Articles filed under Theater
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Improv Playhouse's contemporary Last Supper take opens April 13Mar 28, 2017 11:00 pm - The Improv Playhouse will produce "The Gathering," a contemporary adaptation of the last hour of the Last Supper, created by the late-Improv/Shakespeare icons Josephine ...
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LZP Productions brings Sondheim gem to the stageMar 27, 2017 11:00 pm - LZP Productions brings Stephen Sondheim's rare musical gem, "Merrily We Roll Along," to Cutting Hall in Palatine beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 1. It is a poignant ...
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Large cast, lots of laughs in Aurora University's 'Little Shop of Horrors'Mar 27, 2017 11:00 pm - Aurora University's spring musical has something for everyone: a great score, singing and dancing, a love story, and a menacing plant seeking world domination that feeds...
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TriCity Family Services director to retireMar 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Jim Otepka figures it is "pay back" time. But there's nothing ominous about that thought process as the TriCity Family Services executive director prepares to enter the ...
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'Million Dollar Quartet,' 'Elf' lead Paramount's upcoming seasonMar 26, 2017 11:00 pm - "Million Dollar Quartet," the rock 'n' roll jukebox musical that kept toes tapping in Chicago for eight years, returns in September courtesy of Paramount Theatre in Auro...
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Suburbanites flex comedy muscles for 20th Chicago Improv FestivalMar 26, 2017 7:15 am - Work hard, play hard - that's pretty much the life motto for the improv comedy group I'm a Turtle. Each of the group's seven members has a full-time job while performing...
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'La La Land,' 'Beauty' putting musicals in the spotlight againMar 26, 2017 7:12 am - So, perhaps you've heard: "La La Land" didn't win best picture at the Oscars. But if every cloud has a silver lining, this one might be called golden: The Emma Stone-Rya...
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Goodman announces new season reflecting 'darkly divided country'Mar 23, 2017 1:00 am - Marginalized immigrants, centenarian civil rights activists, Iraqi refugees and an anti-corruption crusader are among the characters whose stories Goodman Theatre will c...
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Wish granted: 'Aladdin' conjures up extra 10 weeks in ChicagoMar 23, 2017 1:00 am - It will be "A Whole New World" a bit longer for Disney's "Aladdin" in Chicago. An extra 10 weeks have been added to the Windy City launch of the North American tour. Dis...
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Travel to Narnia with Kirk PlayersMar 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Kirk Players will present its spring production, C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," adapted by Joseph Robinette, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 31, at Mundelei...