Articles filed under Theater
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Local auditionsMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Village of Streamwood Community Relations invites local artists to participate in its "Art Appreciation Around the World" to be held on Saturday, May 1 at Poplar C...
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Latest 'Beauty and the Beast' missing some teethMar 24, 2010 11:00 pm - When the long-running off-Broadway revue "Forbidden Broadway" spoofed "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" during its Broadway run, lyricist Gerard Alessandrini satirized Dis...
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'The Madness of Oscar Wilde' at Des Plaines UCCMar 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Actor Glenn Allen Pruett and director Patricia Ansuini bring their production of "The Madness of Oscar Wilde," Wilde's pseudonymous one-man play detailing his life after...
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Roselle actress making her move in 'Chess'Mar 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Some actors spend years and years (and lots and lots of money) studying their craft. Others, like Stephanie Herman of Roselle, just act. Herman, now in her early 20s and...
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Cheap stuff: 'Harry Potter' exhibit, chocolate festMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Harry's world The Vernon Area Public Library District is hosting its new exhibition, "Harry Potter's World: Renaissance, Science, Magic and Medi...
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Broadway in Chicago hoping 'Elliot' comes close to 'Wicked,' 'Jersey'Mar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Catching lightning in a bottle isn't easy. But Broadway in Chicago has managed it twice in the last decade, first with its blockbuster "Wicked," which ran more than thre...
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This 'Beauty and the Beast' has an 'all-star creative team'Mar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Oswego native Brandon Haagenson has vivid movie-theater memories as a 6-year-old kid seeing Disney's hit 1991 animated feature "Beauty and the Beast." Now at age 24, Haa...
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Best bets: 'The Wedding Singer' comes to a stage near youMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Wedding songs Fans of Adam Sandler's 1998 film comedy "The Wedding Singer" can giggle at all the infamous fashions and trends of the 1980s live in the national to...
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Motherhood helped prepare actress for 'Ragtime' role at Drury LaneMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Acting has many downsides: low pay, few jobs and long periods of unemployment. But one of the upsides is that the craft allows for a lot of personal growth. It even, in ...
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Musician chooses art over loved ones in Metropolis' 'Side Man'Mar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - "Side Man" - Warren Leight's semi-autobiographical jazz era encomium about artistic obsession and family dysfunction - falls somewhere between an homage and an admonitio...