Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Joyful noise: Steppenwolf's superb 'Choir Boy' a testament to the power of music
Jun 30, 2022 6:00 AM - Steppenwolf Theatre makes a joyful noise with its deeply affecting revival of ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney's coming-of-age play-with-music "Choir Boy."
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Theater spotlight: An American classic, an Irish drama and an epistolary love story
Jun 29, 2022 6:00 AM - American Blues revives August Wilson's American classic "Fences," City Lit stages the Irish comedy "The Playboy of the Western World," and Northlight Theatre presents the love story "Dear Jack, Dear Louise," this week in Chicago-area theater.
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Spotlight: Felicia P. Fields celebrates the blues in Writers Theatre's premiere
Jun 24, 2022 6:00 AM - Writers Theatre premieres a musical celebration of the blues starring Felicia P. Fields; the North American tour of "My Fair Lady" stops briefly in Chicago; and Story Theatre examines rebellion and Black liberation through the lens of the French Revolution, this week in Chicago-area theater.
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Goodman's 'Life After' a beautifully composed, brilliantly sung examination of love, loss
Jun 23, 2022 11:47 AM - I've seen the future of musical theater and her name is Britta Johnson, a Canadian composer/lyricist whose "Life After" is a gorgeous examination of love and loss running through July 17 at Goodman Theatre.
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James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking 'Hair,' dies at 90Jun 22, 2022 10:24 PM - James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical "Hair," which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died. He was 90.
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Broadway's 'MJ' gets a box office bump after the Tony Awards
Jun 22, 2022 5:35 PM - 'MJ,' the hit-filled Broadway musical about the King of Pop, got a huge bump at the box office after nabbing four Tony Awards and getting valuable exposure in front of millions during its electric telecast performance
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Broadway theaters to drop their mask mandate starting in JulyJun 21, 2022 4:26 PM - In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July.
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Primo cast makes Drury Lane's 'Steel Magnolias' worth seeing
Jun 17, 2022 3:18 PM - The best decision director Johanna McKenzie Miller and casting director Matthew D. Carney made concerning Drury Lane Theatre's "Steel Magnolias" was hiring this talented sextet to star in it.
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Spotlight: Cirque Italia brings pirate-themed spectacle to Aurora
Jun 17, 2022 6:00 AM - Steppenwolf Theatre stages ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney's prep school drama "Choir Boy," Cirque Italia brings its pirate-themed water circus to Aurora, and Hell in a Handbag Productions debuts its latest, a sendup of Agatha Christie's Miss Jane Marple, this week in Chicago-area theater.
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Playing 'Alice': Suburban actresses master circus arts to play title role in Lookingglass Theatre classic
Jun 16, 2022 12:02 PM - Suburban theater/circus artists Molly Hernandez and Lindsey Noel Whiting frolic and fly their way through a remount of the enchanting "Lookingglass Alice," Lookingglass Theatre's signature production that returns after a seven-year absence.
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