were members and major donors to the arts and had season tickets until the police started giving ...
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Predictions for who will and should win at the TonysJun 08, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK - It's been a year on Broadway so unpredictable that the only thing for certain at the Tony Awards on Sunday is that Hugh Jackman will be the host. There have b...
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Selected winners at the 2014 Tony AwardsJun 08, 2014 1:01 am - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Mark Rylance, "Twelfth Night." Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Lena Hall, "Hed...
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Audra McDonald, Bryan Cranston, NPH win TonysJun 08, 2014 1:00 am - NEW YORK — The murderous romp “A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder” has gotten a lot of love at the Tony Awards — it nabbed the best new musical trophy on a night tha...
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How meeting her idol changed Jesse Mueller's lifeJun 07, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - When Jesse Mueller first sat behind the piano to portray Carole King on Broadway, she had no idea what kind of year she was going to have. It was when the rea...
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Sunday picks: British comedian Eddie Izzard plays ChicagoJun 07, 2014 5:00 am - Comedy from the hip: Acclaimed British actor and comedian Eddie Izzard holds court with his hilarious comic ramblings at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chica...
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Weekend picks: Cher is always a sight to beholdJun 07, 2014 5:00 am - Turn back time: Expect plenty of over-the-top stage spectacle when legendary pop diva Cher brings her Dressed to Kill (D2K) Tour with opening act Cyndi Lauper on Sat...
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'Ask Aunt Susan' exposes online exploitationJun 06, 2014 5:30 am - In Seth Bockley's "Ask Aunt Susan," a cocky twenty-something tech guy becomes an Internet sensation as a phony female advice columnist. The plot of the drama, in a world...