Articles filed under Theater
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His dream business remains in flux, but Ash has a community behind himNov 12, 2021 1:00 am - Jeff Ash thought he was building his dream business. It turns out he was building a community. That community has helped to sustain the business through a difficult last...
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Improv Playhouse Theater presents 'It's a Wonderful Life' radio playNov 11, 2021 10:00 pm - After a two year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Libertyville's Improv Playhouse Theatre will be producing immersive, live, staged radio play performances of the Fr...
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Emilie Kouatchou makes 'Phantom' history on BroadwayNov 11, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rising stage star Emilie Kouatchou came close to quitting musical theater during the pandemic shutdown, worried about the future. She stuck with it and h...
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Can the Broadway-bound tuner 'Paradise Square' promote racial healing?Nov 10, 2021 10:00 pm - "Paradise Square," the new musical in previews at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, premiered at California's Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2019 and was headed to ...
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Billy Crystal plans his Broadway return in a familiar roleNov 10, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Billy Crystal is not ready to say goodbye to 'œMr. Saturday Night.'ť The comic icon has turned his comedy film into a Broadway-bound musical and hopes to...
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Glenbard North theater to perform 'Silent Sky' about early 20th-century astronomer Henrietta LeavittNov 09, 2021 10:00 pm - On Nov. 11-13, Glenbard North High School's theater program will present "Silent Sky" by Lauren Gunderson. The play, which tells the true story of early 20th century ast...
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An Elgin Old Tyme Holiday Radio Show returns for the fifth year this weekendNov 09, 2021 10:00 pm - Elgin Theatre Company, for the fifth year in a row, is presenting for your viewing and listening pleasure, three totally new 1950s original radio scripts centered around...
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Long Grove sixth-grader and her Glenview mentor star in 'Six Stories Up in Defiance'Nov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - Ashley Kruzel, a sixth-grader from Long Grove, and her adult mentor Nadia Stodder of Glenview are lost in a video game that goes terribly wrong. They are part of the cas...
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Hail and farewell: Oak Brook's First Folio to cease operations in 2024Nov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - Parting, William Shakespeare wrote, is such sweet sorrow. And the parting for Oak Brook's First Folio Theatre - known for its outdoor productions of the Bard's plays - b...
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Elmhurst Children's Theatre kicked off season with 'Unintentionally Hilarious'Nov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - Laughter and applause filled the performance space at the Brauer House in Lombard on Tuesday evening, Oct. 12, as a cast of 16 middle school students performed hilarious...