Articles filed under Theater
-
Goodman's 'Lottery Day' caps Ike Holter's ambitious Chicago 'Rightlynd Saga'Apr 11, 2019 6:00 am - “Lottery Day” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Lottery Day” delivers a comic and dramatic win - as well as a victory lap - for prolific Chicago playwright Ike Holter. And audiences can enjoy ...
-
Glenbard East to put on Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet' April 24-27Apr 10, 2019 11:00 pm - Glenbard East Theatre will conclude the 2018-2019 season with William Shakespeare's tale of romance: "Romeo Juliet." Don't miss this contemporary adaptation about the ...
-
Theater review: Steel Beam ably revives Stoppard's 'Real Inspector Hound'Apr 10, 2019 11:00 am - “The Real Inspector Hound” - ★ ★ ★ “The one thing that 'The Real Inspector Hound' isn't about, as far as I'm concerned, is theater critics,” said playwright Tom Stoppard...
-
'The Sound of Music' fills Grant High in Fox LakeApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - Students at Grant Community High School in Fox Lake are bringing the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic musical "The Sound of Music" to life with three performances this we...
-
'Winston Churchill: The Blitz' comes to ECC Arts Center April 28Apr 10, 2019 1:00 am - Actor Randy Otto's acclaimed portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill will enthrall audiences during "Winston Churchill: The Blitz" at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at the Elgin Co...
-
Westminster Christian to present 'The Little Mermaid Jr.'Apr 09, 2019 11:00 pm - The middle school students of Westminster Christian Fine Arts department are thrilled to put on one of Disney's classics, "The Little Mermaid Jr." Shows will be held at ...
-
Plan ahead: Mark your calendars for Arlington Park's May 3 opening dayApr 09, 2019 6:00 am - And they're off! Horse racing fans won't want to miss Opening Day of the 2019 summer racing season starting on Friday, May 3, at Arlington International Racecourse,...
-
Vernon Hills High students to perform alumnus' playApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - A play written by a Vernon Hills High School alumnus will be performed at the school this week. "The Old Man and the Old Moon" was written by members of the PigPen Theat...
-
Children's Theatre of Elgin's 'Big, Bad Wolf?' an 80s-style musical mashup of classic fairy talesApr 08, 2019 11:00 pm - Children's Theatre of Elgin's newest production, "Big, Bad Wolf?," performed by a huge cast of local young people at The Hemmens Cultural Center, retells fairy tales...
-
ECC Theatre's 'Antigone,' set in Nazi-occupied France, opens April 26Apr 08, 2019 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College Theatre's production of French playwright Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," translated by Barbara Bray, will be held Friday, April 26 through Sunday, Ma...