Articles filed under Theater
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Goodman extends enchanting ‘Jungle Book’Jul 15, 2013 2:52 pm - Goodman Theatre has extended for the third time its world premiere production of “The Jungle Book,” adapted and directed by Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman from Rud...
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‘Bye Bye Birdie’ in SchaumburgJul 12, 2013 5:47 pm - Schaumburg Park District Theater will perform the musical “Bye Bye Birdie” at 7 p.m. Friday, July 19; 6 p.m. Saturday, July 20 and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21 at the Communit...
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A marriage unravels in Steppenwolf's 'Belleville'Jul 12, 2013 5:00 am - Almost from the beginning of "Belleville," Amy Herzog's domestic drama in its Chicago area premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, stress fractures are apparent in the relation...
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Theater events: Steel Beam hosts picnic and a showJul 11, 2013 6:00 am - A picnic and a performance Steel Beam Theatre stages “Icarus' Mother,” Sam Shepard's apocalyptic one-act from 1965 about five people on a holiday picnic and the underlyi...
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Palatine theater community mourns ‘Sandy’ SandquistJul 10, 2013 2:36 pm - By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The Palatine theater community has taken another hit, with the passing of Elroy “Sandy” Sandquist, founder and driving for...
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“Jew in the City” creator coming to Northbrook TheatreJul 09, 2013 4:55 pm - Allison Josephs, whose “Jew in the City” YouTube videos have garnered more than 1 million views, is making her first Chicago area appearance Sunday, July 21, at Northbro...
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ pros wrestle with tangoJul 09, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — In a sweltering midtown dance studio, two professionals from “Dancing With the Stars” were having the tables turned on them. On this recent afternoon, they we...
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Second group of Suburban Chicago's Got Talent finalists prepare to performJul 05, 2013 6:00 am - Fifteen acts have already performed and 15 more are ready to go in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by the Daily Herald, produced by th...
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Goodman's enchanting 'Jungle Book' delights the ears and eyesJul 05, 2013 6:00 am - Sixteen months after The Goodman Theatre announced artistic associate Mary Zimmerman would helm a stage adaptation of "The Jungle Book," the highly anticipated productio...
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Much ado at Metropolis: 'Shakespeare' delivers the laughsJul 04, 2013 6:00 am - The comedy “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” certainly feels like a host production by the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, but it's not. Playing...