Articles filed under Theater
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Buffalo Grove High School is off to see the WizardApr 18, 2012 8:19 am - Very few musicals have captured the hearts of all ages as “The Wizard of Oz.” Buffalo Grove High School’s spring production of the classic tale, with music and lyric...
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The arts come alive at Kaneland festivalApr 18, 2012 8:18 am - Imagine immersing yourself in the visual and performing arts for an entire day. Taking a workshop on glass fusing, mime performance or caricature drawing. Watching a ban...
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson takes his lumps on theater sitcomApr 17, 2012 12:00 pm - NEW YORK — Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family” might be a star now, but he remembers those awful days sweating it out in front of casting directors. “I've had many h...
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Alterations add to the fun in 'The Pirates of Penzance'Apr 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Purists of the 19th century comic operettas by playwright W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan probably won't be pleased by the cuts, changed vocal keys and just pl...
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Goodman Theatre to stage latest by 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria HudesApr 16, 2012 6:27 pm - Goodman Theatre will stage the latest from 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes as part of its previously announced 2012-2013 season. Hudes’ play “Water by t...
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Arts winners include posthumous PulitzerApr 16, 2012 5:25 pm - NEW YORK — The late Manning Marable won the Pulitzer Prize for history Monday, honored for a Malcolm X book he worked on for decades but did not live to see published. F...
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'Being Shakespeare' a labor of love for CallowApr 14, 2012 11:00 pm - British actor/author/director Simon Callow ("Shakespeare in Love," "A Room With a View"), can sometimes guess what films people will recognize him from based upon the co...
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One more chance to see Buffalo Grove ‘Expressions’Apr 14, 2012 6:00 am - The Buffalo Grove High School Expressions show choir has completed an award-winning competition season, capturing Grand Champion, Best Vocals and Best Band in three of t...
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Last chance to see ‘Seussical’Apr 13, 2012 7:19 pm - A final performance of “Seussical the Musical” is on tap Saturday, April 14, at St. Peter Lutheran School in Arlington Heights. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. at the school, 111 ...
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Fox Valley's frothy 'Breaking Up' misses the jukebox barApr 13, 2012 6:00 am - “Sedaka is back.” Toni Tennille, one half of the 1970s pop duo Captain and Tennille crooned that phrase during the fadeout on “Love Will Keep Us Together,” their 1975 d...