Articles filed under Theater
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Arlington Heights mayoral candidates split on Metropolis fundingMar 15, 2013 5:30 am - As Metropolis Performing Arts Centre struggles to get through this fiscal year and anticipates an increase in village funding for next year, one of the three candidates ...
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Local theater: Celebrating ‘Flanagan’s Wake’Mar 15, 2013 5:29 am - ‘Flanagan’s Wake’ Metropolis Performing Arts Centre celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with “Flanagan’s Wake,” the interactive comedy about the residents of a small Irish burg...
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Over-the-top costumes all in a day's work for suburban starMar 15, 2013 5:00 am - Christy Faber never dreamed that one day she would get to appear onstage dressed up as Elvis Presley - or as a sparkly super-size pink paintbrush. But nothing seems to...
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‘Brando at Brainerd’:Mar 14, 2013 4:45 pm - “Marlon Brando at Brainerd”, a fundraiser for the Brainerd Community Center, is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Improv Playhouse Black Box Theatre, 735 N. Milwa...
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Village Theatre takes on addiction, PTSD in ‘Hatful of Rain’Mar 14, 2013 1:29 pm - The Village Theatre Guild of Glen Ellyn, never prone to shy away from staging works that reflect the grittier side of life, is presenting Michael V. Gazzo’s “A Hatful of...
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Writers’ Theatre announces 2013-14 seasonMar 14, 2013 5:30 am - Writers’ Theatre announced its 2013-14 season comprised of mostly premieres, including the Glencoe theater’s first musical since “A Minister’s Wife” and its first pr...
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Streamwood High School presents ‘Les Miserables’Mar 13, 2013 2:01 pm - Streamwood High School for its spring musical this weekend and next will be performing the challenging production of “Les Misérables.” Producer Barb Thomas says student...
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Premieres make up most of Writers' Theatre's upcoming seasonMar 13, 2013 2:00 pm - Writers' Theatre announced its 2013-14 season comprised of mostly premieres, including the Glencoe theater's first musical since “A Minister's Wife” and its first pr...
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Triumphant 'Fiddler' closes out Paramount seasonMar 09, 2013 10:00 pm - Settling into my seat for Friday's opening of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Aurora's Paramount Theatre, the storm clouds immediately drew my attention. Suspended over Anatevk...
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The many faces of 'Jekyll & Hyde'Mar 08, 2013 5:00 am - Robert Louis Stevenson popularized the notion of a split personality through his 1886 fictional novella “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Hence the respectable ...