Articles filed under Theater
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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 ...
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Sister's act is holy riotMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - If any nun could solve all the world's problems in one night, Sister could. We don't learn the first name of the nun who holds sway in "Put the Nuns in Charge!" During t...
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Arabs in AmericaMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Compromise and obligation. The twin challenges budding artists confront prove especially acute for minorities. Should they alter their work to ensure commercial succes...
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Marriott pares down 'Seussical' for kidsMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - When "Seussical" director Rachel Rockwell talks about creating shows that appeal to younger viewers, she knows what she's talking about. She has a 2½-year-old at home na...
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Redtwist gives Albee's 'Woolf' an intimate, up-close feelMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The set for redtwist theatre's revival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" looks nothing like you'd expect. Designer Anders Jacobson does away with the...
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'Heat Wave' suffers meltdown on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - As a critique of a civic disaster, "Heat Wave" sizzles. As theater, it sputters. Not because it lacks a compelling story, but because it fails to tell that story in a c...
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Good year on tap for theatersMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The 2008-2009 season announcements from Chicago's Court, Goodman and Steppenwolf theaters include a couple of coups and the return of some local favs, making for what lo...
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'Corpse!' builds in laughs as the night, and bodies, add upMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - What would the theater be without identical twins? Shakespeare sprinkled them generously into his plots, and British farces like "Corpse!" rely on them to keep audiences...
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No stopping playwright's 'Rain'Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The cardinal rule of theater is that you should always leave them wanting more. Chicago Dramatists followed that maxim when it closed its popular and critically acclaime...
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AuditionsFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - • Music On Stage of Palatine is seeking directors and choreographers for its 2008-2009 season. The season begins with "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," con...