Articles filed under Theater
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Improv Playhouse presents 'Ranger Tales' at schools and librariesJul 30, 2018 9:00 am - Improv Playhouse Theater has recently contracted a nationally recognized library system for its Young Audiences outreach performance programming. The professional theat...
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COD's theater holding auditions for two showsJul 29, 2018 11:00 pm - General auditions for College of DuPage College Theater's fall productions of "Curse of the Starving Class" and "A Christmas Carol" will be 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2...
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Theater events: 'Defacing Michael Jackson,' 'Hurricane Damage' make premieres this weekJul 27, 2018 7:00 am - • The Story Theatre, a Chicago newcomer, presents its inaugural production, “Leave Me Alone!” It's a “contemporary, queer adaptation of Anton Chekhov's ‘Ivanov' that exa...
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Schaumburg On Stage performs 'The Little Mermaid" Aug. 3-5Jul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Schaumburg On Stage will present Disney's "The Little Mermaid" Friday to Sunday, Aug. 3 to 5, at the Richard C. Johnson Auditorium of Barrington High School, 616 W. Main...
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Palatine youth theater camp performs 'The Little Mermaid Jr.'Jul 26, 2018 1:00 am - Palatine Park District's youth theater camp will present Disney's "The Little Mermaid Jr. " today and Saturday, July 28, at Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, 150 E. W...
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Stripped-down revival of 'The Color Purple' retains powerful messageJul 25, 2018 11:45 am - “The Color Purple” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It's too bad that Broadway in Chicago couldn't have booked the national tour of “The Color Purple” into a smaller venue than the 3,875-seat ...
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Metropolis' tuneful 'Beehive' sweet as cotton candy and just as fillingJul 25, 2018 8:00 am - “Beehive” - ★ ★ ½ If there is an ideal time for a revival of “Beehive: The 60's Musical,” that time is summer. A frothy homage to 1960s girl groups and female solo artis...
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A play about straight white men on Broadway makes historyJul 24, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The play that just opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway may have a cast dominated by white men but history has been made behind the scenes. Youn...
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Spotlight: 'The African Company Presents Richard III' comes to the stageJul 24, 2018 6:00 am - Drama under the stars The African Company of New York, the nation's first black theater ensemble, creates a bit of a stir in Carlyle Brown's period drama "The Afric...
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Schaumburg Summer Theatre to present 'Ragtime'Jul 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Schaumburg Summer Theatre presents the epic musical "Ragtime" for five performances beginning Friday, July 27, at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumbu...