Articles filed under Theater
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Pandemic-delayed 'Devil Wears Prada' opens in Chicago, and its creatives couldn't be happierAug 04, 2022 6:00 am - It was the first table read for “The Devil Wears Prada,” the Broadway-bound musical premiering at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, and co-star Taylor Iman Jones w...
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Spotlight: 'Kitties in Space' soars into Otherworld TheatreAug 04, 2022 6:00 am - Felines in space In a future where humans are extinct and pets have enhanced intelligence, cat buddies Socks and Mittens "go where no cat has gone before" in Otherw...
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'Chicago' to welcome trans actor Angelica Ross as Roxie HartAug 04, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - "Pose" star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut in "Chicago" this fall, becoming the first openly transgender actor to play the murderous vixen Ro...
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Audition for CLC theater's 'Lions in Illyria' Aug. 23-24Aug 02, 2022 11:00 pm - Performers ages 16 or older are invited to audition for College of Lake County theater department's young audience production of "Lions in Illyria." Auditions will be h...
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Albright Community Theatre's production of 'columbinus' tackles issues of gun violenceAug 01, 2022 11:00 pm - Albright Community Theatre will be performing "columbinus" on the weekends of Aug. 5-20. Inspired by the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School, the play by Stephen Kara...
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Lead performer makes a joyful noise in Metropolis' revival of 'Sister Act'Jul 28, 2022 6:00 am - “Sister Act” - ★ ★ ½ “Sister Act,” the musical adapted from the film starring Whoopi Goldberg as an unwitting witness to a mob hit forced to hide out at a convent, requi...
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Spotlight: Paramount's BOLD series stages coming-of-age tuner 'Fun Home'Jul 27, 2022 9:00 am - Welcome 'Home' Paramount Theatre's BOLD series continues with a revival of the Tony Award-winning chamber musical "Fun Home," a coming-of-age/coming-out story based on A...
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Geneva Shakespeare in the Park presents 'The Tempest'Jul 27, 2022 6:00 am - Magical characters, plots of revenge, comic foils and young love share the stage in Geneva's Shakespeare in the Park production of "The Tempest" on Saturday, July 30, pe...
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Cyndi Lauper says 'Kinky Boots' offers hope for a new timeJul 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three years after it closed on Broadway, the musical 'œKinky Boots'ť returns to New York City. The show may not have changed, but the country has. The Cy...
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Making history: Goodman Theatre names first female artistic director in 97 yearsJul 26, 2022 1:00 am - Change is coming to 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago on Oct. 3, when Susan V. Booth takes over as Goodman Theatre's new artistic director, the first female in the theater's ...