Articles filed under Theater
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Metropolis sends up the past in irreverent 'History of America'Jan 19, 2012 4:00 am - At the opening performance of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's “The Complete History of America (Abridged),” an elderly audience member approached me at intermiss...
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First Folio's Sandys takes artistic reins at Remy BumppoJan 18, 2012 10:00 pm - Artistic director wasn't a role Nick Sandys intended to play, at least not right now. But when Remy Bumppo Theatre's board of directors offered it to him last week, in ...
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Steel Beam's 'Murderer' not for the squeamishJan 18, 2012 5:00 am - “Murderer” starts with a long first scene that manages to be both surreal and shocking at the very same time. An artist works at his easel while a woman flips through a ...
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Lyric Opera sets new seasonJan 18, 2012 5:00 am - Opera fans have plenty to look forward to in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's recently announced 58th season for 2012-13. Russian superstar soprano Anna Netrebko is set to ...
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Batavia thespians have 'Great Expectations'Jan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - When Batavia High School sophomore Kelsey Skomer took on the role of Belle in last fall's successful production of “Beauty and the Beast,” she knew it would be challengi...
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The Suburbs This Weekend: American history, opera, Eric Burdon, Asian cuisineJan 17, 2012 10:00 pm - Weekend watchers Sean Stangland and Richard Battin recommend a variety of events from veteran British invader Eric Burdon, of the Animals, a medley of opera performance...
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Theater events: Clockwise premieres 'Courting Vampires'Jan 17, 2012 10:00 pm - In the blood A woman puts on trial the vampire she believes infected her younger sister with a fatal blood disease in Laura Schellhardt's drama “Courting Vampires,”...
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Arlington grad a big player on L.A. music sceneJan 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Thor Steingraber still remembers the excitement every summer when marching band practice started at Arlington High School. He and his mother would walk over to the footb...
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Theater events: Steel Beam stages 'Murderer'-mysteryJan 13, 2012 5:00 am - Fun and games? The folks at Steel Beam Theatre promise to keep audience members on the edge of their seats with a production of the darkly comic “Murderer” by Anthony Sh...
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'Come Fly Away' a coupling of sensual dance and songJan 12, 2012 8:00 am - When singer Frank Sinatra passed away in 1998, author Gore Vidal made a wry quip during an interview with the BBC about “Ol' Blue Eyes” and his lasting impact on America...