Articles filed under Theater
-
Schaumburg theater company helps special needs actors thriveFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - For four years, Natalie Tittle has played smaller, mostly nonverbal parts in a Schaumburg-based community theater's productions. The 20-year-old has undiagnosed developm...
-
Adrian Zmed brings 'Middletown' to his hometown - ChicagoFeb 20, 2020 5:00 am - Actor Adrian Zmed returns to his old neighborhood to star in Dan Clancy's play "Middletown" at Chicago's Apollo Theater. "I had a blessed childhood," said Zmed, who grew...
-
Aurora's Copley Theatre debuts Bold SeriesFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - Paramount Theatre's announcement Thursday of its new Bold Series at the 165-seat Copley Theatre raises the curtain on what Paramount representatives have described as an...
-
Highland Avenue Church to host Feb. 29 play about stolen indigenous landsFeb 19, 2020 10:00 pm - Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin is staging "We Own This Now," a play that will look at love of land, loss of land, and what it means to "own" something. ...
-
Sandra Bland's death inspires haunting 'graveyard shift' at Goodman TheatreFeb 19, 2020 2:00 pm - Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. The thought persisted as I watched a character in the achingly poetic play “graveyard shift” come to a devastating decision. I kn...
-
Spotlight: Friendships falter in Steel Beam's '20th Century Blues'Feb 19, 2020 5:00 am - Friends remembered Four female friends meet annually for a photo shoot that chronicles their changing selves in "20th Century Blues." However, longtime friendships are t...
-
Dundee-Crown High School to put on 'The Addams Family' March 5-8Feb 18, 2020 10:00 pm - Dundee-Crown High School presents the musical comedy "The Addams Family, A New Musical." Show dates are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 5-6; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Mar...
-
'The Trip to Bountiful' begins March 6 in MedinahFeb 18, 2020 10:00 pm - Overshadowed Theatrical Productions will present Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" on March 6-28 in the auditorium of Jubilee Bible Church, 900 Foster Ave. in Medin...
-
Images: Preparations for the world premiere musical “The Secret of My Success”Feb 15, 2020 6:00 am - See photos from the final couple of weeks of preparations in the run up to the world premiere of "The Secret of My Success" at Paramount Theatre in Aurora. The musical i...
-
How world premiere of 'The Secret of My Success' came to Paramount TheatreFeb 15, 2020 12:00 am - Two weeks before Paramount Theatre's world premiere this coming Friday of “The Secret of My Success,” final preparations were underway. Onstage, the technical rehearsal ...