Articles filed under Theater
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'Billy Elliot' actress feeling at home in more ways than oneMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Susie McMonagle won't be going home anytime soon. Not, that is, the Evanston residence the actress shares with her two sons. She returns there every night, one of the p...
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Argentine spectacle 'Fuerza Bruta' a 'force' to contend withMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Who'd have thunk that the landmark 1889 Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University could be transformed into what is likely to be Chicago's hippest and trendiest nightcl...
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Comic classic: Raven revives timeless 'Odd Couple'May 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Not everything needs updating. Classic albums don't need to be augmented with newly "discovered" tracks and classic comedies don't need to be contemporized to remain ent...
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Local auditionsMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Marriott Theatre seeks young African-American girls (ages 10 and younger) who can sing and act for the role of Little Ti Moune in the 1990 Broadway musical "Once o...
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Two different 'Cirque' shows keep the dreams aliveMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - "Cirque" is the French word for circus, and two family-friendly performing troupes both bearing that name start performances in Chicago within days of each other. "Cirq...
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Best bets: Parades galore, Great America 'officially' opens, play festMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Saluting those who served Remember those brave men and women who died while serving our country this weekend by attending a Memorial Day parade or ceremony in you...
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Mel Brooks meets Alfred Hitchcock approach works for 'The 39 Steps'May 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The key question in "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" isn't whodunit. It's how they dunit. Adapted by Patrick Barlow and Director Maria Aitkin, "The 39 Steps," now at Ch...
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Cromer works his magic with Writers' 'Streetcar'May 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Go big or go home. The oft-repeated endorsement of excess has in recent years become the mantra for reality TV stars, professional athletes and producers looking to jus...
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'Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical' good for a few laughsMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - You would have been hard-pressed to find an audience member under 35 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre opening of "Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical." Hard-pressed bu...
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Director jumped at chance to stage 'Drowsy Chaperone'May 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Director/choreographer Marc Robin knew the moment he first saw "The Drowsy Chaperone" on Broadway that he wanted to direct it. "Nowadays when I see something I haven't s...