Theater
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Spotlight: Theater collaborations make new digital premieres possible
Jul 31, 2020 5:32 AM - Collaboration defines this week's digital theater productions including "Alas" by Trap Door Theatre and its sister company in Barcelona and "A Kids Play About Racism," co-produced by 37 American children's theaters including Chicago Children's Theatre. -
No Shakespeare in the park this summer? 12 adaptations to stream instead
Jul 31, 2020 5:31 AM - If you are missing Shakespeare in the park this summer, you can always turn to the many film adaptations of his work.
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Best Bets: Scottish Festival & Highland Games moves online
Jul 30, 2020 1:00 PM - Watch "heavy sports" competitors during the 2020 Virtual Scottish Festival & Highland Games, catch "Incredibles 2" from your car at Aurora's Blackberry Farm or enjoy an outdoor parking lot performance by Brit Beat at Skokie's North Shore Center. -
COD College Theater to hold virtual auditions for fall productions
Jul 29, 2020 1:48 PM - Virtual auditions will be held for the College of DuPage College Theater's fall productions of "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later" and "A Christmas Carol." -
Musical tribute to Judy & Liza canceled
Jul 27, 2020 6:20 PM - The resumption of theater in the Chicago area in the form of a Judy Garland/Liza Minnelli tribute was short-lived. The restaged remount of "Judy & Liza -- Once in a Lifetime: The London Palladium Concert -- A Tribute" -- closed after three performances due to condemnation from the theater community and sparse attendance. -
Chicago's Manual Cinema marks 10 years of theatrical storytelling with online 'Retrospectacular!'
Jul 26, 2020 7:00 AM - After 10 years, Chicago's Manual Cinema -- a multimedia, multidisciplinary theatrical ensemble rooted in cinematic techniques -- creates the kind of art its founders "want to see in the world." -
AP PHOTOS: Ancient Greek theaters return to life in pandemic
Jul 25, 2020 7:00 AM - The ancient theater of Epidaurus, renowned for its acoustics, has reopened for a limited number of open-air performances, with organizers planning a live-streamed event Saturday for the first time in the Greek monument's 2,300-year history
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Albright Community Theatre stage goes dark until 2021
Jul 25, 2020 7:00 AM - The show must go on. Until it shouldn't. Like many others, the Albright Community Theatre board in Batavia has decided to close operations until the 2021 season. Hopefully, the COVID-19 story will be in everyone's rearview mirror, or at least under far better control.
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COD Summer College Theater to put on original production 'Every Day is Zoom Day!'
Jul 24, 2020 4:09 PM - College of DuPage's Summer Repertory Theater will virtually present an original production, "Every Day is Zoom Day!," highlighting the resiliency of the human spirit in a COVID-19 world. The performance will stream live on the COD College Theater webpage at 7 p.m. Friday, July 24. -
Best bets: Race down new Aussie Mat Dash starting Monday at Raging Waves
Jul 24, 2020 3:12 PM - Will you be the fastest down the new Aussie Mat Dash water slide opening Monday at Raging Waves Waterpark? That's just one of the fun things happening this week in the suburbs.
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