Articles filed under Theater
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Singing about suffrage, and thinking about current strugglesMay 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Phillipa Soo says she noticed a change in the audience immediately. News had just dropped of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion that would overturn...
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Suburban students win state high school musical awardsMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - Broadway in Chicago has named four suburban students as winners and runners-up in the 11th Annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards. Regan Wright of Elmhurst w...
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'Kids on Stage' returns to Village Theatre GuildMay 23, 2022 11:00 pm - Village Theatre Guild in Glen Ellyn turns the spotlight back on the next generation of actors with the return of its long-running program "Kids on Stage" this summer. C...
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Actor Angela Lansbury to receive a special Tony AwardMay 23, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury. The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Monday that the legendar...
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Kirk Players to present updated 'Diary of Anne Frank'May 22, 2022 11:00 pm - Kirk Players will present the final show of its 56th season, "The Diary of Anne Frank," June 10-12 at Mundelein High School. Drawn from the diary kept by adolescent Ann...
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Ever-resonant 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a plea for healingMay 20, 2022 4:15 pm - “To Kill a Mockingbird” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “We have to heal this wound or we'll never stop bleeding.” Atticus Finch, the standard-bearer of decency and tolerance Harper Lee int...
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Spotlight: Aurora's Copley Theatre revives darkly comic, puppet-centered 'Hand to God'May 20, 2022 6:00 am - Fourth time's a charm Disappointed by love and life, a pair of adult siblings - twice divorced and once widowed Maria and relationship-averse Anthony - find themselves b...
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Des Plaines actress is right where she belongs - starring in Shattered Globe's 'Rasheeda Speaking'May 18, 2022 11:00 pm - Barbara Roeder Harris was born to theater. She made her debut playing the king in a production of "Cinderella" she and her siblings staged in the family basement. "I wa...
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'Peter and the Starcatcher' opening May 20 on the Wheaton Drama stageMay 18, 2022 11:00 pm - Wheaton Drama is opening its final production of the season this weekend. "Peter and the Starcatcher" provides a humorous and fantastical back story for the beloved char...
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Jesse Williams addresses leak of Broadway nude sceneMay 16, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jesse Williams vowed not to be discouraged after leaked video and images of his onstage nude scene in the Broadway play 'œTake Me Out'ť were posted onlin...