Articles filed under Theater
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Things to do June 20-26: Naper Nights, Swedish Days, Wauconda Fest, Wood Dale Prairie Fest and moreJun 16, 2025 5:58 pm - Mark your calendar for Naper Nights, Swedish Days, Wauconda Fest, Wood Dale Prairie Fest, Lake Fest, concerts and movies in the park and more happening this week.
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GreenMan Theatre names cast for fifth annual ‘8 to the Bar’ play festivalJun 16, 2025 4:46 pm - Elmhurst’s GreenMan Theatre Troupe has selected cast members for “8 to the Bar 2025,” its fifth annual production of 10-minute plays to be performed July 18-20.
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Spotlight: Writers, TimeLine theaters premiere the Chicago-set ‘Dhaba on Devon’Jun 16, 2025 3:49 pm - This week in suburban theater, Writers and TimeLine team up for the world premiere of the family dramedy “Dhaba on Devon,” MadKap Productions revives “Forever Plaid.”
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Goodly Creatures returns this summer with Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’Jun 12, 2025 11:54 pm - This summer, Goodly Creature brings the hilarious romantic comedy by Shakespeare to Geneva, Elgin, Schaumburg and Elgin.
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble announces new artistic leadershipJun 12, 2025 2:07 pm - A year after longtime Buffalo Theatre Ensemble managing artistic director Connie Canaday Howard stepped down, the company named Gus Menary, co-founder of Jackalope Theatre, an off-Loop Chicago company, as the new managing artistic director. Canady Howard retired last year.
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Martians attack: The invasion of Chicago begins in the ’burbs in Lifeline’s ‘War of the Worlds’Jun 11, 2025 8:05 am - More than a dozen West and Northwest suburbs are referenced in Lifeline Theatre’s world premiere of “War of the Worlds,” adapted by ensemble member John Hildreth from H.G. Welles’ seminal sci-fi novel about a Martian invasion.
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Things to do June 13-19: Libertyville Days, Scottish Festival & Highland Games, Taste of Des Plaines and moreJun 10, 2025 9:38 am - Mark your calendar for Libertyville Days, Taste of Des Plaines, Jazz and Wine Festival at Cantigny, the Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Antioch Wizards Weekend Day, Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest, Swedish Days and more happening this week.
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Spotlight: Marriott Theatre premieres 1980s jukebox tuner ‘Always Something There …’Jun 10, 2025 9:30 am - Marriott Theatre premieres the new 1980s-set jukebox tuner “Always Something There ...,” BrightSide Theatre revives the 1970s musical “Pippin” and Aurora’s Copley Theatre welcomes The Second City’s 65th anniversary show.
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Theo’s ‘Diana’ a tribute to beloved artistic directorJun 04, 2025 9:09 am - Brenda Didier, co-director/choreographer of Theo’s regional premiere of “Diana: The Musical,” suspected the show might be co-director Fred Anzevino’s last. It was, as the longtime Chicago-area theater veteran died April 28, days after rehearsals began. Didier and the creative team and cast proceeded with the show in his honor.
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Spotlight: Women take center stage in ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes,’ ‘Always … Patsy Cline’Jun 03, 2025 10:49 am - Female-centered musicals dominate this week’s suburban openings, which include Oil Lamp Theater’s “The Marvelous Wonderettes” and Drury Lane Theatre’s revival of “Always ... Patsy Cline.”
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