Articles filed under Theater
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High 'Five'Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - It's great to have the intimate relationship musical "The Last Five Years" back in the Chicago area again. It had its world premiere at Skokie's Northlight Theatre in 20...
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Theater newsApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - What's new: Previews continue through Sunday for American Theater Company's "Speech and Debate," Steven Karam's ("columbinus") comedy about high school misfits who expos...
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Theater newsApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - What's new: Bailiwick Repertory presents "Die! Mommie Die!" Charles Busch's satire on campy, 1960s bad momma melodramas. Previews continue through Sunday. The show opens...
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Vexing theaterApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When you ask Rich Geiger, artistic director of Vex Theater, when he began working in theater, the co-founder of Palatine's newest (and only) non-Equity theater company w...
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Family's struggles at the heart of 'Four Places'Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Decisions about living arrangements for aging parents are so universally stressful that "Four Places" makes most audience members squirm. Alcoholism and infidelity comp...
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Inventive staging saves meandering 'Passage'Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It's easy to see the allure of bringing E.M. Forster's classic 1924 novel "A Passage to India" to the stage. The Asian setting allows for plenty of color and theatricali...
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TV sitcom actor joins SteppenwolfApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Michael McKean recently joined the cast of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's upcoming summer production of "Superior Donuts," the newest play by ensemble member Tracy Letts,...
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'Driving Miss Daisy' gets a tuneup at First FolioApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Major events may throw people together, but minor moments build relationships. A kind word, a small but thoughtful gesture, the seemingly inconsequential niceties repea...
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'Dead Man's Cell Phone' connects despite staticApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Sarah Ruhl's "Dead Man's Cell Phone," in its Chicago premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, begins with an intriguing premise. A woman, annoyed by the incessant ringing of her...
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'Vanished' holds audience with soap-opera intrigueApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The premise of "Babes With Blades," a Chicago theater company that showcases women in combat, sounds intriguing enough to promise -- at a minimum -- something out of the...