Articles filed under Theater
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Wheaton Drama puts on final weekend of 'Peter and the Starcatcher'Jun 05, 2022 11:00 pm - Wheaton Drama is wrapping up its production of "Peter and the Starcatcher" this weekend. It provides a humorous and fantastical back story for the beloved character of ...
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Copley Theatre's 'Hand to God' is a wrenching, riotous examination of the war withinJun 03, 2022 8:00 am - “Hand to God” - ★ ★ ★ Rarely has the war within been portrayed as wrenchingly and as riotously as it is in director Trent Stork's fiendishly funny revival of “Hand to Go...
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Spotlight: Comedian Paula Poundstone headlines the Genesee June 11Jun 01, 2022 11:00 pm - Paula on stage HBO and Comedy Central veteran Paula Poundstone, a "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" panelist and host of the NPR podcast "Live From the Poundstone Institut...
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John Leguizamo fine-tunes his new musical '~Kiss My Aztec!'Jun 01, 2022 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - During an afternoon rehearsal of John Leguizamo's 'œKiss My Aztec!,'ť actor Joel Perez bursts into laughter during a raunchy scene with co-star Kr...
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Spotlight: 'Late Nite Catechism,' 'Little Mermaid' and 'Mamma Mia!' return to the stageMay 27, 2022 6:00 am - 'Late Nite' deal Chicago-area theater veteran and Dominican University faculty member Rose Guccione takes on the role of the cantankerous Sister in a special anniversary...
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Singing about suffrage, and thinking about current strugglesMay 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Phillipa Soo says she noticed a change in the audience immediately. News had just dropped of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion that would overturn...
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Suburban students win state high school musical awardsMay 24, 2022 1:00 am - Broadway in Chicago has named four suburban students as winners and runners-up in the 11th Annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards. Regan Wright of Elmhurst w...
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'Kids on Stage' returns to Village Theatre GuildMay 23, 2022 11:00 pm - Village Theatre Guild in Glen Ellyn turns the spotlight back on the next generation of actors with the return of its long-running program "Kids on Stage" this summer. C...
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Actor Angela Lansbury to receive a special Tony AwardMay 23, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury. The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Monday that the legendar...
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Kirk Players to present updated 'Diary of Anne Frank'May 22, 2022 11:00 pm - Kirk Players will present the final show of its 56th season, "The Diary of Anne Frank," June 10-12 at Mundelein High School. Drawn from the diary kept by adolescent Ann...