Articles filed under Theater
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Theater events: Gift Theatre starts 17th season with 'Hang Man'Feb 28, 2018 5:00 am - Gift Theatre premiere Residents of a small Southern town are forced to confront their complicity in an African-American man's lynching in The Gift Theatre's world premie...
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Steppenwolf's 43rd season to include world premieres, Sam Shepard revivalFeb 28, 2018 12:00 am - A world premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble member Bruce Norris and a classic by the late Sam Shepard will bookend Steppenwolf Theatre's 43rd season announced We...
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'Side Show' explores life of conjoined twinsFeb 27, 2018 10:00 pm - LZP Productions brings the musical "Side Show" by Russell, Krieger, and Condon to Palatine's historic Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, 150 E. Wood St., Palatine. Per...
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Williams Street Repertory's season to include dog comedy, Johnny Cash musicalFeb 27, 2018 12:00 am - Williams Street Repertory, a company in residence at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, announced Tuesday its 2018 season will begin May 4 with a revival of A...
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Westminster's 'The Miracle Worker' finds parallels in faithFeb 26, 2018 10:00 pm - The Westminster Christian School Fine Arts department will present William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker." Performances will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2, and 2 ...
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Dundee-Crown students to put on 'Mary Poppins' March 1-4Feb 25, 2018 10:00 pm - Dundee-Crown High School will present its spring musical "Mary Poppins" at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, March 1-3, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at the school auditorium, ...
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Actor-writer Tracy Letts 'having the time of my life'Feb 25, 2018 6:30 am - If you want to get Tracy Letts in your movie - and that might be a good idea since he has two up for best picture at the Oscars - you'd better proofread the script befor...
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Superhero's bodyguard, zombie hunter, playwright: What can't Danai Gurira do?Feb 25, 2018 6:00 am - Danai Gurira, 40, stars in “The Walking Dead” and is a playwright best known for “Eclipsed,” which received six Tony nominations in 2016. Her new play, “Familiar,” runs ...
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Arlington Heights teen juggles school, 'Hatfield & McCoy' roleFeb 24, 2018 6:28 am - Haley Bolithon's family had just moved from Japan to Arlington Heights and she was bored, so her mom signed her up for theater camp at the Metropolis Performing Arts Cen...
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Goodman Theatre cast brings A game to soccer-centered 'The Wolves'Feb 23, 2018 3:00 pm - “The Wolves” - ★ ★ ★ ½ For an instant, as Goodman Theatre's Chicago premiere of Sarah DeLappe's “The Wolves” was about to begin, I felt a sense of déjà vu. The theater...