Articles filed under Theater
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Hoffman Estates to stage 'High School Musical'Feb 16, 2017 10:00 pm - It was definitely a happy ending to the long hours of practices and preparations of the students and staff who worked on stage or behind the scenes of Hoffman Estates Hi...
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New theater company debuts with 'Hairspray'Feb 16, 2017 12:00 am - A plus-sized teen is determined to fulfill her show business dream in "Hairspray," the winner of eight Tony Awards. A concert version of the hit Broadway musical will b...
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Weekend picks: Battle of the sexes takes spotlight with 'Mars'Feb 15, 2017 5:00 am - Planetary genders? Laugh at the battle of the sexes when "Men are from Mars - Women are from Venus Live!" returns for another run starting Tuesday at the Broadway Playho...
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Steppenwolf's 'Straight White Men' confronts privilege, but feels slightFeb 15, 2017 5:00 am - “Write about what you know,” young writers are told. It's typically sound advice. Yet playwright Young Jean Lee takes the opposite approach. “When starting a play, I ask...
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Elgin Theatre Company to stage 'On Golden Pond'Feb 15, 2017 5:00 am - Elgin Theatre Company to stage 'On Golden Pond'
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Aurora's Paramount stages majestic, macabre 'Sweeney Todd'Feb 14, 2017 10:00 pm - Mother nature accommodated Paramount Theatre's opening of “Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” the macabre and masterful musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hu...
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Theater events: Writers Theatre examines 'The Scene'Feb 14, 2017 5:00 am - Making the 'Scene' Writers Theatre resident director Kimberly Senior returns to the North Shore to helm "The Scene," Theresa Rebeck's black comedy set in Manhattan ...
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Audition for 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in AntiochFeb 14, 2017 12:00 am - Auditions for Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" at PM&L Theatre in Antioch will be held at 7 p.m. March 12 and 13. An ethnically and age-diverse cast, appropriate to...
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Albright Theatre to hold auditions for Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'Feb 13, 2017 10:00 pm - Albright Theatre Company will hold auditions for "The Importance of Being Earnest" at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5, and Monday, March 6, on the third floor of the Batavia G...
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Albright Theatre to put on dark comedy 'Incorruptible' March 3-18Feb 13, 2017 10:00 pm - Albright Theatre Company in Batavia is proud to present the satirical, dark comedy, "Incorruptible," by Michael Hollinger. It's 1250 A.D. The monks of the monastery of P...