Articles filed under Theater
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Understated con man sells First Folio's 'Rainmaker'Aug 09, 2013 6:00 am - “Once in your life, you have to take a chance on a con man.” Self-described swindler Bill Starbuck utters those words in “The Rainmaker,” N. Richard Nash's modest, oft-...
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Local theater: '9 to 5' clocks in at MarriotAug 09, 2013 6:00 am - Working gals Three colleagues become friends when they take on their egotistic, sexist, duplicitous boss in Marriot Theatre's production of “9 to 5 The Musical,” in...
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Suburban natives find artistic home on Wisconsin stageAug 09, 2013 6:00 am - Downers Grove native Cristina Panfilio walked into a bar after performing in “Hamlet.” A man recognized her. “I'm glad to see you're not really dead!” he said. Panfilio...
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'Flashdance' musical better than film, but still sillyAug 07, 2013 5:00 pm - "Flashdance - The Musical," now playing at the Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre, is a show with an identity problem. Often, this screen-to-stage adaptation of the 198...
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Paramount Theatre releases 2013-14 scheduleAug 07, 2013 5:00 am - In a lineup that includes '60s bands and popular comedians, the Paramount Theatre in Aurora unveiled the shows for its 2013-14 season. This 82nd season of comedy, music ...
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Best bets: Suburban Chicago's Got Talent countdownAug 06, 2013 6:00 am - Suburban Talent Find out which of the top 10 finalists of Suburban Chicago's Got Talent will be the grand prize winner on Saturday at the Taste of Arlington Height...
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Suburbia's top talent take risks in penultimate performanceAug 05, 2013 5:30 am - Most of the performers in the top ten Suburban Chicago's Got Talent acts brought something different to the stage Sunday night — their second-to-last chance to wow the j...
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'Flashdance' obsession comes full circle with dancer's lead roleAug 04, 2013 6:15 am - As a 7-year-old, Jillian Mueller was so enamored of dancing that her New Jersey parents got her all kinds of movies for Christmas that dealt with dance. One of those was...
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Top 10: Who will win Suburban Chicago's Got Talent?Aug 02, 2013 6:00 am - So which of the final 10 contestants will win Suburban Chicago's Got Talent? And which act will claim the title of Fan Favorite? It all comes down to the penultimate pe...
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A teen and her recluse uncle share unsettling circumstances in 'Slowgirl'Aug 02, 2013 6:00 am - Guarded and damaging secrets are reluctantly needled out and spilled with cathartic sobs in “Slowgirl,” Greg Pierce's 2012 off-Broadway drama now making its regional deb...