Articles filed under Theater
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Noble Fool's 'Enchanted Evening' to feature musical classicsSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The music of Richard Rodgers and lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein comprise the score to "Some Enchanted Evening," a showcase of the duo's more memorable songs including "Shal...
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Shattered Globe's 'Menagerie' opens Sept. 4Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Shattered Globe's 'Menagerie' Shattered Globe Theatre artistic director Kevin Hagan stages Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" in the dreamy, highly theatrical sty...
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'Weekend' well acted but doesn't resonateAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Like those songs that get recorded but never make it onto the CD, some plays languish in relative obscurity, rarely making their way onto the stage. Gore Vidal's infreq...
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Hidden Talent Theater Company stages Neil Simon playAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Jim Gattone is founder and director of the Hidden Talent Theatre Company, which just opened a revival of Neil Simon's "The Star-Spangled Girl." He grew up in Glenview. H...
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Must-see productions this fallAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - No one critic can listen to every CD, read every book, review every film or see every play. And that makes for some tough choices, especially during those times like the...
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Local theater companies kick-start their seasonsAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - If you don't like the theater here, wait a few minutes. It'll change. With all due respect to Mark Twain and his oft-quoted quip about New England weather, the adage als...
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Suburban productions score big on Jeff nominationsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - There's joy in Lincolnshire today with Monday's announcement that Marriott Theatre had received 19 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations, most of them for its brilliantly r...
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In theaterAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Comedy Comedy Comedy, |at Walter Payton's Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway, Aurora: Jeff Wayne with special guest Frank Townsend; 8:30 p.m. Aug. 22 and 8 p.m. Aug. 23. Doors ...
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Theatergoers hike, bike as part of outdoor showsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Frank Farrell has the kind of problem most theater founders dream of having - success. Eleven years ago, Farrell combined his two favorite activities: theater and nature...
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'Fake Lake' entertains and educatesAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Rarely has an artistic team expressed righteous indignation as disarmingly as playwright/actor Sharon Greene and director Halena Kays express it in the Neo-Futurists' en...