Articles filed under Theater
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Signal's take on search for passion comes up solidNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - "Old Wicked Songs" makes for a pleasant, if predictable duet. Jon Marans' two-character play about a hotshot American piano prodigy who's lost his passion and the aging...
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Fast-paced sex farce raises director's profileNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Let's all do director Sean Graney a favor and dispense once and for all with the "wunderkind," "auteur" and "up-and-comer" tags. For years writers described h...
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Recently announced showsNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Following is a list of recently announced shows. Ticket prices do not reflect service or handling fees. XXXmas Fiestivisimo VII featuring Elfvis, Imperial Battlesnak...
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Noble Fool's 'Every Christmas' the anti-holiday taleNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Call Noble Fool Theatricals' "Every Christmas Story Ever Told" a clever revolt against the same old holiday shows. Or hold it up as another sign of Americans succumbing ...
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Theater dispute talks to resumeNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Facing the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday week, striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers go back to the bargaining table Saturday in an effort to s...
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Flatley to try for Lord of 'Dancing with the Stars'Nov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Michael Flatley will take the stage on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" next week. Flatley, 49, is the former star of the Irish dance spectacle "Riverdance." H...
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Musical choreography makes the most of 'Seven Brides'Nov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Choreographer Michael Kidd had an MGM soundstage on which to work his magic in the 1954 movie musical "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." Director/choreographer Kevin Be...
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Jeffrey Hatcher brings two plays to Chicago areaNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Theater, like life, is not fair. Not every great actor is famous. Not every prolific playwright is a household name. Jeffrey Hatcher, for example, wrote (with Mitch Albo...
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AuditionsNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - • Auditions for a February production of the musical "The Fantasticks" are 6:30 p.m. Nov. 26 and 27 at the Robert W. Rolek Community Center, 814 Hart Road, Round Lake. ...
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Rosen hits target with look at Chicago theaterNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to Chicago theater, writer/director Eric Rosen knows his subject. The About Face Theatre co-founder and artistic director, who leaves Chicago next year to...