Articles filed under Theater
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'Mary Poppins' flies into Palatine's Cutting HallSep 03, 2018 11:00 pm - Fremont Street Theater Company, known for producing “Broadway in Palatine” large-scale musicals, returns this week with a production of “Mary Poppins” that runs Sept. 7-...
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Theater review: Mesmerizing performances enrich TimeLine Theatre's 'Shayna Maidel'Aug 31, 2018 5:30 pm - “A Shayna Maidel” - ★ ★ ★ During rehearsals for TimeLine Theatre Company's consummately acted revival of the family drama “A Shayna Maidel,” Charles Stransky admitted th...
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12 theater productions worth seeing this fallAug 31, 2018 6:00 am - After a leisurely summer, Chicago-area theater companies come roaring back in September with revivals of well-loved musicals alongside new plays including several local ...
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Theater events: Marriott hosts 'Katie Deal Sings Patsy Cline' SundayAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - • "You & Me," the two-person improv show established by The Gift Theatre co-founder Michael Patrick Thornton and featuring him and a guest artist, continues at Filament ...
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Theater spotlight: Hey girl! 'Legally Blonde' musical opens at Aurora's ParamountAug 29, 2018 6:00 am - Elle heads for Harvard Paramount Theatre opens its season with "Legally Blonde," the musical adapted from the 2001 film about irrepressible Elle Woods, a California...
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Returning actor enjoys Shakespeare in the Park collaborationAug 28, 2018 11:00 pm - Each year Felicia Bertch has to miss the first day of classes at the Texas university where she leads a theater program to perform at Shakespeare in the Park in Wheaton....
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Lincolnshire's Marriott leads suburban theaters with 11 equity Jeff Award nomsAug 28, 2018 12:00 am - Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire led all suburban theaters with 11 equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominations, including six for its revival of "Ragtime," the soaring, sp...
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Fox Valley Theatre Company presents 'High School Musical'Aug 27, 2018 11:00 pm - Based on the popular movie of the same name, this full-scale production of Disney's "High School Musical" breathes fresh air into the decade-old story about athletes, in...
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'You're gonna cough during the entire performance?' What dancers hear, see and sense from the stageAug 26, 2018 7:29 am - WASHINGTON - Standing downstage during a performance of Mark Morris' dance-opera "Layla and Majnun" in the spring, Noah Vinson gazed out beyond the stage. Like the other...
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Theater review: Playwright lampoons stereotypes in poignant, playful 'Vietgone'Aug 24, 2018 2:00 pm - “Vietgone” - ★ ★ ★ “Vietgone” - Qui Nguyen's sly, self-aware tale of Vietnamese refugees in 1970s America - wears its political incorrectness proudly and well. Affecti...