Articles filed under Theater
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Despite royal treatment, Drury Lane's 'Aida' falls shortMar 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Every show needs a sturdy foundation. A solid book and score are as important to a musical as a steel frame is to a skyscraper. Without them, you're left with a house of...
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'Goat' a challenging role for suburban actorMar 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Actor and suburban native Michael Joseph Mitchell first fell in love with Edward Albee's tragic-comedy “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?” in 2002 when it was running on Broad...
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Theater openings: 'All Shook Up' and moreMar 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Rock 'n' roll romance A handsome stranger wearing blue-suede shoes and a guitar strapped to his back rides into town and captures the heart of a young girl looking ...
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‘Godspell’ makes most of intimate setting of Geneva Underground PlayhouseMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - “Godspell” was a big off-Broadway hit in the early 1970s and made just as big of a splash when it debuted on Broadway in June 1976 at the Broadhurst Theater. The use of ...
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Arts agenda: Auditions March 26 and beyondMar 23, 2011 11:00 pm - • Elgin OPERA has auditions for the Young Artist Program of the Third Community Outreach Summer Music Festival on Saturday, March 26. Auditions are by invitation only an...
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Northlight stages faithful 'Sense & Sensibility'Mar 23, 2011 11:00 pm - It is a literary truth universally acknowledged that an unmarried Jane Austen protagonist of charm, intellect and limited means must be in want of a husband. It is also ...
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Tony Award-winning playwright Lanford Wilson diesMar 23, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright of such plays as “The Hot L Baltimore,” “Burn This,” “Fifth of July” and “Talley's Folly,” has died. He ...
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Another injury rocks 'Spider-Man' musicalMar 22, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Is this the curse of the Spider-Woman? T.V. Carpio, who stepped in to replace another actress injured in Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," has now h...
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Theater events: 'Give a Mouse' at ParamountMar 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Children's story Eight children's stories make up TheatreworksUSA's musical revue “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books,” which comes to Aurora's Paramo...
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Spring brings robot opera, offbeat local theater lineupMar 22, 2011 11:00 pm - The spring theater season is up and running, with highly anticipated revivals of classics and world premieres presented on local stages. But mixed in with more tradition...