Articles filed under Theater
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Broadway in Chicago announces 2017 seasonOct 16, 2016 11:00 pm - Broadway in Chicago on Monday announced its 2017 season will include a pair of Tony Award-winning revivals along with the previously announced Jimmy Buffett musical, "Es...
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Aurora's Paramount leads all suburban theaters in Jeff AwardsOct 16, 2016 11:00 pm - For the second time in as many years, Paramount Theatre took top musical honors during Monday's 48th annual Joseph Jefferson Award ceremony at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakb...
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Review: Broadway's bare play 'Heisenberg' is sumptuousOct 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Don't be frightened off by the title of the Broadway play "Heisenberg." There's no need to brush up on any quantum physics or mathematical inequalities. ...
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Is laughter the best medicine? Chris Gethard hopes soOct 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Comedian Chris Gethard has managed to find a rich vein of comedy in the unlikeliest place - clinical depression. Gethard opens his latest one-man show by...
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Theater events: 'Defending the Caveman' turns 25Oct 13, 2016 6:00 am - ‘Cave man' at 25 The 25th anniversary tour of “Defending the Caveman” returns to the Skokie Theatre for a brief run courtesy of MadKap and Theater Mogul productions...
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Goodman seeks high school girls for young critics programOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - Goodman Theatre seeks applications from "journalistically savvy and theater curious" high school girls for the Cindy Bandle Young Critics program. A joint venture betwe...
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Seeking seasonal chills? Check out 'Dr. Seward's Dracula' at First FolioOct 12, 2016 6:00 am - “Human kind cannot bear very much reality.” T.S. Eliot wrote those lines in 1935, in his poem “Burnt Norton.” Playwright Joseph Zettelmaier made a similar observation in...
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'Fiddler on the Roof' comes to Batavia Arts CentreOct 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Spotlight Youth Theater Kane County will present "Fiddler on the Roof Jr." at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre this weekend. A cast of 63 actors, ages 8-18, will bring the ...
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'Rocky Horror Show' coming to Cutting HallOct 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Theatre Nebula is bringing the cult classic musical "The Rocky Horror Show" to the Cutting Hall stage just in time for Halloween. This live musical, with music, lyrics ...
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Buffett 'Margaritaville' musical set for 2017 Chicago premiereOct 11, 2016 1:00 am - Prepare yourself parrot-heads: "Escape to Margaritaville," a Broadway-bound jukebox tuner featuring the music of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, will debut in Chicago n...