Articles filed under Theater
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On stage: Porchlight revives 'Sondheim on Sondheim'Feb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Examining Sondheim The multi-Jeff Award-winning team of director Nick Bowling and music director Austin Cook helms Porchlight Music Theatre's revival of "Sondheim o...
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Weekend picks: Todd Bridges sheds his 'Strokes'Feb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Crossing Bridges See if actor Todd Bridges (“Diff'rent Strokes,” “Everybody Hates Chris”) draws from his memoir, “Killing Willis,” for aspects of his standup comedy...
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Marriott's 'La Cage' embraces the gaudy and the grandFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - The 1983 Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles" is a debatable paradox. It can be seen in equal measures as gaudy and grand, daring and dated. Conservatives will blanch a...
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Stage musical update of 'Hee Haw' slated for Texas this fallFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Get ready for a familiar mix of gentle, cornball jokes and country music when a stage version of "Hee Haw" lands in Texas this fall. "Moonshine: That Hee...
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George Takei's musical 'Allegiance' finally gets to BroadwayFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - George Takei is next boldly going somewhere special - to Broadway. The "Star Trek" star's personal and heartfelt show about Japanese-Americans imprisoned duri...
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Top-notch First Folio cast brings out best in Neil Simon comedyFeb 04, 2015 5:00 am - The adage “good things come to those who wait” may not always be accurate, but it's true with recent productions of “Laughter on the 23rd Floor.” Less than six months a...
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Weekend picks: Monster Jam revs up at AllstateFeb 03, 2015 12:30 pm - Truck stunts There's plenty of racing and free-wheelin' stunts in the Monster Jam starting on Thursday at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $22-$...
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Budget-friendly fun: Embrace winter at Mayslake eventFeb 03, 2015 11:00 am - Free Wonders of Winter Embrace the snow at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's Wonders of Winter event at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st...
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Batavia High School stages Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town'Feb 02, 2015 10:00 pm - Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" is a classic piece of American literature. When it was produced in 1938, it was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama because of its ou...
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Kalamazoo State Theatre renovates, reworks marqueeFeb 01, 2015 10:00 pm - KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - Kalamazoo's State Theatre is spending money to make money. Executive director Stephanie Hinman is in the midst of a renovation at the historic th...