Articles filed under Theater
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Local theater: Unhappy holidays at Steel BeamApr 05, 2013 5:00 am - Moody holiday tale Steel Beam Theatre's Donna Steele directs the company's production of “The Seafarer.” Written by the great chronicler of isolation and despair, ...
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Moving Picture: Harper's award-winning acting instructor Kevin LongApr 05, 2013 4:00 am - Kevin Long believes acting is about verbs. The Harper College director of theater instructs actors to focus on being active — to effect change in other characters onstag...
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'Catch Me' a breezy if superficial musical journeyApr 04, 2013 6:00 am - The coast-to-coast tour of "Catch Me If You Can", a musical confection from 2011 about the real-life adventures of a teenage con artist, touched down this week for a bri...
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‘Little Women’ is spring show:Apr 02, 2013 5:04 pm - Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville’s not-for-profit entertainment company, presents the Broadway musical version of “Little Women”, at 7:30 p.m. April 12 and 13, and...
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Metropolis adds new comedy revues, concertsMar 29, 2013 6:01 pm - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights announced Friday a slate of recently added concerts and comedy shows for its 2013-14 season. On the bill are: ...
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Local theater: Metropolis stages musical 'Goldilocks'Mar 29, 2013 6:00 am - ‘Goldilocks' onstage Chicago Kids Company brings its musical version of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre as part of its fam...
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Suburban venue, talents gear up for Chicago Improv FestivalMar 29, 2013 6:00 am - When it comes to improv, Chicago is Mecca. But despite decades as an incubator for modern improvisation and an axis for the art form, it wasn't until 1998 that the impro...
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'Big Fish' creators hope to make a splash in ChicagoMar 29, 2013 6:00 am - Director/choreographer Susan Stroman and composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa both have a "Big Fish" story to tell - literally. Both are major creative forces behind the multi...
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John Lynn honored in MundeleinMar 28, 2013 9:27 am - Longtime Mundelein resident John Lynn, founder of the Kirk Players community theater group, received a pair of awards during Monday’s village board meeting. Lynn, who fo...
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2 guys have a ball as Michael Jackson on BroadwayMar 28, 2013 9:20 am - NEW YORK — If making your Broadway debut at age 12 doesn’t sound scary enough, imagine doing it in an iconic role. Now triple it. That’s what Raymond Luke Jr. and Jibree...