Articles filed under Theater
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Downers Grove South grad takes on physically demanding Greek legendDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - The last time I spoke with Anthony Fleming he was preparing to play the Gentleman Caller in a production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie." That was a little ...
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Director Dominic Missimi enjoys his steady role at Marriott theaterDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - In his career, director Dominic Missimi had done three other productions of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "My Fair Lady," the classic 1956 musical about a cranky...
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Two District 214 plays selected for All State festivalDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Two fall plays, Buffalo Grove High School's "Antigone" and Rolling Meadows High School's "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)," have been selected to be...
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Best bets: Nutcrackers of the week, dog show, The Met in HDDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Nutcrackers of the week Two vital versions of Tchaikovsky's classic Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker" play in Lake and DuPage Counties this weekend. Civic Ballet of Chi...
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'In the Heights' celebrates 'vibrant' communityDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago can take pride in hosting New York-bound world premieres like "The Addams Family" and Cirque du Soleil's "Banana Shpeel," but those shows are essentially unteste...
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Services set for Palatine theater founderDec 12, 2009 10:00 pm - A memorial service has been set for Susannah Kist, the 47-year-old founder of a prominent Palatine theater company. Services for the acting coach and music teacher to co...
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Marriott to revive classic 'My Fair Lady'Dec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Marriott Theatre ushers in 2010 with Dominick Missimi's revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe's classic "My Fair Lady." Kevin Gudahl plays Henry Higgins and Heid...
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'Addams Family' snappy but not flawlessDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Nathan Lane is having the time of his professional life. At least it appeared that way at Wednesday's world premiere of "The Addams Family," the big-budget, Broadway-bou...
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Local auditionsDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - • Theater D has auditions for a March production of Ken Ludwig's comic farce "Lend Me a Tenor" at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewe...
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'Children's Scientology Pageant' strikes right toneDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - While the life history and philosophical musings of science fiction writer turned Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard may not seem like appropriate fodder for a...