Articles filed under Theater
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Two students from Highland Park and Deerfield in virtual musical about Roaring '20s Nov. 13-22Nov 10, 2020 10:00 pm - Jordyn Norberg of Highland Park is one of six middle school students who wrote and performs virtually along with six adult mentors in Chicago's Tellin' Tales Theatre pre...
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Metropolis hires associate artistic directorNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights has hired Sabrina Odigie for the newly created role of associate artistic director. Odigie, a Chicago-born and rai...
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BAMtheatre puts on youth movie-musical of 'Beauty & the Beast'Nov 09, 2020 10:00 pm - BAMtheatre puts on youth movie-musical of 'Beauty & the Beast'
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Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane earns 8 Jeff Awards during virtual ceremonyNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - In the wake of a season cut short by COVID-19, the faithful celebrated excellence in Chicago area equity theater Monday during the 52nd annual Joseph Jefferson Awards ce...
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2020 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award recipientsNov 09, 2020 12:00 am - Production - Play (large) • "King Hedley II" - Court Theatre Production - Play (mid-size) • "The Boys in the Band" - Windy City Playhouse Production - Musical or Revue (...
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Wauconda High School fall production premieres online FridayNov 06, 2020 4:20 am - Given restrictions due to the coronavirus, the question for Wauconda High School theater teacher Scott Metzger was how to produce and present a fall play with meaning fo...
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Steppenwolf debuts new digital play by award-winner James IjamesNov 05, 2020 10:42 am - Playwright James Ijames and director Whitney White were deep into rehearsals for Steppenwolf Theatre's local premiere of Ijames' "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial...
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James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical daysNov 05, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James Corden may not be allowed in a theater these days but there's still a way to laugh with him onstage. Lea Salonga isn't permitted to sing to a crowd...
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Spotlight: Stage Left Theatre revives award-winning 'The Project(s)' virtuallyNov 03, 2020 5:00 am - In their own words Stage Left Theatre revives the award-winning play "The Project(s)." An examination of the history of Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes, a public-hous...
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Batavia High School's Project Ensemble explores hope with original shows Nov. 5-7Nov 02, 2020 10:00 pm - What is hope? Why and how do we hope? Is hope felt, thought, or innate? Where would we be in a hopeless world? Hope, according to the cast of Project Ensemble, is the li...