Articles filed under Theater
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Arlington Heights' Metropolis theater looking for new executive directorMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - After 2½ years, Charlie Beck is out as executive director of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. The Metropolis board has named former special ev...
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Simon comedy, 'Drowsy Chaperone' among new Metropolis showsMay 27, 2014 1:00 am - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights has announced its 2014-15 theater season, which features two classic comedies, a thriller, a one-man show and ...
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Metropolis' 'Last Five Years' eloquently examines romanceMay 23, 2014 6:00 am - Every marriage ends. The end may come after a lifetime together, the fulfillment of a promise: “till death do us part.” It may come sooner, accompanied by legal documen...
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Theater events: Seth Bockley's 'Aunt Susan' premieres at GoodmanMay 22, 2014 6:00 am - Goodman premiere Initially, things go well for the twenty-something young man moonlighting as online advice guru Aunt Susan. But as the website becomes more popular...
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Donny & Marie, Jerry Lewis among upcoming Paramount Theatre actsMay 21, 2014 10:30 am - Magicians Penn & Teller, comedian Jerry Lewis and Osmond siblings Donny and Marie are among the acts planned for the Paramount Theatre in Aurora in its 2014-15 season. A...
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Gloria Estefan musical to premiere in Chicago next yearMay 20, 2014 1:01 am - "On Your Feet!" - the new musical chronicling the life and career of Grammy Award-winner Gloria Estefan and her musician/producer husband Emilio Estefan - will premi...
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Estefan musical 'On Your Feet!' to premiere in ChicagoMay 19, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio, hope to have the musical based on their life dancing on Broadway next year. Producers said Tuesday "On Your Feet!" wil...
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'Godspell' shares powerful message through musicMay 18, 2014 11:00 pm - The musical "Godspell," with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, who later composed "Wicked," made its debut in 1971. Forty-three years later, it's being brought to th...
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John Lithgow and Glenn Close to star on BroadwayMay 18, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - John Lithgow is returning to the New York stage with gusto in 2014 - first with Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Central Park this summer and then in a Broadway r...
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Goodman's 'White Snake' proves a charmerMay 16, 2014 12:00 pm - The simplest tales can be the hardest to pull off - in movies, on TV, but especially onstage, where the real sense of time and space makes it difficult to sustain an atm...