Articles filed under Theater
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On stage: 'The Adult in the Room' premieres at Victory GardensJan 17, 2020 5:00 am - • While awaiting permission to go outside for the first time, the first four people born on Mars play a game in which they imagine what life will be like on earth in Oth...
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Chicago native lands in revival tour of 'Once On This Island'Jan 17, 2020 5:00 am - Chicago native Jahmaul Bakare is making his national touring debut with "Once On This Island," the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical revival beginning a two-week run a...
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'Family Ties' stars to bring 'Love Letters' to Batavia Fine Arts Centre Feb. 7Jan 16, 2020 10:00 pm - The Batavia Fine Arts Centre will present the classic "Love Letters" wtih Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross, the parents in the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties." The show will...
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Downers Grove South to bring 'Luck of the Irish' to the stage Jan. 31-Feb. 1Jan 16, 2020 10:00 pm - Downers Grove South High School Drama presents their Black History play, "Luck of the Irish," at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, in the school auditorium...
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Magical play to be staged at Stevenson HighJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - Stevenson High School students will perform a play called "Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic," Jan. 30 through Feb. 1. ...
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Spotlight: Northlight premieres 'How a Boy Falls,' Steppenwolf revives Tracy Letts' 'Bug'Jan 15, 2020 8:00 am - Middle-age woes In Neil Simon's dramedy "Jake's Women," a middle-aged novelist, who excels professionally but struggles with his relationships with women, attempts to so...
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Mundelein middle school performing "Lion King Jr." this weekendJan 15, 2020 12:00 am - The third and possibly most extravagant musical yet put on by Carl Sandburg Middle School students ran through its last colorful dress rehearsal Wednesday in Mundelein. ...
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Norris Cultural Arts Center kicks off 2020 season with Debra Miller's portrayal of Beatrix Potter Jan. 19Jan 14, 2020 10:00 pm - The Norris Cultural Arts Center, 1040 Dunham Road, St. Charles, launches its 12-event winter/spring season at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, in the Norris Gallery, when Debra M...
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Prospect High School students add input to original play written by alumJan 14, 2020 5:00 am - Prospect High School students add input to original play written by alum
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Former Stevenson High teacher and acclaimed playwright Joel Drake Johnson diesJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - A retired Stevenson High School theater teacher who found acclaim as a playwright is being remembered for his impact on students and his work for the stage. Joel Dra...