Articles filed under Theater
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'Jersey Boys' brings the crowd to its feetOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - There is no Sherry, no Dawn, no Marianne in "Jersey Boys." There are no big girls crying. "Jersey Boys" doesn't entirely conform to the jukebox formula, namely a score c...
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Critics notebookOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Here is a look at currently running plays recently reviewed by the Daily Herald. "Between Barack and a Hard Place," Second City Theatre, 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago. ...
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Oracle scares up a seasonal spectacleOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Oracle Productions presents its second annual multisensory Halloween scare, "Disturbed II," an adults-only event combining live action, multimedia and Grand Guignol-...
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Theater openingsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Strawdog Theatre opens its 20th season with "Aristocrats," the Chekhov-inspired drama by Brian Friel ("Faith Healer") about a once upper-class Irish family reuniting...
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Area actor's credibility grows as directorOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder is best known as an actor, most notably in the acclaimed Steppenwolf production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner" and The Goodman's...
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Strong performances save dated musical 'I Do! I Do!'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - I had high expectations for American Theater Company's revival of "I Do! I Do!," coming as it does on the heels of American Theater Company's innovative, critically accl...
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Potential fulfilled in powerful 'Passion'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Watching Chicago Shakespeare Theater's intimate revival of "Passion," I was struck again by the brilliance of Stephen Sondheim's rhapsodic score, whose haunting ...
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AuditionsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Arts agenda • The Lyric Opera of Chicago holds auditions for supernumeraries (extras) and a male actor to play Lt. Bush for its winter production of John Adams and ...
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Let's hear it for the boyzOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The guys were preaching to the choir at Sunday's opening of "Altar Boyz." The knowing laughter coming from the enthusiastic crowd at Chicago's Drury Lane Water T...
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Out & AboutOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - "Playhouse Disney Live," at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemo...