Articles filed under Theater
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Arlington Heights actor gets 'dream job'Oct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Some actors seem to hit it big overnight. But most have careers like Arlington Heights resident Gary Simmers careers that build slowly. "I have been in town for 20 year...
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Best bets: Diavolo, ski show, Kevin Pollak, Kremlin chamber orchestraOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Balancing act Described as part-dance, part-gymnastics and with plenty of spectacle, Diavolo makes an area return with a finely balanced performance amid huge set...
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'Disney's The Lion King' an all-ages spectacleOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - The opening scene of "Disney's The Lion King" provides a "wow" factor typically reserved for the finale at most Broadway musicals. The show, which opened in Chicago thi...
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'Macbeth' debuts on stainless steel set at Lyric OperaOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago Shakespeare Theater founder and artistic director Barbara Gaines is a firm believer that the ambition to obtain power and wield it over others is one of the time...
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'She Loves Me' a subtle, old-fashioned treasureOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - At a time when so many musicals are marketed as big-budget spectacles, "She Loves Me" remains a subtle, old-fashioned treasure. With music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheld...
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Maine West theater fest features five unique 1-actsOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Maine West High School drama staff and students will celebrate a diversity of playwrights' voices and a diversity of directors as they present their "Fall Festival of Pl...
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Joel Grey returns to Broadway in 'Anything Goes'Sep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Joel Grey will join Sutton Foster in a Broadway revival of "Anything Goes." Roundabout Theatre Company announced Thursday that Grey, a Tony and Academy award...
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Sly script, comic cast crack two-man 'Mystery'Sep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The best way to experience "The Mystery of Irma Vep" is to sit back, enjoy the ride and not ponder too deeply the outrageous plot, excessive exposition and narrative det...
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'Seussical' staged at Schaumburg HighSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg High School Music Department presents the musical "Seussical" Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 14-16 at the school, 1100 W. Schaumburg Road. Curtain is 7 p.m. each...
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Metropolis has a winner in delightful 'Spelling Bee'Sep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Let me begin by saying I like "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" a lot. I like the audacious premise: A group of kids, all played by adults, compete at a spell...