Articles filed under Theater
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Goodman's superb 'Swing State' examines grief, loss in America's heartland while offering a glimmer of hopeOct 19, 2022 6:00 pm - "Swing State" - That Goodman Theatre's superb "Swing State" moves audiences from laughter to tears is no surprise. Plenty of plays do that. What is noteworthy ab...
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2021-2022 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award winnersOct 17, 2022 10:30 pm - The 54th Anniversary Joseph Jefferson Equity Award recipients are: • Production - Play (large) - The Dr. Harlan Haimes Award "Good Night, Oscar" - Goodman Theatre • Prod...
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Masterful turn in 'Good Night, Oscar' earns Glen Ellyn's Sean Hayes his first Jeff AwardOct 17, 2022 1:00 am - This article has been updated to correct the gender of composer Pornchanok Kanchanabanca. Emmy Award-winner and Glen Ellyn native Sean Hayes picked up his first Jo...
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Audition for 'Matilda' set for Oct. 22-23 in NapervilleOct 16, 2022 11:00 pm - Magical Starlight Theatre, a program of the Naperville Park District, will hold auditions for its January 2023 musical, "Matilda," on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 22-23, at...
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Paramount's 'Bull: a love story' shows promise, but needs streamliningOct 14, 2022 3:30 pm - "Bull: a love story" - In December 2020, Paramount Theatre established the Inception Project, a new play development program to support Black, Indigenous, People of ...
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Spotlight: Chester Gregory salutes soul music legends at the Metropolis Performing Arts CentreOct 14, 2022 6:00 am - 10th anniversary, take two BrightSide Theatre revisits its pandemic-interrupted 10th anniversary season with a revival of "She Loves Me," the Jerry Boch-Sheldon Harnick ...
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'Daisy' finally blooms to open 59th season at Village Theatre GuildOct 13, 2022 11:00 pm - The Village Theatre Guild opens its 59th season with "Daisy" by Sean Devine. This production goes behind the scenes of the real-life story of the New York advertising a...
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Team picked to make 'A Wrinkle in Time' into stage musicalOct 13, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - 'œA Wrinkle in Time,'ť the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera,...
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Team picked to turn 'A Wrinkle in Time' into a stage musicalOct 13, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - "A Wrinkle in Time," the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, sever...
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Overachieving siblings disappointed with work, personal lives seek remedies in satirical 'Tiger Style!' at Writers TheatreOct 12, 2022 6:00 pm - “Tiger Style!” - ★ ★ ½ The overachieving siblings at the center of Mike Lew's witty, satirical “Tiger Style!” are unhappy and out of place. Albert Chen, a Harvard Unive...