Articles filed under Theater
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Nonprofit Geneva theater to closeMar 01, 2013 12:57 pm - The Geneva Underground Playhouse has closed because it could not raise enough money to continue, operators of the nonprofit theater announced. It was housed in the Stant...
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Steel Beam's 'Becky's New Car' is a fun rideMar 01, 2013 5:00 am - Should she or shouldn't she commit adultery? That's the key question the title character in “Becky's New Car” asks as she polls the women of the audience. The fact that...
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Local theater: 'Fiddler' at ParamountMar 01, 2013 5:00 am - Paramount's ‘Fiddler' Paramount Theatre concludes its second season of self-produced musicals with the Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick-Joseph Stein classic, “Fiddler on the R...
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March Music Madness: Fans score with local showsMar 01, 2013 5:00 am - Ah, March. Just as winter starts to wind down, talk turns to NCAA college basketball brackets. But sports fans don't have a monopoly on March Madness. In fact, it's a ...
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What's new in theatersMar 01, 2013 4:00 am - Ÿ Previews begin Friday, March 1, for the Neo-Futurists' “Analog,” inspired by ensemble member Kurt Chiang's “self-prescribed task” of transcribing William Golding's 195...
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Maine East breaks new ground with spring musical ‘In the Heights’Feb 28, 2013 8:07 am - For diversity and vibrancy of a student population, few suburban high schools compare to Maine East in Park Ridge. Beginning Friday, Maine East’s Fine Arts Department wi...
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Goodman unveils ‘dream’ seasonFeb 27, 2013 4:26 pm - Goodman Theatre Wednesday announced its 2013-14 lineup, dubbed the “dream season.” Among the offerings are world premieres of commissioned works by Noah Haidle and ...
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Improv Playhouse holds auditions for teen performersFeb 27, 2013 1:41 pm - IP-Elite, the musical theater performance component for teens at Improv Playhouse, is seeking performers in grades 8-12 for the Jason Robert Brown musical “13.” All role...
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Conant musical leads were 1st-grade classmatesFeb 27, 2013 12:09 pm - Retired first-grade teacher Mindy Jones couldn’t believe her eyes when she read the Daily Herald story Feb. 14 on the Conant High School production of “Legally Blonde, T...
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‘Marlon Brando at Brainerd’:Feb 26, 2013 4:49 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. Milwau...