Articles filed under Theater
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Letts' portrait of family dysfunction 'Osage' as powerful as everFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - When Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2007, I called it a love letter to the women of Steppenwolf. The actor/playwright tailored h...
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A feast of Rodgers and Hammerstein at Palatine concertFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - With songs from every Broadway musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein ("Oklahoma", "The Sound of Music", "Carousel", "South Pacific" and "The King and ...
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Buffalo Grove High to perform Steve Martin playFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Buffalo Grove High School will present a play written by comedic genius Steve Martin, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 4-6, in the school th...
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Local auditionsFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - • Big Noise Theatre has auditions for the 2005 Elvis Presley jukebox musical "All Shook Up" at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8 and 9, at the Winnetka Community House, ...
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Delightful 'Jeeves' makes welcome return to First FolioFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - If actors could copyright a role and claim it as their own, Jim McCance deserves first dibs on Jeeves, the unflappable gentleman's gentleman created by British humorist ...
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Ferrante treats audiences to 'An Evening with Groucho'Feb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Actor/writer Frank Ferrante treats audiences to "An Evening with Groucho," including the famous comedian's best-loved one-liners and anecdotes along with tunes like "Lyd...
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'Love Song' struck a chord with Glen Ellyn directorFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Bryan Burke defies the Chicago theater stereotype. He doesn't live in the city (he lives in Glen Ellyn). He is not right out of college (he graduated in 1986). And he is...
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Celebrate Groundhog Day in city where movie was shotJan 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie 'Groundhog Day' Get into the spirit of Groundhog Day just a bit early by attending a free screening of the 1993 film "Groundhog Day" - in the town where the movi...
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Return of 'August: Osage County' just the latest turn for playwright LettsJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - A happy coincidence. That's how actor/playwright Tracy Letts describes the convergence of his professional life onstage in Chicago, where his Pulitzer Prize- and Tony A...
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Dennehy delivers double shot of dramaJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - In a 2008 interview with the Daily Herald, Brian Dennehy described Eugene O'Neill's gaze into the human soul as unblinking. One can say the same thing about Dennehy as ...