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Review: ‘Selling Kabul’ at Northlight Theatre is a tense and truthful story set in Afghanistan
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn “Selling Kabul,” the playwright Sylvia Khoury homes in on a recurring phenomenon of U.S....
Northlight Theatre’s 2023-24 season includes BJ Jones directing a new John Patrick Shanley play
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNorthlight Theatre in Skokie has announced its 2023-24 season. The current upcoming slate of four shows, under artistic director BJ Jones and executive director Timothy J. Evans, opens in September ...
Review: Updated ‘Dial M for Murder’ at Northlight Theatre will keep you guessing
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAs theaters try to coax back audiences, thrillers are having a sudden, surprising renaissance in Chicago theater. Drury Lane Theatre staged Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” this ...
The Cast of 'Frasier': Where Are They Now?
People via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe beloved sitcom turns 30 on Sept. 16, 2023 — and has a revival coming this year! Catch up with the series' stars, then and now NBC / courtesy Everett...
Best Chicago theater of 2023: From ‘Tommy’ to a soul opera, our top 10 shows chosen from many
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoArtistic excellence abounded in Chicago theater even as 2023 proved fiscally and structurally challenging for many companies and artists. Here’s my annual top-10 list of the year, along with ...
Review: ‘The Porch on Windy Hill’ at Northlight Theatre explores family and folk music, but has a...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“The Porch on Windy Hill,” the stiff and preachy new show at the Northlight Theatre, bills itself as “a new play with old music.” Frankly, I preferred the old music to the new play. As penned ...
Sarasota Jewish Theatre expands programs for fourth season
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCarole Kleinberg wasn’t sure what to expect when she relaunched the Sarasota Jewish Theatre in 2020...
Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum dies at 99, the oldest working actor in the country
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCHICAGO — Mike Nussbaum, acknowledged by the Actor’s Equity union as the oldest professional actor...
Top 10 theater productions in Chicago for fall 2023: Destinos, a true-crime musical and the return...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFrom a true-crime musical to Mexican wrestling to Jim Henson-designed puppets, the fall season of Chicago-area theaters includes numerous fascinating projects. Also on tap: A Pearl Cleage Festival ...
Review: ‘Brooklyn Laundry’ at Northlight Theatre is a truthful, moving story of a couple
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAs they well know at the Hallmark Channel, anytime you are watching a romantic drama — play or musical — one thing matters above all else: you have to pull for the central couple. That might ...
