Articles filed under Theater
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater wins regional theater Tony AwardMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Shakespeare Theater has its roots in a 1986 production of "Henry V" performed on a pub's rooftop deck. On Tuesday, the company was named the recipient of the 200...
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'Osage County' gets 7 Tony nominationsMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The folks at Steppenwolf Theatre had to figure their chances of earning Tony Award nominations for the much-heralded dysfunctional family drama "August: Osage County" we...
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Brilliant 'Osage County' uncomfortably realMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Originally published Friday, July 13, 2007. "All happy families are alike," wrote Leo Tolstoy in his introduction to "Anna Karenina." "Each unhappy family is unhapp...
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Groovy ode to '60sMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - And the award for hardest working ensemble goes to … the women of "Shout! The Mod Musical," off-Broadway's musical salute to swingin' '60s London and the gals who made i...
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Morgan Freeman returns to Broadway to show his vulnerabilityMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Morgan Freeman has returned to Broadway with one goal in mind: to try to kill the Morgan Freeman you know and love. He's sick of playing the all-knowing cop,...
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'Ballad of Emmett Till' tough to watchMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Playwright Ifa Bayeza doesn't make things easy for an audience. Not that she should, not when she's based her play on the brief life and brutal death of Emmett Till, a b...
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Styx's DeYoung shows his stage chops in 'Hunchback'May 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Dennis DeYoung made his name in the '70s and '80s with the rock band Styx. But these days you are as likely to find DeYoung in a small theater like Chicago's Bailiwick R...
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Relationship sendup 'I Love You' still sparklesMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" hasn't been absent from Chicago-area stages for long. And before we even had time to miss it, the pop-infused musical revue by ...
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Fine acting makes 'Stones in His Pockets' a delightMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The words "physical theater" conjure images of acrobatic and athletic displays produced by Lookingglass Theatre, The Actors Gymnasium and 500 Clown, companies where acto...
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Much falls flat in Janus' Brecht reviewMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - There are so many things wrong with Janus Theatre's "The Greatest Story eBertolt: A Brecht Review" that they obscure the good intentions of Sarafina Vecchio, the show's ...