Articles filed under Theater
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Suburban choreographer didn't expect a career in danceMay 30, 2013 6:00 am - Choreographer Jessica Deahr let history inspire her latest show for Chicago Dance Crash. “I came up with the idea because it was going to be at the Biograph, the whole h...
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Kirk Players to stage ‘Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?’May 28, 2013 12:28 pm - Entering its 47th season next month, the Kirk Players will present John R. Powers’ musical comedy “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” The musical can be ...
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Metropolis' 'Five Course Love' serves up lukewarm laughsMay 24, 2013 6:00 am - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre subscribers are certainly familiar with the relationship revue. In fact, these lighthearted romps — which typically clock in at 90 minu...
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Theater events: Standup, 'Whose Line?' at Aurora's Comedy ShrineMay 23, 2013 11:00 am - Standup at the Shrine Rocky Osborn headlines Aurora's Comedy Shrine this weekend. The 90-minute standup comedy set also features host Jack Baker. The adults-only v...
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Disney’s ‘Pirate and Princess’ show to dock in RosemontMay 22, 2013 12:09 pm - Tickets for Feld Entertainment’s “Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate and Princess Adventure” next March at the Rosemont Theatre go on sale to the general public on Tuesd...
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First Folio unveils 2013-14 seasonMay 22, 2013 6:00 am - First Folio Theatre's four-show 2013-14 season will be bookended by outdoor shows on the grounds of the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. N. Richard Nash's 1954 dram...
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Prospect Heights man reinvents play while living out of his vanMay 20, 2013 11:00 pm - The revolutionary concept of seeing the lead character in Tennessee William's classic "The Glass Menagerie" as a homeless man came to creator Hans Fleischmann appropriat...
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Tony nominations bittersweet for 3 actorsMay 18, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — For three actors, the Tony Award nominations are somewhat bittersweet. Sweet, because they'd each gotten a prestigious nod. Bitter, because their shows were l...
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Acts jumping in for Suburban Chicago’s Got TalentMay 17, 2013 4:25 pm - More than 30 acts have already signed up to audition for the second Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by the Daily Herald, produced by t...
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Northlight's formulaic 'Stella & Lou' benefits from fine castMay 17, 2013 6:00 am - How good an actor is Francis Guinan? So good he commands attention even when he's silent. So good his role as a widowed bartender in Northlight Theatre's "Stella & Lou" ...