Articles filed under Theater
-
Algonquin Area Public Libraryoffers 'Hamilton: The Exhibition' bus trip July 10Jun 09, 2019 11:00 pm - The Algonquin Area Public Library is offering a bus trip to "Hamilton: The Exhibition" in Chicago on Wednesday, July 10. The exhibition is designed to take visitors dee...
-
Tony Awards host James Corden hopes audience will find 'joy'Jun 09, 2019 7:30 am - NEW YORK - TV talk show host James Corden steps back into the role of Tony Award host at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 9, on CBS, not planning anything too political and not worri...
-
Theater events: BoHo stages Jez Butterworth thriller 'The River'Jun 07, 2019 6:00 am - • Kate returns from New York City to her childhood home in Texas with her African-American wife to the chagrin of her mother, Ellie, who prefers Kate marry her childhood...
-
Steel Beam putting women's stories front and centerJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - Steel Beam Theatre will examine the lives of women during its 2019-20 season, which opens Sept. 6 with the musical theater revue "Broadway Gender Benders." The original ...
-
Editorial: Efforts to boost 3 old theaters important to suburban downtown healthJun 06, 2019 11:00 pm - The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, the Des Plaines Theater in Des Plaines and the Catlow Theater in Barrington - three stately, downtown theater buildings that have been...
-
Steppenwolf's well-intentioned 'Ms. Blakk for President' falls short of a winJun 06, 2019 6:00 am - “Ms. Blakk for President” - ★ ★ Shortly after the dancing, lip-syncing and nightclub-inspired revelry preceding Steppenwolf Theatre's impassioned “Ms. Blakk for Presiden...
-
Spotlight: Angela Ingersoll channels Judy Garland in Marriott cabaret performanceJun 04, 2019 6:00 am - Get happy Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Angela Ingersoll, an Emmy Award nominee for her 2018 PBS special, brings her tribute to Hollywood legend Judy Garland to the...
-
No, that 'Hadestown' song isn't really about Donald TrumpJun 03, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's one of the most striking and memorable moments in "Hadestown," Anais Mitchell's multi-Tony Award-nominated retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eury...
-
Children's Theatre of Elgin's 'Godspell' opens June 13-16 at ECC Arts CenterJun 02, 2019 11:00 pm - This season, Children's Theatre of Elgin/Fox Valley Theatre Company celebrates 30 years of presenting family-oriented musicals performed by local youth, ages 8 to 20. T...
-
Theater events: Second City hosts 5th annual Break Out Comedy FestMay 31, 2019 6:00 am - • Premieres by playwright Seth Bockley and Chicago Fringe Opera and BraveSoul Movement and other artists are on tap for the seventh annual Pivot Arts Festival, a celebra...