Articles filed under Theater
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Dennis DeYoung goes to the dogs for '101 Dalmatians'Feb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Most people know Dennis DeYoung as a co-founder and frontman of the rock group Styx. But the Chicago native has also shown a talent for writing musical theater scores. ...
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Steppenwolf trilogy showcases acclaimed playwright McCraneyFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - If Tarell Alvin McCraney's intense, deeply satisfying "The Brothers Size" has not yet been mentioned in the same breath as Suzan-Lori Parks' "Topdog/Underdog" and Sam Sh...
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'Ring Cycle' brings DuPage actress full circleFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Acting is an unpredictable career, full of starts and stops, sudden breakthroughs and just as sudden setbacks. That is how it has been for Mandy Walsh, who appears in "T...
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"The Music Man" opens in Des PlainesFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Christian Youth Theater's production of the musical theater classic "The Music Man" runs Friday, Feb. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 21, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at ...
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Local auditionsFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - • DreamWorks Studios has an open casting call for a young male actor between the ages of 10 to 14 to play a street-smart kid for its upcoming film "Real Steel" from 11 a...
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Marriott revives classic 'Fiddler on the Roof'Feb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Ross Lehman and Paula Scrofano star as the milkman Tevye and his wife Golde in Marriott Theatre's production of "Fiddler on the Roof," the Sheldon Harnick-Joseph Stein m...
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'Jersey Boy' Ingersoll may have a new hitFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - A Broadway film crew set up shop last week at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. They were on hand to capture what has become a surefire sellout...
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Disney's 'The Lion King' returning to ChicagoFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Disney's "The Lion King" is set to roar again in Chicago. The national tour of the six-time Tony Award-winning 1997 Broadway musical returns to the Cadillac Palace Theat...
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African-American veterans honored at Greenbelt Cultural CenterFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Remembering the vets The Greenbelt Cultural Center salutes African-American veterans with a special "Profiles in Excellence" program devoted to the veterans. Mil...
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Letts' portrait of family dysfunction 'Osage' as powerful as everFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - When Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2007, I called it a love letter to the women of Steppenwolf. The actor/playwright tailored h...