Articles filed under Theater
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Libertyville HS to perform "Air Guitar High" this weekJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - Libertyville High School will stage the play "Air Guitar High" this week, with performances set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with an additional 2 p.m. show o...
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Glenbard West to stage 'Diary of Anne Frank'Jan 27, 2020 10:00 pm - Glenbard West Theatre will present its winter play, "The Diary of Anne Frank," by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. It is a compelling story o...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble opens 'The Cake' this weekJan 27, 2020 10:00 pm - The Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents "The Cake" Jan. 30 to March 1 at Playhouse Theatre in the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn...
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PM&L Theatre presents Alfred Hitchcock whodunitJan 26, 2020 10:00 pm - "The 39 Steps," adapted by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan and based on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, will open Friday, Jan. 31, and run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays ...
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Marriott's snarky 'Grease' suggests nostalgia's always in styleJan 24, 2020 1:00 pm - “Grease” - ★ ★ ½ Nostalgia never goes out of style, as evidenced by Marriott Theatre's revival of “Grease,” the stage/screen hybrid rooted in Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey...
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Schaumburg on Stage brings Disney's high-energy musical 'Newsies' to life on stageJan 24, 2020 5:00 am - Schaumburg on Stage brings Disney's high-energy musical 'Newsies' to life on stage
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On stage: Porchlight & Windy City revive classics, Chicago Shakes premieres Jane Austen-inspired tunerJan 24, 2020 5:00 am - • The popularity of its winter opera series prompted the New Philharmonic to add an additional performance of "The Merry Widow," Franz Lehar's operetta based on an 1861 ...
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Extra! Extra! 'Newsies' opens Friday in ElmhurstJan 23, 2020 5:00 am - Eleven-year-old Daniel Casey put tap shoes on for the first time when he was cast as Tommy Boy, a Manhattan news boy, in Elmhurst Children's Theatre production of "Newsi...
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Spotlight: Laugh it up at First Folio's 'Jeeves Saves the Day' & Metropolis' 'Noises Off'Jan 21, 2020 5:00 am - Self-defense After one of their sorority sisters is sexually assaulted, college students gather for a do-it-yourself, self-defense workshop in "How to Defend Yourself," ...
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Egos hilariously clash in ETC's comedy 'Suite Surrender'Jan 19, 2020 10:00 pm - The Elgin Theatre Company 2019-2020 season continues with the comedy "Suite Surrender," written by Michael McKeever and directed by Julie Price. Performances will be at ...