Articles filed under Theater
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Dynamic leads propel Lookingglass' 'Thaddeus and Slocum'Jun 17, 2016 6:00 am - Two recent events reveal how far theater has come in the pursuit of diversity and inclusion. The same weekend the Tony Awards made history by conferring musical theater...
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'The Secret Garden' challenges new Lake Forest TheatreJun 17, 2016 6:00 am - Launching a new theater company can be an arduous task, especially if the inaugural show comes with a number of technical and storytelling challenges like “The Secret Ga...
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Drury Lane lavishes lots of talent on classic 'Deathtrap'Jun 16, 2016 11:00 pm - Two years ago when Drury Lane Theatre announced that plans were afoot to revive “Deathtrap,” you can bet that some habitual theatergoers sniffed and thought “That old th...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda leaving 'Hamilton' July 9; vows to returnJun 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The news that no die-hard "Hamilton" fan - or anyone who hasn't seen the Broadway smash yet - wants to hear has arrived: Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator ...
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David Hyde Pierce to go off-Broadway for 'A Life'Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Before David Hyde Pierce gets caught up with a meddling matchmaker on Broadway, he'll be consulting the stars in Adam Bock's play "A Life" off-Broadway. ...
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Josh Radnor, F. Murray Abraham sign on to 'White Rabbit'Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Josh Radnor of "How I Met Your Mother" and F. Murray Abraham of "Homeland" are the latest actors to volunteer putting themselves in an unfamiliar place o...
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'The Cemetery Club' is full of laughsJun 15, 2016 5:30 am - Although a graveyard seems an unlikely place for laughs, Elgin Theatre Company's production of "The Cemetery Club" delivers humor as well as drama, according to director...
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Chicago theater closes in wake of misconduct allegationsJun 15, 2016 1:00 am - Profiles Theatre in Chicago has closed less than a week after The Chicago Reader published allegations of intimidation and misconduct against a member of its artistic st...
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Theater events: Edge Theater stages Mona Lisa whodunitJun 14, 2016 11:00 pm - For the love of art Idle Muse Theatre Company concludes its 10th season with the Chicago premiere of Victor Lodato's "The Woman Who Amuses Herself." The play is ins...
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On a dark day, James Corden and the Tonys are pitch perfectJun 14, 2016 5:58 am - NEW YORK - Broadway has a new hero, and, oddly enough, his name isn't Lin-Manuel Miranda. Oh, Miranda remains a trouper of exalted status in theaterland, all right. But ...