Articles filed under Theater
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'Wait for It' ... 'Hamilton: The Exhibit' delays start by three weeksFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - Chicago's "Hamilton: The Exhibit" has pushed back its opening date by three weeks to Saturday, April 27. The change is due to unexpected delays in shipping, customs and ...
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CYT Northwest Cook to present 'Into the Woods Jr.'Feb 12, 2019 10:00 pm - Life is just a fairy tale when Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical comes to life in CYT Chicago of Northwest Cook County's production of “Into the Woods Jr.” Per...
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Paramount whips up shrewd, sassy treat with irreverent 'The Producers'Feb 12, 2019 2:00 pm - “The Producers” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If the bold, brassy, audaciously irreverent “The Producers” is the musical theater equivalent of an ice cream sundae, its tasty albeit entirel...
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Theater spotlight: Lifeline stages 'The Man Who Was Thursday' satireFeb 12, 2019 5:00 am - 20th-century satire Lifeline Theatre presents G.K. Chesterton's 1908 satire about a group of gentlemen in turn-of-the-20th-century London who have vowed to overthrow the...
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Schaumburg marks 20 years of Black History Month plays with comedic coming-of-age taleFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - For its 20th anniversary, Schaumburg's annual Black History Month play is taking a break from the seriousness of recent shows and the strife people experience every day,...
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Music On Stage brings Broadway's 'Joseph' to Cutting HallFeb 11, 2019 10:00 pm - As artistic director for the Palatine-based theater company Music On Stage, Frank Roberts wears many hats. Just this week, he drove to area theaters to pick up backdrops...
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ECC Musical Theatre to stage 'Young Frankenstein'Feb 10, 2019 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present its production of the Mel Brooks musical "Young Frankenstein" Friday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, March 3. Based on the...
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Aurora Lions get sneak peek at Paramount's 2019-20 Broadway Series; volunteer ushers neededFeb 10, 2019 10:00 pm - Officials of Paramount Theatre previewed the Aurora venue's 2019-2020 Broadway Series for Aurora Noon Lions Club members Feb. 4 at Luigi's Pizza in Aurora. Joel Friend, ...
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Theater events: A crime spree set to music, a dark comedy & moreFeb 08, 2019 5:00 am - Previews begin Friday, Feb. 8, for MadKap Productions' “Bonnie and Clyde: The Musical,” the show by composer Frank Wildhorn, lyricist Don Black and writer Ivan Menchel ...
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Theater review: Northlight's 'Nina Simone: Four Women' examines what turned an artist into an activistFeb 07, 2019 6:30 am - “Nina Simone: Four Women” - ★ ★ ★ In “Nina Simone: Four Women,” currently running at Northlight Theatre in Skokie, playwright Christina Ham chronicles the singer/songwri...