Articles filed under Theater
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Theater events: Black Ensemble extends 'Curtis Mayfield'Dec 27, 2013 4:30 am - Ÿ Black Ensemble Theater has extended its original production of “It's All-Right to Have a Good Time: The Story of Curtis Mayfield.” Performances continue through March ...
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Chicago area loses its own icons in 2013Dec 26, 2013 4:46 am - Writers, actors, ball players, radio icons and more - in 2013 the region lost some famous people who were part of the Chicago area family. Here is a final look. Kare...
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Magician Bill Blagg to wow the crowd at the Paramount SaturdayDec 26, 2013 4:30 am - Bill Blagg's magic and illusion act these days includes a Hoverboard zooming across the stage — a far cry from his start making quarters disappear as a kid growing up in...
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Theater program teaches young women to think criticallyDec 25, 2013 11:00 pm - "Where are all the female critics?" That question - raised more than seven years ago as part of a panel discussion sponsored by the Association for Women Journalists - ...
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'American Psycho' musical looks like a bloody hitDec 21, 2013 4:45 am - LONDON — Is any subject too macabre to make a musical? Not on the evidence of past works including Stephen Sondheim's “Sweeney Todd,” about a homicidal barber, and his p...
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J.K. Rowling to work on Harry Potter stage playDec 20, 2013 7:06 am - LONDON — Harry Potter has traveled from page to screen — and now to stage. J.K. Rowling said Friday she is working on a play about the boy wizard’s life before he attend...
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Chicago theater helps visually, hearing impairedDec 20, 2013 6:06 am - Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company says it’s trying to make productions more accessible to people with visual and hearing impairments. The downtown Chicago theat...
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Creators of ‘Riverdance’ plan to tour new showDec 20, 2013 5:33 am - NEW YORK — The folks behind “Riverdance” have a new thundering Irish dance show poised to tour North America, but don’t dare call it “Riverdance II.” “Heartbeat of H...
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Communication at issue in Steppenwolf's 'Tribes'Dec 19, 2013 10:00 pm - If the garrulous family members in Nina Raine's “Tribes,” in its Chicago-area premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, seem familiar, it's because they are. Well-educated and hy...
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Theater events: Join Raven's Sherlock Holmes discussionDec 19, 2013 10:00 pm - Ÿ Writer and Chicago native Graham Moore (“The Sherlockian”) discusses the popularity of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character following the 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, pe...