Articles filed under Theater
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Tony winner's success 'not a shock' back home in BarringtonJun 11, 2018 1:00 am - Katrina Lenk — who Sunday night won the Tony Award for leading actress in a musical — showed potential greatness even as a teenager at Barrington High School, according ...
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Josh Groban, Sara Bareilles rely on each other for Tony gigJun 10, 2018 7:26 am - NEW YORK - Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles say they're glad they're hosting Sunday's Tony Awards together, in part because of their banter. The Broadway veterans say they...
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Theater events: Underscore reveals revised Chicago-set 'Haymarket'Jun 08, 2018 6:00 am - • Workers at a yoga store find their lives upended after violence takes place nearby in "Clearing," a dark, coming-of-age comedy by Beth Hyland. Commission Theatre's pro...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - Get a taste of Civil War history in Elgin, join other muggles at a celebration of magic in Aurora or catch a concert of Mexican music in Rosemont this weekend in the sub...
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Theater club at NASA center gives scientists creative outletJun 07, 2018 7:00 am - GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - Susan Breon wears two hats: scientist and musician. By day, she's a cryogenics engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where she works on w...
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Lookingglass dives into Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under the Seas'Jun 07, 2018 6:00 am - “20,000 Leagues Under the Seas” - ★ ★ ★ ½ From its exquisite “Eastland: A New Musical” to the rollicking “Treasure Island” to the grand examination of obsession that was...
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Powerful 'Father Comes Home' shocks and moves in Goodman's Chicago premiereJun 07, 2018 6:00 am - “Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” - ★ ★ ★ ★ The past is always present and vice versa in “Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3),” now making...
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Theater spotlight: BrightSide's 'Hairspray' brings Corny Collins to NCCJun 05, 2018 6:00 am - 'Hairspray' revival It's 1962 and Tracy Turnblad's dream comes true when she's selected to appear on the popular teen dance show "The Corny Collins Show." Not only ...
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Hampshire, Deerfield students to compete for national theater awardsJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - Darian Goulding of Hampshire was named Best Actor and Natalie Doppelt of Deerfield won Best Actress at Broadway in Chicago's seventh annual Illinois High School Musical ...
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Suburban thespians recognized at musical theater awardsJun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - By his own estimation, Jake Mickel of Elgin has appeared in more than two dozen musicals and plays, both at Central High School in Burlington and with the Kane County ch...