Articles filed under Theater
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Local auditionsJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - • A "Singing with the Broadway Stars" virtual contest runs through Monday, Feb. 8. The contest is for people who want to win a chance to perform alongside Broadway veter...
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Three smash musicals set to steal the spotlight in Rosemont and ChicagoJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Come Tuesday, three national tours of Broadway smash musicals hit the Chicago area on the exact same day. "Dreamgirls" starts up a two-week run at the Cadillac Palace Th...
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Steel Beam's 'Rabbit Hole' could dig a little deeperJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - A lot of critics have taken David Lindsay-Abaire's 2006 drama "Rabbit Hole" to task for having too much of a "TV Movie of the Week" feel about it. And when compared with...
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Tennis injury drives Aurora teen to the theaterJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - At 16, most teenagers aspire to little more than a driver's license, something to go driving in, and, maybe, a decent SAT score. Maybe. Teen actor Bubba Weiler of Auror...
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Production solid, but only so much can be done with 'Funny Girl'Jan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - There's a reason why "Funny Girl" - the fictionalized account of the ascent of comedienne, singer and Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice - doesn't get many revivals. And ...
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Dennehy returns to Goodman for 'Hughie'Jan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Goodman Theatre artistic associate Brian Dennehy returns to Chicago for the Broadway-bound, double bill of Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie," about a down-on-his-luck gambler se...
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Best bets: Motorcycles, mixes and The MetJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Motorcycle mania Get revved up this weekend when the Bad Boys of Racing bring the Arenacross Championships to the Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway, ...
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Connecting with the characters key to Metropolis farce 'Out of Order'Jan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Farces seem to come in only two flavors - very funny and very awful. The difference has everything to do with how the play is done. "The characters in a farce can be ve...
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New Steel Beam Theatre show handles loss with laughs, hopeJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - According to Donna Steele, director of the Steel Beam Theatre's newest production, "Rabbit Hole," this show is sure to make you feel plenty of "good" grief. The play, a...
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Local auditionsJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - • A "Singing with the Broadway Stars" virtual contest runs from Friday, Jan. 8, through Monday, Feb. 8. The contest is for people who want to win a chance to perform alo...