Articles filed under Theater
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Plays explore issues of substance abuseAug 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Audiences who regularly visit the Naperville North High School Performing Arts Center and are accustomed to seeing comedies and musicals are in for a change of pace. In ...
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'Miss Saigon' to appear on movie screens before Broadway runAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - American audiences will get the rare chance to catch a sneak peek of the new "Miss Saigon" before it opens on Broadway next spring. They just have to go to a ...
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Wheaton brings Bard's 'Twelfth Night' outdoorsAug 22, 2016 11:00 pm - Memorial Park in downtown Wheaton became so packed with theatergoers clamoring for a Shakespeare in the Park experience last August that a more elaborate sound system wa...
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Theater events: Second City promotes 'Free Speech!' at Paramount showAug 22, 2016 11:00 pm - 'Naperville' Theater Wit offers a glimpse into suburban life with its Chicago-area premiere of "Naperville" by Mat Smart, whose "The Royal Society of Antarctica" ea...
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Actor mines corporate world for comedy in Marriott's 'How to Succeed'Aug 21, 2016 7:15 am - As an associate artist for Chicago's TimeLine Theatre, Deerfield actor Terry Hamilton has built a reputation for serious dramatic roles. Now he gets to show off his comi...
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Second City comedian Judy Fabjance of Mount Prospect dies of cancerAug 20, 2016 1:00 am - Suburban comedian Judy Fabjance, who continued trying to make people laugh even after her life was threatened by cancer, died Saturday after an eight-year fight with the...
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Love tears Helen McCrory apart in 'The Deep Blue Sea'Aug 19, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - You might not think there's much overlap between Amy Winehouse and the work of playwright Terence Rattigan, chronicler of upper-crust British stiff upper l...
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Darien props designer turns trash into treasure for TimeLineAug 19, 2016 6:00 am - People say one man's trash is another man's treasure, and that is doubly true for props designer and set dresser Mary O'Dowd of Darien. O'Dowd's latest finds will be on...
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'Fun Home' national tour will be led by an ex-Miss AmericaAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A national tour of the groundbreaking Broadway musical "Fun Home" will be led by some theater veterans and one who is also a former beauty queen. Kate S...
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Theater events: Light Opera Works revives 'Mame'Aug 16, 2016 6:00 am - Auntie Mame Nancy Hays stars as Mame Dennis, the gloriously eccentric 1920s society maven who's transformed by the unexpected arrival of her orphaned nephew, in "Ma...