Articles filed under Theater
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July 17 openings and closingsJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - What's new Azusa Productions' "Onto Infinity," David Alex's May-December romance about a young mathematician who falls in love with his former English teacher, opens tod...
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Physical shtick downplayed in 'Ado'Jul 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Actor and director Michael Goldberg knows how to move. Whether he's doing some intensely physical comic sketch or performing in one of Shozo Sato's Kabuki pieces, he mov...
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'Melville Boys' funny, but has contrived feelJul 09, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Melville Boys" sounds like a vaudeville act. Or at least something about the progeny of the author responsible for "Moby Dick." Actually, "The Melville Boys" is an...
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'Ad-rap-tation' adds plenty of funk to Bard's 'Much Ado'Jul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Shakespeare Theater plays it straight with its namesake's plays. Under artistic director Barbara Gaines, productions at CST, winner of the 2008 Regional Theatre ...
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Smoking ban snuffs out cigarettes in playJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago's smoking ban has forced the cast of "Jersey Boys" to snuff out their cigarettes. Smoking was the norm in the 1950s and 60s when the play about Frankie Valli and...
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New playwright finds audience this summerJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - For many theater people, summer is traditionally a slow time, but for David Alex, a rising, not-so-young Chicago playwright, this summer turns out to be a time of unusua...
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Letts' 'Donuts' a solid successor to 'August'Jul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Critics who had sharpened their knives in anticipation of Tracy Letts' "Superior Donuts" will have to sheath their blades. More intimate than its predecessor - the wide...
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'Ain't Misbehavin'' revival happily fills Goodman stageJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Go big or go home. Director Chuck Smith clearly had that adage in mind when he staged Goodman Theatre's revival of "Ain't Misbehavin'," the tribute to iconic jazz compos...
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'Wonka' coming to Navy PierJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Another 'Ado' Nick Sandys and Melissa Carlson play the witty, would-be lovers in First Folio Shakespeare Festival's production of Shakespeare's delicious comedy "Much Ad...
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Canceled suburban 'Ragtime' shows will go onJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The once-silenced sounds of the musical "Ragtime" will be heard in Wilmette after all-albeit indoors. Cast and crew members of a canceled Wilmette Park District producti...