Articles filed under Theater
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Teatro ZinZanni dinner-theater set to open in Chicago next yearSep 12, 2018 1:00 am - Cabaret artists, comedians and cirque-style performers will descend on Chicago's theater district beginning in April with the opening of Teatro ZinZanni, a dinner-theate...
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Elgin church to host play on HiroshimaSep 11, 2018 11:00 pm - Tatsushi Amano will perform the one-person play "Living with Father: Do You Know What Happened in Hiroshima 73 Years Ago?" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Highl...
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Theater spotlight: David Cale's memoir-with-music opens Goodman's new seasonSep 11, 2018 6:00 am - Memoir with music Goodman Theatre opens its season with writer/performer David Cale's memoir-with-music titled "We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time," about growi...
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Iran detains artists over Shakespeare performanceSep 10, 2018 7:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian authorities have detained two artists over a theatre production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Cultural official Shahram Karami ...
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New tuner, old favorites highlight Marriott Theatre's 2019 main stage seasonSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - A new musical about the life of a songwriter and a revival of a favorite tuner about an orphaned boy's search for a family are among the productions on tap for 2019 at M...
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Theater preview: 'Tootsie' creators, performers update a favorite 1980s comedySep 06, 2018 11:00 pm - “Tootsie,” the new Broadway-bound musical beginning previews Tuesday in Chicago, won't entirely recall the 1982 comedy that inspired it. The fundamental details remain ...
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Theater events: Magician Brett Schneider brings one-man show to The Den TheatreSep 05, 2018 6:00 am - • MadKap Productions begins its 2018 season with "Man of La Mancha," the musical inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century novel "Don Quixote," in which the Cervante...
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Acclaimed suburban theater director, teacher dies at 81Sep 05, 2018 1:00 am - John K. Marquette, an acclaimed suburban theater director and longtime teacher in Northwest Suburban High School District 214, is being remembered for living a life full...
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Judson student to put cabaret show Sept. 14Sep 04, 2018 11:00 pm - Judson University student Tiger Khokunthod of Elgin will present his own cabaret show, "I'd Rather Be Me: A Musical Theatre Cabaret," at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, in the ...
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'Matilda,' 'An American in Paris' part of Drury Lane's 2019-20 seasonSep 04, 2018 11:00 pm - The acclaimed musicals "Matilda" and "An American in Paris" will receive regional premieres at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace as part of its 2019-20 season. Drur...