Articles filed under Professional Theater
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Rock icon Melissa Etheridge announces solo off-Broadway showAug 15, 2022 9:05 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rocker Melissa Etheridge has found a new stage: The Grammy- and Oscar-winner will unveil a solo show mixing her music and stories off-Broadway. 'œMelissa...
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Coming out, coming of age, coming to terms in four-star 'Fun Home' at CopleyAug 25, 2022 8:40 am - “Fun Home” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Most musicals have what is commonly known as an 11 o'clock number: the showstopper that typically occurs late in the second act and centers on the ...
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Spotlight: Curious Theatre Branch stages two-handers as part of its 'Back at the House' showcaseAug 16, 2022 6:17 am - 'Back at the house ...' Curious Theatre Branch showcases plays by Jenny Magnus, Myle Yan Tay and Beau O'Reilly as part of "Back at the House ... With or Without Roommate...
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Wheaton actor/director/educator returns to the stage in Copley Theatre's 'Fun Home'Aug 18, 2022 8:58 am - Late last year, theater artist and former BoHo Theatre artistic director Stephen Schellhardt stepped away from the theater that had been his artistic home for six years....
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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolitionAug 05, 2022 2:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood's famed Pan...
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Pandemic-delayed 'Devil Wears Prada' opens in Chicago, and its creatives couldn't be happierAug 11, 2022 9:34 am - It was the first table read for “The Devil Wears Prada,” the Broadway-bound musical premiering at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, and co-star Taylor Iman Jones w...
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Spotlight: 'Kitties in Space' soars into Otherworld TheatreAug 09, 2022 6:15 am - Felines in space In a future where humans are extinct and pets have enhanced intelligence, cat buddies Socks and Mittens "go where no cat has gone before" in Otherw...
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Lead performer makes a joyful noise in Metropolis' revival of 'Sister Act'Jul 31, 2022 8:53 am - “Sister Act” - ★ ★ ½ “Sister Act,” the musical adapted from the film starring Whoopi Goldberg as an unwitting witness to a mob hit forced to hide out at a convent, requi...
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Spotlight: Paramount's BOLD series stages coming-of-age tuner 'Fun Home'Jul 31, 2022 8:49 am - Welcome 'Home' Paramount Theatre's BOLD series continues with a revival of the Tony Award-winning chamber musical "Fun Home," a coming-of-age/coming-out story based on A...
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Cyndi Lauper says 'Kinky Boots' offers hope for a new timeJul 26, 2022 10:05 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three years after it closed on Broadway, the musical 'œKinky Boots'ť returns to New York City. The show may not have changed, but the country has. The Cy...