Articles filed under Theater
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Gurnee actor conquers challenge of playing a spirit in 'For Peter Pan'Apr 09, 2017 7:20 am - For Doug McDade, it's a fine line playing a spirit. In the first scene of "For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday," audiences will experience the Gurnee resident playing ou...
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Harry Potter play works magic with 9 wins at Olivier awardsApr 09, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - J.K. Rowling's boy wizard bewitched the page and the screen, and stage sequel "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" cast its spell at British theater's Olivi...
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The Latest: 'Harry Potter' playwright: Us vs. PlayStationsApr 09, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Latest on British theater's Olivier Awards (all times local): 8:35 p.m. Playwright Jack Thorne says he hopes "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" can be...
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'A Whole New World' for 'Aladdin' tour launch in ChicagoApr 09, 2017 7:00 am - Chicago is unquestionably Disney's kind of theater town. With the April 11 North American touring launch of “Aladdin” at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre, Disney is on...
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Cast change in Paramount's 'Jesus Christ Superstar'Apr 08, 2017 1:00 am - Paramount Theatre in Aurora on Saturday announced a cast change to its all African-American production of "Jesus Christ Superstar." Evan Tyrone Martin, originally s...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsApr 07, 2017 1:00 am - Color your world at Naperville's Holi festival, take in "Sesame Street" at the Sears Centre or try gaming in Gurnee this weekend. These are just a few of many options fo...
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Longtime director, instructor helped create Elgin's Janus TheatreApr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Study. Practice. Pass it on. If theater artist and educator Terry Domschke had a credo, that would have been it. One of the principle architects of Elgin's Janus Theatr...
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Dundee-Crown presents 'Anything Goes' April 20-23Apr 05, 2017 11:00 pm - Dundee-Crown High School is proud to present the classic Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes" with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse...
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Mundelein Theatre's Group Interpretation headed for stateApr 05, 2017 11:00 pm - Submitted by The Mundelein Theatre's Group Interpretation, "Stranger than Fiction," took part in sectional competition March 18 at Fremd High School in Palatine and plac...
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Bissell's luminous performance animates First Folio's 'Silent Sky'Apr 05, 2017 6:00 am - At the Harvard College Observatory early last century, Henrietta Swan Leavitt helped catalog the cosmos. And she did it without looking through a telescope. Her gender ...