Articles filed under Theater
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Cheap fun: Pokemon, wedding bells and Christmas eventsNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Free Some serious Pokemon play Players will compete in one-on-one battles for the title of Pokemon City Champion at the 2010 Pokemon City Championships. Comp...
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Spidey finally soars — at least until cables snagNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Spider-Man's web has gotten tangled on Broadway. Several delays and at least two actors who were left helplessly dangling from cables high in the air marred t...
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Hoffman Estates native brings a bit of sass to 'Grease'Nov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Growing up in Hoffman Estates, Lauren Elaine Taylor starred in countless musical theater productions with Schaumburg on Stage and Schaumburg High School. One of her fav...
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'Christmas' musical could use a miracleNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - “It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” the plot of the classic, 1947 Oscar-winning film “Miracle on 34th Street” re-imagined as a stage musical ought to have a ...
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Sprawling story weighs down 'Civil War Christmas'Nov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - The setting of “A Civil War Christmas” Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve 1864 offers a rich opportunity for great storytelling. It will be, of course, President Linco...
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Christmas classics not your fancy? Theaters stage a few surprisesNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Craving a “Carol” this holiday season? No problem. But if the idea of another version of “A Christmas Carol” has you feeling a tad Scrooge-like, there are other alternat...
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Metropolis to present 'Christmas Carol'Nov 22, 2010 10:00 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre pairs its annual family-friendly, play-with-music production of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” with The Second City's seasonal sa...
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Palatine's Cutting Hall back in business after fireNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Two weeks after an electrical fire at Cutting Hall in Palatine, members of TesserAct Theatre Ensemble will be the first community group to get back on its stage, with a ...
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Tiny Tim role marks a new stage for 9-year-old actorNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Scott Calcagno was in a bind. He was preparing to direct Drury Lane Oak Brook's “A Christmas Carol” and he found himself one Tiny Tim short. “I had nobody,” said the d...
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Noble Fool stages cheery adaptation of 'Wonderful Life'Nov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Unless you've been living without American TV for the last 40 years or so, you almost certainly know the story of small-town do-gooder George Bailey as told in “It's a W...