Articles filed under Theater
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Best Bets: Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest, Lewis Black, New PhilharmonicOct 02, 2024 11:40 am - The Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest takes over Highwood, comedian Lewis Black brings his farewell tour to the North Shore Center, The Morton Arboretum hosts its Cider and Ale Fest, and conductor Kirk Muspratt starts his 20th season with The New Philharmonic.
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Travel with Geneva High School theater on ‘The Great American College Tour’Oct 01, 2024 8:48 pm - Geneva High School’s theater season kicks off this weekend with the underclassmen play “The Great American College Tour.”
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Buffalo Theatre wins first Jeff award; Marriott’s ‘Beautiful,’ Drury Lane’s ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’ pick up multiple awardsSep 30, 2024 11:15 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble received its first Joseph Jefferson Award for Aly Greaves Amidei’s costumes for “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley” during Monday’s 56th Jeff Awards ceremony at Drury Lane Theatre.
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Spotlight: Shattered Globe, Goodman stage local premieresSep 30, 2024 10:37 pm - Shattered Globe Theatre re-examines the legacy of the Salem witch trials in the Midwest premiere of “Becky Nurse of Salem” by Wilmette native Sarah Ruhl.
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Prepare to be dazzled: Brilliantly staged, expertly acted ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ a feast for the eyes, earsSep 27, 2024 12:47 pm - The magic that happens during “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the superbly staged, boffo Broadway show that launched its national tour at the James M. Nederlander Theatre, goes beyond the everyday theatrical magic.
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Ferociously funny: Comic mayhem is marvelously managed in Steppenwolf’s ‘Noises Off’Sep 25, 2024 9:33 am - If you’ve never seen Michael Frayn’s classic backstage farce “Noises Off” — or even if you have — do yourself a favor and check out Steppenwolf Theatre’s first-class, funny revival.
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Then and now: Goodman’s ‘Inherit the Wind’ is both historical and contemporarySep 24, 2024 5:55 pm - The Goodman Theatre’s 2024-25 season is off to a smart and savvy start with a timely revival of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s “Inherit the Wind.”
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Spotlight: Aurora’s Paramount revives ‘An Act of God’ comedySep 23, 2024 5:51 pm - The Almighty pays a return visit to earth to amend his commandments in “An Act of God” beginning previews Oct. 2 at Aurora’s Copley Theatre.
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Lake Park High Theatre to present children’s play ‘Miss Nelson is Missing!’Sep 23, 2024 11:49 am - The Lake Park Theatre Department kicks off their 2024-25 season with the children’s play, “Miss Nelson is Missing!”
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Politics prominent this fall, but theater forecast also calls for farce and fairy talesSep 21, 2024 11:15 am - Fall theater offerings suggest artistic directors had politics on their minds when they scheduled their seasons. That said, there’s still plenty of comedy, drama and romance on tap.