Articles filed under Theater
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Spotlight: Local favorites appear in Northlight's livestreamed readingJan 29, 2021 5:00 am - Bechdel Fest 8 Broken Nose Theatre presents Bechdel Fest 8: Realign, a festival of short plays featuring femme, female-identifying, nonbinary, transgender and queer acto...
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Visual effects make Metropolis' Sherlock Holmes-inspired streaming comedy possibleJan 27, 2021 10:00 pm - Audiences tuning in to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's virtual production of "Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" might be curious about how the...
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Paramount Theatre offering free virtual reading of new playJan 25, 2021 12:00 am - Aurora's Paramount Theatre presents a free virtual reading of "BULL: a love story" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. The new play by Nancy García Loza follows a young Mexican...
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Hersey High to virtually stage 'The Laramie Project' sequelJan 24, 2021 10:00 pm - The John Hersey High School theater department will soon release its virtual production of "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later." In 2008, the team that produced "The La...
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Steppenwolf playwright, electronic music composer collaborate on illustrated short 'Red Folder'Jan 21, 2021 5:00 am - When Rajiv Joseph entered first grade, his teacher gave every student a folder. The left side held pending assignments. The right side held completed assignments. Within...
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Spotlight: McAninch streams New Philharmonic's 'A Night of Broadway and Opera'Jan 20, 2021 5:00 am - Laugh more at Zanies Zanies launches a virtual comedy series this month. Chicago comedian Calvin Evans, who appears regularly on Comedy Central's "South Side," hosts the...
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It's all about family as Kirk Players stages 'Morning's at Seven'Jan 19, 2021 1:01 am - The Kirk Players have announced the final show in their 57th season, "Morning's at Seven," a gentle, bittersweet comedy by Paul Osborn. Set in a small Midwestern town i...
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The Kirk Players present 'Words of Love' Feb. 13Jan 18, 2021 10:00 pm - The Kirk Players will present "Words of Love," a free production celebrating Valentine's Day, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. They will perform selected Shakespeare sonn...
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'Out With the Old': Winter Mini Fringe Festival returns in ElginJan 18, 2021 10:00 pm - Join Elgin Fringe Festival and Side Street Studio Arts for the second annual "Winter Mini Fringe: Out With the Old!" which begins Wednesday, Jan. 20, and continues throu...
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Grant from DuPage Foundation ensures Wheaton Drama never misses a cueJan 17, 2021 10:00 pm - In December, Wheaton Drama was the grateful recipient of a Community Needs Grant from the DuPage Foundation. The grant will provide funds for the purchase of a new $10,0...