Tuesday, November 23, 2010
THEATER REVIEW: "A Civil War Christmas" ★★ Through Dec. 19 at the North Shore Center for the Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $40-$50 at 847-673-6…
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Nutcracker" ★★★★ Through Dec. 26 by House Theatre of Chicago at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $25 at …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 06:31PM[SHARE]At an event at the Goodman Theatre Monday afternoon, the actor Brian Dennehy and the writer-performer Regina Taylor (a new resident of Chicago) were to honor Chicago's outgoing Mayor Richard…
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THEATER REVIEW: 'Home' ★★★★ Through Dec. 12, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes; Tickets: $40-60 at 773-753-4472 There are many plays…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]The Lookingglass Theatre Company canceled both its Sunday performances after Ryan Nunn, an undergraduate at Northwestern University and the actor playing Peter Pan, sprained his leg during a…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 06:04PM[SHARE] THEATER REVIEW: 'Float' ★★ Through Dec. 12, Theatre Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $25 at 773-975-8150 In Patricia Kane's new play, set in a fi…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:23PM[SHARE]Nina Metz looks at the current fashion for live sound effects in Chicago theater, and further ponders how they make sounds snap in Hollywood.
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:15PM[SHARE]Friday, November 19, 2010
THEATER REVIEW: "Memory" ★★½ Through Dec. 18 at the Viaduct Studio Theatre, 3111 N. Western Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes; Tickets: $25 at 773-296-6024 or www.backsta…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:34PM[SHARE]Robert Britton Lyons as Carl Perkins, Levi Kreis as Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Clendening as Elvis Presley and Lance Guest as Johnny Cash in the Broadway production of "Million Dollar Quartet." …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:09AM[SHARE]The Steppenwolf for Young Audiences production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has already broken box-office records. But it's also attracted more than its share of prominent audience members. At…
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Christina Anthony, far right, in the cast of "The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life" at Second City. Christina Anthony, a standout star in such stellar Second City e.t.c. productions …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 03:50PM[SHARE]Clara is played by Laura Grey in "The Nutcracker" at the Steppenwolf Theatre in fall 2007. When the House Theatre of Chicago first burst onto the Chicago scene a decade ago, several things w…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 17, 2010
THEATER REVIEW: "The Iliad" Through Dec. 19 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St.; Running time: 1 hour, 10 minutes; Tickets: $25-$30 at 312-943-8722 or www.aredorchidtheatre.org At one…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:14PM[SHARE]The Cirque du Soleil officially announced Wednesday that its latest touring production, "Ovo," will pitch its tent (as previously reported) astride the United Center, with shows beginning Ju…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 03:13PM[SHARE]A high-tech British production of "Peter Pan," which began in a tent in London's bucolic Kensington Gardens and has been eying a spot in Chicago for nearly two years, is to land in the sprin…
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THEATER REVIEW: "Winter Pageant 2010" ★★★ Through Jan. 2 at Redmoon Central, 1463 W. Hubbard St.; Running time: 1 hour, 10 minutes; Tickets: $20-$22 ($10 for children) at 3…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:29PM[SHARE]Empty seats await paying customers at The Den Theatre, Chicago's newest pocket performing-arts venue. Located on the second floor of 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Wicker Park, the wooden-floored…
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THEATER REVIEW: "The Music Man" ★★★ Through Jan. 9 at Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire; $40-$48 at 847-634-0200 or www.marriotttheatre.com When you first c…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:48PM[SHARE]The Tribune's Nina Metz carves up Craig Wright, who opened one show in New York Sunday ("Mistakes Were Made" at the Barrow Street Theatre) and one in Chicago Monday (a new version of "The Il…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:45PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 14, 2010
THEATER REVIEW: "Auctioning the Ainsleys" ★★ Through Dec. 18 at The Building Stage, 412 N. Carpenter St.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $20 at 312-491-1369 or www.dogandponychi…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:32PM[SHARE]Friday, November 12, 2010
THEATER REVIEW: "Kid Sister" ★★★½ Through Dec.19 at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway; Running time: 1 hour, 25 minutes; Tickets: $30-$35 at 773-549-1815 and www.profil…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]The two toughest tickets in Chicago right now? "Billy Elliot"? "Million Dollar Quartet"? Nope. "To Master the Art" at TimeLine Theatre, a play about Julia Child that sold out its entire eigh…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 11, 2010
"A Civil War Christmas" is in previews, and it runs Nov. 20 through Dec. 19 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; $35-$55 at www.northlight.org You could make an excellent case t…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]Cliff Chamberlain, a Chicago-based company member of the House Theatre of Chicago and a current cast member of "The Seagull" at the Goodman Theatre, has landed a lead role in a major new TV …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:41AM[SHARE]THEATER REVIEW: "The Story of My Life" ★★ Through Jan. 2 at the Victory Gardens Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; $46-$56 at 773-871-3000 and www.victorygardens.org "The Story of M…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:10AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 10, 2010
"White Noise," an edgy, Broadway-aimed musical about a white separatist singing duo, is scoping out Chicago theaters for a tryout production, its director and choreographer, Sergio Trujillo,…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Deadline Hollywood reports today that "Miraculous Year," the pilot penned by John Logan about a Broadway composer and his strange and wonderful world, has not been picked up as an HBO series…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 06:41PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 23, 2010
"Traces" plays Oct. 26 to Dec. 19 in the Broadway Playhouse, 175 E. Chestnut St.; $50-$71.50 at 800-775-2000 and www.broadwayinchicago.com The history of the traveling circus in America goes…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]Monday, October 18, 2010
THEATER REVIEW: "McMeekin Finds Out" ★★½ Through Nov. 14 in the Richard Christiansen Theater at the Victory Gardens Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 2 hours; Tick…
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