Articles filed under Theater
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Theater events: Celebrate jazz giant Ella Fitzgerald at MetropolisJul 31, 2015 5:15 am - Comedy crank up The Comedy Shrine hosts “Cranked Up,” a new weekly, stand-up showcase featuring up-and-coming local and touring comedians. Jack Baker and Adam Gulle...
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Thwarted romance, angst animate Sideshow's brilliant 'Bird'Jul 31, 2015 5:15 am - “Stupid (expletive) Bird” is an exceptional play, but this commercial remount of Sideshow Theatre Company's 2014 hit is not for everyone. That's especially true of those...
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Green Day musical coming to Arlington Hts.Jul 30, 2015 11:00 pm - The music of Green Day will come to life onstage this summer as Up and Coming Theatre Company presents the regional premiere of “American Idiot.” Performances will take ...
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Two comic operas take stage in SchaumburgJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - Schaumburg Summer Theatre is presenting the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera "HMS Pinafore" and the famed writing team's first collaboration, the one-act musical farce "...
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Clever circus staging reframes 'Pippin' as true spectacleJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - If ever there was a musical that desperately needed a visionary director to shape it into a triumph of style over substance, that would be "Pippin." And by all accounts,...
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Richard Pryor drama plays Chicago this fallJul 28, 2015 5:00 am - "Unspeakable," a play chronicling the rise of seminal comedian Richard Pryor, will play here in October, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. James Murray Jackson Jr....
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Schaumburg on Stage flying high with 'Mary Poppins'Jul 27, 2015 1:00 am - The youth theater company Schaumburg On Stage will present its 30th production, the Tony-award winning musical "Mary Poppins," July 31 through Aug. 2 at Barrington High ...
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Theater events: Citadel take Shakespeare on the roadJul 24, 2015 6:00 am - Shakespeare on tour Citadel Theatre Company takes its production of William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" on the road this summer, performing under the stars at various...
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'Mary Poppins' performances at Barrington H.S.Jul 24, 2015 1:00 am - The youth theater company Schaumburg On Stage will present its 30th production, Disney's Tony-award winning musical "Mary Poppins," from Friday, July 31, through Sunday,...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsJul 24, 2015 1:00 am - Browse art vendors in Geneva, revisit an important period in U.S. history in Lombard and watch Olympic gymnasts compete in Hoffman Estates. These are just a few of the w...