Articles filed under Theater
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Meet the rising stars of 'West Side Story' on BroadwayFeb 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When a new revival of 'œWest Side Story'ť opens on Broadway, it will make history. The musical sees 33 young people making their Broadway debuts, a recor...
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'West Side Story' opening draws protesters on BroadwayFeb 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - There was a chorus outside the Broadway Theatre on Thursday at the opening night of a new revival of 'œWest Side Story'ť but what was being sung was a pr...
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Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' readies for Garden visitFeb 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Kyle Scatliffe has gone to Madison Square Garden plenty of times - for a Rangers game, a Muse concert and a WWE event. Next week, he's going back a...
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On stage: Court Theatre remounts Homer's ancient tale in 'An Iliad'Feb 21, 2020 5:00 am - • Theatre Momentum, a company dedicated to dramatic improvisation, debuts "Multiple Exposure," its new show comprised of actors combining three, one-act plays "overlappi...
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Schaumburg theater company helps special needs actors thriveFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - For four years, Natalie Tittle has played smaller, mostly nonverbal parts in a Schaumburg-based community theater's productions. The 20-year-old has undiagnosed developm...
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Adrian Zmed brings 'Middletown' to his hometown - ChicagoFeb 20, 2020 5:00 am - Actor Adrian Zmed returns to his old neighborhood to star in Dan Clancy's play "Middletown" at Chicago's Apollo Theater. "I had a blessed childhood," said Zmed, who grew...
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Aurora's Copley Theatre debuts Bold SeriesFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - Paramount Theatre's announcement Thursday of its new Bold Series at the 165-seat Copley Theatre raises the curtain on what Paramount representatives have described as an...
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Highland Avenue Church to host Feb. 29 play about stolen indigenous landsFeb 19, 2020 10:00 pm - Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin is staging "We Own This Now," a play that will look at love of land, loss of land, and what it means to "own" something. ...
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Sandra Bland's death inspires haunting 'graveyard shift' at Goodman TheatreFeb 19, 2020 2:00 pm - Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. The thought persisted as I watched a character in the achingly poetic play “graveyard shift” come to a devastating decision. I kn...
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Spotlight: Friendships falter in Steel Beam's '20th Century Blues'Feb 19, 2020 5:00 am - Friends remembered Four female friends meet annually for a photo shoot that chronicles their changing selves in "20th Century Blues." However, longtime friendships are t...