Articles filed under Theater
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Ravinia's leader stepping down after 2020 seasonOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - Welz Kauffman, the Ravinia Festival president and CEO who has helmed the world-renowned music behemoth in Highland Park for nearly two decades, will be stepping down fro...
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On stage: First Floor stages Chicago premiere of 'Sugar in Our Wounds'Oct 18, 2019 6:00 am - • While the Civil War rages, a young slave and his plantation family take in a stranger, an act that sparks an unexpected romance in "Sugar in Our Wounds" by Donja R. Lo...
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Downers Grove actress sends up '80s sitcom in Handbag's 'Facts of Life'Oct 18, 2019 6:00 am - In 2015, aspiring actress Alexa Castelvecchi, then a student at Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts, wasn't doing much acting. "I had not been cast...
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Mundelein High's Meier rewarded for building love of theater, student talentOct 17, 2019 9:00 am - Jonathan Meier's career didn't always revolve around a stage. After earning his bachelor's degree in speech and theater education, the St. Louis native came to Chicago ...
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Meet the playwright behind a 'deeply raw space' on BroadwayOct 15, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Playwright Jeremy O. Harris has a rule that he doesn't cry in public. He broke that rule the night Rihanna attended his Broadway debut. Harris uses the s...
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Spotlight: Billy Gardell does standup at the Raue, Janus stages unrehearsed 'Macbeth'Oct 14, 2019 11:00 pm - Billy Gardell on stage Comedian/actor Billy Gardell, co-star of the new CBS sitcom “Bob Hearts Abishola,” headlines the Raue Center for the first time where he'll share ...
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St. Viator to stage 'Pride & Prejudice' Oct. 17-20Oct 14, 2019 11:00 pm - One of Jane Austen's most popular novels, "Pride & Prejudice," comes to life at St. Viator High School. The show takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, ...
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On stage: Hollis Resnik stars in Porchlight's 'Sunset Boulevard'Oct 11, 2019 6:00 am - • Hollis Resnik stars as faded film star Norma Desmond in Porchlight Music Theatre's season-opening production of the musical "Sunset Boulevard," adapted from the 1950 f...
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Stevenson student improv troupe to perform in LibertyvilleOct 10, 2019 1:00 am - An improvisational comedy troupe from Stevenson High School will perform Friday night in Libertyville. The Failed Presidential Candidates will take the stage at the Imp...
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NIU alumni form Kane Repertory Theatre in St. CharlesOct 09, 2019 6:00 am - NIU alumni form Kane Repertory Theatre in St. Charles