Articles filed under Theater
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Feder: Sun-Times drops theater critic Hedy WeissFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Eight months after the Chicago Sun-Times ran an editorial declaring "We support our theater critic, Hedy Weiss," the paper is dropping the curtain on her. "Today is Hedy...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Groundhog Day fun in Woodstock, a French farce in Arlington Heights and a Super Bowl bash in St. Charles are among your weekend options in the suburbs. Here are five ide...
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Mundelein Theatre presents the comedy 'Figments'Feb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - Take a romp through the mind of a playwright who can't shake his writer's block when Mundelein Theatre presents "Figments" by Billy St. John. This comedy will play on t...
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First Folio scares up laughs in flawed 'Women in Jeopardy!'Feb 01, 2018 5:00 am - “Women in Jeopardy” - ★ ★ ½ There's an ancient saying about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. That's not entirely true of Wendy MacLeod's farcical “Wome...
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ArtReach to stage 'The Jungle Book'Jan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - ArtReach Educational Theatre, in partnership with Spotlite Theatrix Production Company, is staging "The Jungle Book" at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb. 3, at T...
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Goodman's 'Blind Date' explores machinations behind Reagan-Gorbachev summitJan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - “Blind Date” - ★ ★ ★ “Blind Date” may sound like the name of a fun romantic comedy. Yet this 2017 play by Rogelio Martinez is actually about the first face-to-face meeti...
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Elgin Theatre Company to stage 'A Piece of My Heart'Jan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - "A Piece of My Heart," a story of female Vietnam veterans and their civilian counterparts - nearly 90 percent being nurses - will be presented by the Elgin Theatre Compa...
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Theater events: Writers Theatre marks its first staging of a Eugene O'Neill playJan 30, 2018 5:00 am - Bittersweet Valentine Director William Brown's production of the bittersweet love story "A Moon for the Misbegotten" marks the first time Writers Theatre has staged a Eu...
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"Our Town" this weekend at Stevenson HighJan 30, 2018 12:00 am - Stevenson High School will stage the classic play "Our Town" this weekend. Performances are set for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, in the school's performing arts center, ...
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Elgin Fringe Festival offers one-night tribute to Valentine's DayJan 30, 2018 12:00 am - Elgin Fringe Festival and Side Street Studio Arts present "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," a one-night-only tribute to Valentine's Day featuring David Boyle, Captain Am...