Articles filed under Theater
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St. James Theatre returns to stage with 'Bye Bye Birdie'Jul 10, 2022 11:00 pm - Excitement is building for St. James Theatre Productions. This weekend the Arlington Heights-based community theater group will open its first musical since the pandemi...
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Spotlight: Marriott returns to Oz while Skokie re-visits Avenue QJul 08, 2022 6:00 am - Back to 'Avenue Q' MadKap Productions revives the Tony Award-winning musical "Avenue Q," an R-rated, coming-of-age tale about twentysomethings navigating their private a...
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Owner of Catlow Theater in Barrington looking to sell historic venueJul 08, 2022 1:00 am - The owner of the historic Catlow Theater in Barrington is in talks with potential buyers and is looking to sell, according to an email to supporters Friday. "I feel now ...
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Read all about it: Cricket Theatre to present 'Newsies'Jul 07, 2022 11:00 pm - Cricket Theatre's summer presentation of "Disney's Newsies Jr." will be at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 21 and 22, at Lake Zurich Performing Art Center, 300 Church S...
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Singer/actress Felicia P. Fields celebrates her passion for blues in 'Pearl's Rollin' With The Blues' at Writers TheatreJul 07, 2022 6:00 am - “Pearl's Rollin' With the Blues: A Night With Felicia P. Fields” - ★ ★ ★ In her heart, Felicia P. Fields is a blues woman. A veteran of Marriott, Drury Lane, Northlight...
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Joyful noise: Steppenwolf's superb 'Choir Boy' a testament to the power of musicJun 30, 2022 6:00 am - “Choir Boy” - ★ ★ ★ ½ There's a reason we sing. We sing when words fail us. We sing because music affords us joy during our best times and solace during our worst. And ...
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Theater spotlight: An American classic, an Irish drama and an epistolary love storyJun 29, 2022 6:00 am - ABT revives classic Oak Park writer/director Monty Cole helms American Blues Theater's revival of "Fences," August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a former N...
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Spotlight: Felicia P. Fields celebrates the blues in Writers Theatre's premiereJun 24, 2022 6:00 am - Writers premiere Felicia P. Fields and director Ron OJ Parson, who last collaborated on Writers Theatre's revival of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," reunite for the world pr...
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Brightside Theatre summer performance canceledJun 24, 2022 1:00 am - The Brightside Theatre and Naperville Park District have canceled a June 30 performance at the Millennium Carillon Amphitheatre due to a conflict with the setup for the ...
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Goodman's 'Life After' a beautifully composed, brilliantly sung examination of love, lossJun 23, 2022 11:45 am - “Life After” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Early in “Life After,” the eloquent chamber musical about a teenage girl confronting the sudden death of her father, 16-year-old Alice, her older ...