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Starlight debuts Chicago June 2-5
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For years, it has been the most requested musical by fans of Rock Valley College’s (RVC) Bengt Sjostrom
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Theater Review: Chuck Smith directs The Good Negro at The Goodman
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
Resident Director Chuck Smith’s career in theater reflects his lifelong devotion to the arts. His directing
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Theater Review: Italian American Reconciliation–a smashing close to a successful season
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
Artists’ Ensemble has chosen an outstanding work for their current show. Although John Patrick Shanley is of
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Pec Playhouse hosts Children’s Theatre Camps
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PECATONICA, Ill.—Calling all young actors! Ever wonder what it’s like to be on stage? This June and August,
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Theater Review: Main Street Players continues season at Clock Tower
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
Main Street Players have successfully staged their season in a new venue and are drawing good audiences.
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Theater Review: Billy Elliot settles into long run at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre
By Bill Beard
Chicago has waited a long time for Billy to come to town; Billy Elliot the Musical, that is.
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Main Street Players presents Let’s Murder Marsha at Clock Tower
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Main Street Players of Boone County will present its next production, Let’s Murder Marsha, May 7-9, May 14-16
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Theater Review: Joseph’s coat fits well at Fireside Theatre
Editor’s note: The following review was written prior to the end of the show’s run May 2.
By Bill Beard
If you
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Theater Review: Cabaret plays at Keith Country Day School
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
More and more students are given the opportunity to hone their talents while still in school. This
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Theater Review: Chicago’s Goodman Theatre features fantastic tech effects
Editor’s note: The following review was written prior to the end of the show’s run April 18.
By Bill Beard
I have
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream set for April 16-18 at New Sullivan Theater
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Who doesn’t enjoy watching fairies flit about to the amazing music of Felix Mendelssohn? Add Shakespeare’s favorite comedy,
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Pec Playhouse holds auditions for Oklahoma!
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PECATONICA, Ill.—Pec Playhouse Theatre (PPT) will hold auditions for their summer musical Oklahoma! from 2 to 4 p.m.,
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Byron Civic Theatre stages The Producers beginning April 23
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BYRON, Ill.—Byron Civic Theatre’s (BCT) upcoming production of The Producers has so much talent, it can barely be
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Rockford Dance Company presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Who doesn’t enjoy watching fairies flit about to the amazing music of Felix Mendelssohn? Add Shakespeare’s favorite comedy,
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Theater Review: Artists’ Ensemble presents Might Have Gone Fishing
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
Rufus Cadigan’s intensely dramatic play, Might Have Gone Fishing, keeps the audience completely enthralled at Artists’ Ensemble’s
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Theater Review: Victory Gardens’ Blue Door—the story of a family’s history
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
Victory Gardens’ unique history of staging original works has given playwrights the opportunity to see their plays
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Rockford College to stage A Midsummer Night’s Dream Feb. 25-28
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The play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare will be performed Feb. 25-28 at Rockford College’s Maddox
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Theater Review: Main Street Players presents I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at Clock Tower
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
Main Street Players of Boone County’s current production has been mounted in the Clock Tower Resort Theatre
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Theater Review: The Big Broadcast plays to an appreciative audience
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
The entire ensemble joined in an evening of music and comedy that thoroughly entertained its audience in
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Theater Review: Brian Dennehy and Robert Falls—a 25-year collaboration
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
The Goodman Theatre is the setting for a relationship between two giants in theater. For 25 years,
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Theater Review: Titanic: Tragedy & Trial—a student production at Keith Country Day School
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
James F. Radloff Jr. as head of the Theater Department at Keith Country Day School continues to
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Theater Review: The Marx Brothers are back in Animal Crackers at Goodman
By Edith McCauley
Theater Critic
The top show now running in Chicago, Animal Crackers, is playing to sold-out houses. An adaptation of
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Theater Review: William Petersen returns to Chicago to star in Blackbird
William Petersen last performed at Victory Gardens Theater in 1998 and returns to appear in David Harrower’s Blackbird, a gripping
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Theater Review: Timber Lake Playhouse opens Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
When the original film version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels came out in 1988, it offered something of a new take
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Theater Review: Boleros for the Disenchanted—a Puerto Rican love story
Boleros for the Disenchanted is a true love story based on the lives of playwright José Rivera’s parents. Living in
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