Articles filed under Theater
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'Monsters' at Stevenson HighFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - Tickets for Stevenson High School's winter play, "She Kills Monsters," are available now. Shows are scheduled for 7 p.m. March 8 and at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. March 9 in the ...
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Batavia's Immanuel Lutheran to put on 'Willy Wonka Jr.' March 8-10Feb 20, 2019 10:00 pm - Immanuel Lutheran School-Batavia is proud to present Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka Jr." on March 8-10. Performances will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. ...
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Cousins stumble into adulthood in Goodman Theatre's 'Twilight Bowl'Feb 20, 2019 4:00 pm - “Twilight Bowl” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Resentment and rivalry strike early and often in “Twilight Bowl,” Chicago playwright Rebecca Gilman's latest world-premiere play for the Goodma...
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A chance to shine: Actors with disabilities experience the joy, enrichment of theaterFeb 19, 2019 5:00 am - John Volk of Libertyville excels in math and science at school, but these days he's channeling his goofier side in his role as Gaston, the over-the-top suitor in Disney'...
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Theater spotlight: Jay Pharoah heads to Zanies & Steel Beam premieres 'Pigeons'Feb 19, 2019 5:00 am - Jay Pharoah at Zanies Jay Pharoah — actor, comedian and six-season veteran of “Saturday Night Live” — headlines Zanies in Rosemont this weekend. Known for his impre...
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Community connections: 'Scatter the Pigeons' to debut at Steel Beam TheatreFeb 18, 2019 10:00 pm - Steel Beam Theatre artistic director Marge Uhlarik-Boller has had her eye on Gary McGowan's play “Scatter the Pigeons” since she saw an early reading of the work at ...
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Syrians act in playback theater to heal war traumaFeb 15, 2019 6:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - The young Syrian woman walked on stage and began telling the story of her brother's abduction in the early years of her country's civil war, wiping away te...
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Theater events: 'Short Shakespeare! Macbeth' returns to Chicago ShakespeareFeb 15, 2019 5:00 am - • Promethean Ensemble Theatre remounts its 2016 production of Moises Kaufman's "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde," which examines the 19th-century writer...
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'Dear Evan Hansen' announces 2020 Chicago returnFeb 15, 2019 12:00 am - Theater fans unable to snag tickets for the current Chicago run of "Dear Evan Hansen" have another chance: The national tour of the 2017 Tony Award-winning musical will ...
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Heartfelt 'Dear Evan Hansen' strikes emotional chords in Chicago debutFeb 14, 2019 5:00 pm - “Dear Evan Hansen” - ★ ★ ★ ★ In a genre where spectacle often wins out over substance, “Dear Evan Hansen” is a rarity - a Broadway musical with a small cast and a massi...