Articles filed under Theater
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Audition for Improv Playhouse Theater staged radio dramasSep 22, 2019 11:00 pm - Men and women older than 18 are invited to audition for Improv Playhouse live, staged dramatized radio plays. Adult actors need only prepare their voices for a reading ...
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TimeLine's 'Oslo' a galvanizing examination of Middle East peacemakingSep 20, 2019 6:00 pm - “Oslo” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Oslo,” the Tony Award-winning political drama chronicling clandestine Middle East peacemaking efforts during the early 1990s, concludes with a failure....
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Drury Lane ensemble emotionally elevates 'The Color Purple'Sep 20, 2019 4:00 pm - “The Color Purple” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It's hard to shake the feeling that the 2005 Broadway musical “The Color Purple” is in a perpetual race with itself. This musical inspired...
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On stage: 'Fantasticks' revival by MadKap, 'Very Hungry Caterpillar' at Chicago Children's TheatreSep 20, 2019 6:00 am - • MadKap Productions' revival of "The Fantasticks," the chamber musical by Tom Jones and Harvey L. Schmidt, continues through Oct. 6, at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln...
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Auditions for 'radio' plays in LibertyvilleSep 20, 2019 1:00 am - Auditions for Improv Playhouse's live "radio" plays will be held beginning Oct. 1. No memorization required but actors should prepare their voices for a script reading. ...
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Elgin Theatre Company to hold auditions for 'Suite Surrender'Sep 19, 2019 11:00 pm - The Elgin Theatre Company will hold auditions for its production of "Suite Surrender" by Michael McKeever. It will be the second production of ETC's 2019-20 season. Audi...
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Glenbard North Theatre brings 'The Insanity of Mary Girard' to the stageSep 19, 2019 11:00 pm - The Glenbard North Theatre will present their fall studio production, "The Insanity of Mary Girard" on Oct. 2, 3 and 5. Direct from the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction f...
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'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' to play Chicago next yearSep 19, 2019 3:25 pm - Less than three months after it began Broadway previews, producers of the lush and lavish "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" announced they are taking the show on the road. On...
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Goodman's 'Dana H.' an unsettling, intriguing survivor's taleSep 19, 2019 3:00 pm - “Dana H.” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Before Lucas Hnath's unsettling, emotionally riveting “Dana H.” opened this week at the Goodman Theatre, word about its unconventional performance st...
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Theater-related podcasts find a hub in new digital networkSep 19, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Podcasts are exploding and the world of theater isn't immune. Now comes a digital hub that pulls together a lot of that theater talk - the Broadway Podca...