Articles filed under Theater
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Highland Avenue Church to host Feb. 29 play about stolen indigenous landsFeb 19, 2020 10:00 pm - Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin is staging "We Own This Now," a play that will look at love of land, loss of land, and what it means to "own" something. ...
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Sandra Bland's death inspires haunting 'graveyard shift' at Goodman TheatreFeb 19, 2020 2:00 pm - Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. The thought persisted as I watched a character in the achingly poetic play “graveyard shift” come to a devastating decision. I kn...
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Spotlight: Friendships falter in Steel Beam's '20th Century Blues'Feb 19, 2020 5:00 am - Friends remembered Four female friends meet annually for a photo shoot that chronicles their changing selves in "20th Century Blues." However, longtime friendships are t...
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Dundee-Crown High School to put on 'The Addams Family' March 5-8Feb 18, 2020 10:00 pm - Dundee-Crown High School presents the musical comedy "The Addams Family, A New Musical." Show dates are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, March 5-6; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Mar...
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'The Trip to Bountiful' begins March 6 in MedinahFeb 18, 2020 10:00 pm - Overshadowed Theatrical Productions will present Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" on March 6-28 in the auditorium of Jubilee Bible Church, 900 Foster Ave. in Medin...
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Images: Preparations for the world premiere musical “The Secret of My Success”Feb 15, 2020 6:00 am - See photos from the final couple of weeks of preparations in the run up to the world premiere of "The Secret of My Success" at Paramount Theatre in Aurora. The musical i...
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How world premiere of 'The Secret of My Success' came to Paramount TheatreFeb 15, 2020 12:00 am - Two weeks before Paramount Theatre's world premiere this coming Friday of “The Secret of My Success,” final preparations were underway. Onstage, the technical rehearsal ...
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Overstuffed Donna Summer bio-musical squanders its disco-filled promiseFeb 14, 2020 3:00 pm - “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” - ★ ★ ½ Does every Top-40 pop artist of the past merit a jukebox musical these days? It seems so, and the latest to hit Chicago is “Su...
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Strong performances define Writers Theatre's revival of 'Stick Fly'Feb 14, 2020 12:00 pm - “Stick Fly” - ★ ★ ★ Issues of class and race figure prominently in Lydia R. Diamond's “Stick Fly,” a 2006 domestic drama that is currently running at Writers Theatre. It...
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On stage: Griffin Theatre examines international ivory trade in "Mlima's Tale"Feb 14, 2020 5:00 am - #x2022; The regulars at a Cleveland karaoke bar fight to save their favorite watering hole from closure thanks to neighborhood gentrification in "Last Night in Karaoke T...