Articles filed under Theater
-
Theater events: Second City promotes 'Free Speech!' at Paramount showAug 22, 2016 11:00 pm - 'Naperville' Theater Wit offers a glimpse into suburban life with its Chicago-area premiere of "Naperville" by Mat Smart, whose "The Royal Society of Antarctica" ea...
-
Actor mines corporate world for comedy in Marriott's 'How to Succeed'Aug 21, 2016 7:15 am - As an associate artist for Chicago's TimeLine Theatre, Deerfield actor Terry Hamilton has built a reputation for serious dramatic roles. Now he gets to show off his comi...
-
Second City comedian Judy Fabjance of Mount Prospect dies of cancerAug 20, 2016 1:00 am - Suburban comedian Judy Fabjance, who continued trying to make people laugh even after her life was threatened by cancer, died Saturday after an eight-year fight with the...
-
Love tears Helen McCrory apart in 'The Deep Blue Sea'Aug 19, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - You might not think there's much overlap between Amy Winehouse and the work of playwright Terence Rattigan, chronicler of upper-crust British stiff upper l...
-
Darien props designer turns trash into treasure for TimeLineAug 19, 2016 6:00 am - People say one man's trash is another man's treasure, and that is doubly true for props designer and set dresser Mary O'Dowd of Darien. O'Dowd's latest finds will be on...
-
'Fun Home' national tour will be led by an ex-Miss AmericaAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A national tour of the groundbreaking Broadway musical "Fun Home" will be led by some theater veterans and one who is also a former beauty queen. Kate S...
-
Theater events: Light Opera Works revives 'Mame'Aug 16, 2016 6:00 am - Auntie Mame Nancy Hays stars as Mame Dennis, the gloriously eccentric 1920s society maven who's transformed by the unexpected arrival of her orphaned nephew, in "Ma...
-
'Fun Home' national tour to hit Chicago Nov. 2Aug 15, 2016 11:00 pm - A national tour of the groundbreaking Broadway musical "Fun Home" - which hits Chicago Nov. 2 - will be led by some theater veterans and a former beauty queen. Kate Shin...
-
Spotlight in the Summer to present 'The Lion King'Aug 15, 2016 11:00 pm - "Spotlight in the Summer" is a theatrical group started by Rhegan Graham, a student at Prospect High School. This year, Alex Lasky a freshman at Prospect High School, h...
-
Blackfoot, Ralphie May headed to ArcadaAug 15, 2016 11:00 pm - The rock group Blackfoot, with Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke, and comedian Ralphie May are two of the newest headliners to be added to the schedule at the Arc...