Articles filed under Theater
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'Anything Goes' delivers toe-tapping fun at the MetropolisOct 03, 2019 6:00 am - “Anything Goes” - ★ ★ ★ What most audiences want from “Anything Goes” is a glorious parade of Cole Porter standards, including “You're the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of Yo...
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Theater spotlight: First Folio, Arranmore Arts salute Sherlock Holmes with new showsOct 01, 2019 6:00 am - Mystery on stage Describing First Folio Theatre's season-opening production "Sherlock's Last Case," director Janice L. Blixt called it a "love letter to 221B Baker Stree...
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Playhouse 38 to present Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Crimes of the Heart'Sep 30, 2019 11:00 pm - For two weekends only, Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 10-12, "Crimes of the Heart," written by Beth Henley, will hit the stage at Playhouse 38. This play is directed by Frank Del Gi...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsSep 27, 2019 7:00 am - Grammy Award-winners for King & Country headline the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, celebrated shadow dance troupe Catapult wows at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, and A...
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'Bernhardt/Hamlet' favors introspection over passion in Goodman premiereSep 27, 2019 6:00 am - "Bernhardt/Hamlet" - ½ There is so much untapped potential in "Bernhardt/Hamlet." Theresa Rebeck's historically inspired 2018 Broadway drama receives a respectable ...
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On stage: AstonRep revives 'Equus' & area theaters scare up Halloween-themed showsSep 27, 2019 6:00 am - • Performances for "Feos," a collaboration between Chilean writer Guillermo Calderon and puppet artist Aline Kuppenheim about owning up to one's faults, presented as par...
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Cary preschoolers perform in fifth annual fall musicalSep 26, 2019 11:00 pm - Local preschoolers performed in the fifth annual "Theater in the Parking Lot" at the Goddard School located in Cary. It is a highly anticipated show that draws crowds of...
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Suburban actors with Down syndrome featured in 'Star Wars' fan filmSep 26, 2019 9:00 am - A "Star Wars" fan film featuring actors with disabilities from Chicago's suburbs is making a name for itself at film festivals both domestically and in Europe, including...
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Northlight's 'Mother of the Maid' revisits Joan of Arc from different perspectiveSep 25, 2019 11:00 pm - “Mother of the Maid” - ★ ★ ★ Mothers who parented daughters and the daughters they parented may recognize themselves in Isabelle and Joan Arc, the titular characters in ...
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COD's College Theater opens 2019-20 season with 'The Wolves,' a play about soccer, adolescence and life Oct. 3-20Sep 25, 2019 11:00 pm - The College of DuPage College Theater presents "The Wolves" by Sarah DeLappe Oct. 3-20 in the Studio Theatre of the McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn....