Articles filed under Theater
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Pulitzer-winning drama premiered in ChicagoApr 15, 2013 4:59 pm - Chicago can once again boast about being the launchpad for another Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Ayad Akhtar’s play “Disgraced” was announced the winner of the 2013 Pul...
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ECC production explores issues of faith, desireApr 15, 2013 1:34 pm - The same week Rome announced a new pope in 2005, a woman driving home from work spotted an image of the Virgin Mary on a discolored wall of Chicago’s Fullerton Avenue un...
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Trick to keeping magic store open for 46 years may be funApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - A postal employee who didn't want to spend his life working for other people, Phil Johnson started a cosmetics store on the side. He pondered selling playground slides f...
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‘Sherlock Holmes’ performance:Apr 12, 2013 4:54 pm - Wauconda Middle School students will perform Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 27 at...
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Ballet legend Maria Tallchief dies at 88Apr 12, 2013 1:21 pm - Maria Tallchief, one of America’s first great prima ballerinas who gave life to such works as “The Nutcracker,” “Firebird,” and other masterpieces from legendary choreog...
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GreenMan Theatre troupe looks beyond the end of the worldApr 12, 2013 12:01 pm - GreenMan Theatre in Elmhurst closes its ninth season with a production that features a collection of short plays and one-acts that deal with beginnings, endings and ...
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Theater events: Goodman Theatre concludes 'Elliot Trilogy'Apr 12, 2013 6:00 am - Trilogy concludes Goodman Theatre premieres “The Happiest Song Plays Last,” the latest from 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, whose Goodman commiss...
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Fox Valley Rep's 'Plaid' a forever popular productionApr 12, 2013 6:00 am - Nostalgia reigns supreme for audiences of a certain age in “Forever Plaid,” that ever-popular revue that celebrates the songs of the 1950s and early '60s. The 1990 off-...
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Northwestern student takes time off for 'American Idiot' roleApr 11, 2013 4:00 pm - Don't call actor Alex Nee a drop out, even though he may look like one in the national tour of "American Idiot." The 2010 Broadway musical inspired by Green Day's best...
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Kristine Thatcher makes triumphant return to First Folio in 'Underneath the Lintel'Apr 11, 2013 6:00 am - “Tomorrow I'll be gone. In no time at all, I'll be gone.” That statement, which the unnamed Dutch librarian makes to the audience assembled for her lecture in Glen Berg...