Articles filed under Theater
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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 ...
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Theater events: Two actors play a dozen characters in 'Stones'Mar 08, 2013 5:00 am - Northlight's ‘Stones' A pair of down-on-their-luck locals get roles as extras in a big-budget movie being filmed in their small Irish town in Marie Jones' two-hander “St...
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'Jekyll & Hyde' helps bring back extensive pre-Broadway toursMar 08, 2013 5:00 am - In the next few weeks, Chicago's downtown theater district will be home to a bonanza of Broadway musicals. Constantine Maroulis and Grammy Award-nominated R&B diva Deb...