Articles filed under Theater
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Drury Lane's 'Hot Mikado' full of sizzling swingAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - You might think that Gilbert and Sullivan purists would be horrified at "Hot Mikado," a jazzy 1940s-style updating of the British duo's endearing 1885 operetta "The Mika...
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Local auditionsAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - • The New Classic Singers has auditions by appointment only for its 36-member ensemble in August. Call (630) 942-2552 or e-mail lrk@newclassicsingers.org. • The Schaumbu...
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Bolingbrook comic returns to headline at ZaniesAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Local comic returns A few short years after he graduated from Bolingbrook High School, Lenny Schmidt was performing at Hollywood's Comedy Store. He returned to st...
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Mamet-speak: Eggs, coffee, the talking walrusAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Early this summer, David Mamet turned on the telecast of the Tony Awards, for which his play "Race" had received a nomination for best featured actor. After ...
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Teacher puts experience to the test in new showAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Composer David Reiser taught high school for 34 years, from 1960 to 1994. Now he has written a show about his experiences, called "The Second Oldest Profession," a music...
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'Defending the Caveman' back for a limited runAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Caveman' returns The ever-popular "Defending the Caveman," Rob Becker's humorous examination of the gender gap, returns to Noble Fool for a brief run. Friday...
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Still swinging: Director revives his hit 'Hot Mikado' at Drury LaneAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Director and choreographer David Bell first got the idea for a swing music version of "Hot Mikado" - currently in previews at Drury Lane Oakbrook - back in the mid-1980s...
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Local auditionsAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - • Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet has open auditions on Saturday, Aug. 14, for kids to perform in its annual holiday production of "The Nutcracker" at 1239 S. Nap...
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'Spider-Man' musical sets a Broadway openingAug 09, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Long hanging in limbo, the musical "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" is scheduled to spin its web later this year on Broadway. Lead producer Michael Cohl announ...
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Mel Brooks' 'The Producers' takes stage at North CentralAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - During the school year, Chris and Beth Oechsel sometimes feel like bus drivers, carting their four children from one activity to the next. Everyone is pulled in a millio...