Articles filed under Theater
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Acclaimed 'Bountiful' concludes Goodman's salute to Horton FooteMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Trip to Bountiful" makes no grand pronouncements. Yet Horton Foote's bittersweet play, a study in character about an elderly woman returning to her childhood home ...
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'Sweet Charity,' 'Match' opening soonMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Hey, big spender A dance hall gal with a heart of gold and a penchant for picking the wrong guy bumbles through assorted romances in "Sweet Charity." Jim Corti directs D...
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'Solo Tu' is 'by Latinas, about Latinas'Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - It takes courage to allow audiences to scrutinize the deeply personal and even painful, such as botched surgeries and failed pregnancy attempts. Tanya Saracho and Coya P...
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Arts agendaMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - • Steel Beam Theatre has auditions for Yasmina Reza's award-winning comedy "Art" at 6 p.m. March 16 at 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. Three men over 30 are needed. Prepar...
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Director sees himself in 'Match' characterMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - When Chicago director Steve Scott read Stephen Belber's play, "Match" (opening Saturday at the Highland Park-based Apple Tree Theatre), he saw a bit of himself in the ma...
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'Solo Tu' nurses images of motherhoodMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Are there women who have never given any thought to motherhood? Unlikely. Whether they intend to ever have children, and whether natures cooperates or puts the brakes, m...
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Pioneering choreographer Giordano diesMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - August Thomas ("Gus") Giordano, the award-winning choreographer and founder of Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, died from pneumonia Sunday in Chicago. He was 84. "His vision...
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Spunky Circle Theatre stages equally spunky 'Can-Can'Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - You have to admire spunky Circle Theatre. The company's tiny Forest Park storefront doesn't allow artistic director Kevin Bellie to stage musicals on the same scale as s...
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New on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Greasy Joan & Co. begins its 12th year with Moliere's "The Misanthrope," a satire on aristocrats whose empty lives revolve around gossip. The play opens today at the Ath...
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Still on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Foote fest finale Goodman Theatre concludes its Horton Foote festival with "The Trip to Bountiful," a delicate drama about a widow returning to her childhood home for a ...