Articles filed under Theater
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Local auditions & tryoutsMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - • The 38th Annual Custer's Last Stand is seeking arts and crafts exhibitors and vendors for its festival from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, in downt...
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Steel Beam presenting 'The Dixie Swim Club'May 19, 2010 11:00 pm - College friends reunite for a long weekend every summer in "The Dixie Swim Club," a comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten spanning 30 years in the lives...
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Cheap stuff: Book sale, art show, stand-up comicsMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Have books to spare? Bring some gently used children's books to donate at the Children's Chautauqua in the Park. This interactive, educational outdoor festival for ...
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'Fuerza Bruta' promises stunning sights, soundsMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Some advice for those planning to check out the international theater hit "Fuerza Bruta: Look Up" when it opens in Chicago this week: This is no sit-back-and-relax kind ...
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Four actors, 100-plus characters add up to '39 Steps'May 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Call "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" the little hit show that could. With just four actors, the show conjures up more than 100 characters to pay comic homage to film d...
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Goodman's 'Good Negro' spotlights the men behind civil rights fightMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - "Do what you have to do." That loaded phrase recurs several times throughout "The Good Negro," Tracey Scott Wilson's unflinching, fictionalized account of the civil righ...
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'On Golden Pond' a treasured nugget of realistic theaterMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - At times, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's production of "On Golden Pond" moves at what seems like a snail's pace. But that slower pace is integral to the tone of Ernest Thomp...
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Raven Theatre stages revival of 'The Odd Couple'May 12, 2010 11:00 pm - 1960s comedy revived The suburbs are well represented in Raven Theatre's revival of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple," about a couple of divorced men in 1960s New Yor...
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Best bets: All things anime, plenty o' flowers, magazine conventionMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Japanamation Lovers of all things tied to Japanese animation won't want to miss Anime Central the thirteenth this weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Cen...
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Chicago actor Guy Adkins dies at age 41May 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Local actor Guy Adkins died at age 41 after a battle with colon cancer, according to his longtime partner and fellow actor Sean Allan Krill. Adkins, who died Wednesday i...