Articles filed under Theater
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'SpongeBob Musical' tickets on sale SundayMar 10, 2016 10:00 pm - Single tickets go on sale Sunday, March 13, for "The SpongeBob Musical," which begins its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago June 7. The musical is based on Nickelodeon's l...
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Feel-good '42nd Street' taps into showbiz spectacleMar 10, 2016 3:30 pm - The new national tour of "42nd Street" gives the initial impression of a small-scale affair since the full stage window of Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre has been cro...
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Review: 'Blackbird' with Daniels and Williams is brilliantMar 10, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It turns out there is a place more uncomfortable to be on Broadway than a bullet-ridden hut watching sex slaves try to preserve their humanity. That woul...
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Michael Patrick Thornton powerful as formidable 'Richard III'Mar 09, 2016 10:00 am - In the political realm, optics matter. That's true for the Republican presidential candidate who on Super Tuesday trumpeted his victories from the ballroom of a luxe, pr...
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New York play focuses on photo that haunts the photographerMar 09, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is Dan O'Brien's play about a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo worth? Plenty it turns out. The picture...
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Author of "Wicked" visits Rolling Meadows High SchoolMar 09, 2016 12:00 am - Gregory Maguire never dreamed of writing a novel that would be turned into one of the most successful Broadway shows of all time. As a young boy all Maguire wanted was t...
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World premiere, streamlined Shakespeare on tap for Writers' 25th seasonMar 09, 2016 12:00 am - Writers Theatre on Wednesday announced that its 25th anniversary season, the first in its new Glencoe home, will consist of six productions including a new, streamlined ...
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Shakespeare at StevensonMar 09, 2016 12:00 am - Stevenson High School will host performances of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" this weekend. Performances are set for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Lincolnshi...
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Glenbard East presents two plays before IHSA competitionMar 08, 2016 10:00 pm - Two dramas that Glenbard East High School will present at the Illinois High School Association competition can be seen by the local community first. "Doubt" and "In the ...
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Mood loose as 'Fiddler on the Roof' cast makes albumMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A nondescript building near Times Square was turned for a day into a small Russian village in 1905 when the cast and orchestra of the Broadway revival of...