Articles filed under Theater
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Jacobs High School's 'Little Women' adds modern music to classic taleFeb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - The 2019 movie version of “Little Women” was up for six Academy Awards this past Sunday, just ahead of a musical stage version of the show coming to Jacobs High School i...
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Farcical 'Noises Off' gets frenzied, funny revival at MetropolisFeb 11, 2020 5:00 am - “Noises Off” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Farce is fiendishly difficult to master. It has to be crisp. It has to be animated. It has to be impeccably timed. The actors must have command o...
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Spotlight: Multitalented Klea Blackhurst headlines Drury Lane's cabaret roomFeb 11, 2020 5:00 am - Drury Lane cabaret Actress/singer/comedienne Klea Blackhurst, who's known for her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman and who starred as the titular housekeeper in Drury L...
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ECC Musical Theatre opens 'Kiss Me, Kate' Feb. 21Feb 09, 2020 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present its production of the classic 1940s Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate," starting Friday, Feb. 21 through Sunday, March...
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Youth theater group hits all the right notes with 'The Music Man, Jr.'Feb 09, 2020 6:20 am - Youth theater group hits all the right notes with 'The Music Man, Jr.'
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Best bets: Post Malone at Allstate Arena, Jessica Simpson appears in NapervilleFeb 09, 2020 6:00 am - 'Right Here Waiting' Expect to hear song hits such as “Hold on to the Nights,” “Don't Mean Nothing” and more when Richard Marx performs an acoustic concert at the Arcada...
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Drury Lane's brassier 'An American in Paris' makes leap from ballet to musical theaterFeb 07, 2020 3:30 pm - “An American in Paris” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Drury Lane Theatre's dreamy regional premiere of “An American in Paris” takes pains to set itself apart from the Tony Award-winning Broa...
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Steppenwolf's 'Bug' a welcome infestation of thrills and paranoiaFeb 07, 2020 11:00 am - “Bug” - ★ ★ ★ ★ A combination love story, psychodrama, dark comedy and horror tale, “Bug,” by Tracy Letts, is a wholly riveting account of a paranoid Gulf War veteran an...
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On stage: Goodman premieres drama partly inspired by Naperville's Sandra BlandFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - • 16th Street Theater and the National New Play Network unite for the rolling premiere of "Alabaster," Audrey Cefaly's darkly comic drama about June and her pet goat Wee...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's well-made 'The Cake' a treat thanks to HowardFeb 06, 2020 10:00 am - “The Cake” - ★ ★ ★ In her “ripped from the headlines” dramedy “The Cake,” playwright Bekah Brunstetter makes the hot-button topic of same-sex marriage digestible by turn...