Articles filed under Theater
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London's new theater offers tragedy by candlelightJan 20, 2014 4:30 am - LONDON — Shakespeare's Globe in London is adding a couple of innovations in its quest to give audiences a sense of theater as it was 400 years ago: a roof and candles. H...
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Fitting tribute to Arcada mainstay, organist ShafferJan 19, 2014 8:16 pm - The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles brought out the bells and whistles Sunday — literally — to pay tribute to its late former organist, Jim Shaffer. They could be heard du...
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Radcliffe eyes Broadway in ‘Cripple of Inishmaan’Jan 18, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Daniel Radcliffe is returning to Broadway as a disabled Irish dreamer. Producers said Thursday the “Harry Potter” actor will star in Martin McDonagh’s “The Cr...
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Mirren earns Harvard’s Hasty Pudding awardJan 17, 2014 10:09 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren has been named woman of the year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The 68-year-old Mirren ...
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Theater events: Live it up at Marriott's 'Cabaret'Jan 17, 2014 5:00 am - Marriott's ‘Cabaret' Broadway veteran Megan Sikora stars as Sally Bowles, the British chanteuse who seduces aspiring writer Clifford (Patrick Srb) in Marriott Theat...
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Re-imagined 'Phantom' as engaging as everJan 15, 2014 10:00 pm - Fear not "Phantom of the Opera" fans. The mist still swirls, the skiff still glides along the underground lake and the chandelier still plummets in the newly re-imagined...
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Kick Kennedy calls her stage debut ‘magical’Jan 11, 2014 4:00 am - NEW YORK — The storied Kennedy family has produced a president, ambassadors, an attorney general, senators and plenty of congressmen. But not a professional actor. Kathl...
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Mundelein High presents Thornton Wilder’s classic ‘Our Town’Jan 10, 2014 2:54 pm - For its second show of the season called The Year of the Classics, Mundelein High School will present Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” The show will run Thursday, Jan. 30 ...
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Theater events: Paramount stages '42nd Street'Jan 10, 2014 5:00 am - A mystery tale Steel Beam Theatre heats up winter with Ken Ludwig's whodunit “Postmortem.” Set in 1922, the thriller centers around famed actor William Gillette, kn...
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Arts agendaJan 09, 2014 4:57 am - Ÿ Playhouse 38 seeks performers ages 8 to 10 to audition for “Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, Jr.” from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at 524 W. State St., Geneva. Those audi...