Articles filed under Theater
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Village Theatre Guild to stage 'Grace & Glorie'Sep 29, 2014 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn's Village Theatre Guild will present the comedy/drama "Grace & Glorie" weekends, Oct. 17 to Nov. 8, at its stage near the northwest corner of Park Boulevard a...
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'Evil Dead' musical bedeviled by clichés, tired jokesSep 28, 2014 6:30 am - A fan-favorite moment of the "Evil Dead" series of comic horror films happens after the main character, Ash, equips himself with a chain-saw to battle a nasty group of d...
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Batavia play focuses on Mary Todd Lincoln's life after the White HouseSep 27, 2014 8:01 am - The life of Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of President Abraham Lincoln, is the subject of an original work by Batavia playwright Donna Latham. "The Haunted Widow Lincoln," La...
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Brilliant new biography of Tennessee WilliamsSep 27, 2014 6:30 am - When “The Glass Menagerie” opened on Broadway in March 1945, the actress cast as Southern matriarch Amanda Wingfield got so drunk before the show that a bucket was place...
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Theater events: The Sweat Girls turn 21Sep 26, 2014 6:15 am - Koy at the Improv Comedian Jo Koy, a frequent panelist on “Chelsea Lately,” which ended its seven-year run on E! last month, headlines the Chicago Improv in Schaumb...
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'Native Son' a remarkable adaptation of a classicSep 26, 2014 5:15 am - “Native Son” is as uncompromising onstage as it is on the page. Nambi E. Kelley gets everything right in her astutely crafted adaptation of Richard Wright's seminal 194...
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Metropolis will close next month without more fundingSep 26, 2014 1:01 am - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre notified Arlington Heights officials this week that it will have to close at the end of October unless the village provides almost ...
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Metropolis' 'Dial "M” for Murder' needs more suspenseSep 25, 2014 1:30 pm - Murder onstage rarely elicits from an audience the kind of scattered, nervous chuckles that on Sunday accompanied the death of a would-be killer in Metropolis Performing...
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'Commons' at Northlight doesn't live up to scandal that inspired itSep 23, 2014 11:00 am - “The Commons of Pensacola” may be well-intentioned, but it falls short of heightened expectations. This 2013 off-Broadway play penned by actress Amanda Peet comes off a...
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Arlington Heights actress embraces role in campy 'Evil Dead' musicalSep 21, 2014 6:15 am - Arlington Heights actress Julie Baird wasn't familiar with "The Evil Dead" cult horror film franchise when she auditioned for a North American tour of the musical comedy...