11/20/08 AM Clips - Mid-West, Southwest, Mountain
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Chicago Tribune
Bumppo lands in the unfunny middle of nowhere
Lyric Opera's 'Porgy and Bess' a vivid, tune-filled tour of Catfish Row
Chicago Sun-Times
Familiarity breeds love for 'Porgy'
As with any work performed at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the titles of the arias in "Porgy and Bess" are printed as part of the synopsis in the program. But unlike most operas, even the most familiar works of Puccini and Mozart, this is one case where the audience can easily sing along.
Time Out Chicago
Doug Peck
The in-demand music director takes on Northlight's Grey Gardens.
Review: Dublin Carol @ Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Review: The Marriage of Figaro @ Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Revew: Tomorrow Morning @ Greenhouse Theater
Review: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me @ Piven Theatre
Review: Belle Barth: If I Embarrass You, Tell Your Friends @ Theo Ubique
Review: An Increasingly Un-Cordial Invitation @ Found Objects Theatre
Review: Shadowlands @ Redtwist Theatre
Review: The Unconquered @ Trap Door Theatre
Review: Tester @ 20% Theatre
Review: The Skyway Is Falling @ Illegal Drama
Daily Herald
Home turf's a kick for Rockette
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Acting out in class is company business
CLIMB actors and writers take short works on such topics as bullying, self-control and drug-use prevention to schools.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Theater review: Father D. hath seen Chanhassen's 'Altar Boyz' — and it was good
Twelve years of Catholic school taught me a lot, but it didn't necessarily give me the gift of deliberation. And so, I didn't have any second thoughts about my decision to bring a priest with me to see Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' production of "Altar Boyz" until about five minutes after we sat down.
Minneapolis City Pages
Pillsbury's Blackbird confronts sexual abuse issues
What seems like a great idea in the middle of the night can notoriously swerve in the other direction come the cold light of day. In David...
Theater Spotlight: Souvenir
Florence Foster Jenkins did not allow trifling details, such as her utter lack of talent, to derail her singing career. Incapable of carrying a...
Detroit Free Press
Intense 'Defiance' takes on war, religion, racial unrest
The Detroit Repertory Theatre had one of its biggest critical successes with John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt"
Five questions with actor Chazz Palminteri
Encore Michigan
Tickets on sale Nov. 23 for Broadway in Detroit's four hot shows
Just in time for holiday gift-giving, tickets for four hot Broadway in Detroit productions will go on sale Sunday, Nov. 23: Monty Python's Spamalot starring Richard Chamberlain, Feb. 3-15...
Tony n' Tina's Wedding celebrates a decade of hilarity
St. Louis Riverfront Times
Heat Wave: Romeo and Juliet smolders with intense lust
It is late, the party is long over. Juliet, fair daughter of the Capulets, stands on her balcony speaking dreamily to the night of her first...
A Perfect Ganesh takes us on a sluggish journey
For those of us who have not yet made that healing pilgrimage to India, a note of clarification: Ganesha is a Hindu god, the remover of...
Cleveland Scene
Chestnuts And Raisin
The Play House Revisits An American Classic
Legally Blissful
'Legally Blonde' review
Cincinnati CityBeat
Review: The Wizard of Oz
Onstage Wizard tries to mimic the classic film.
Variety Shows
After nearly four decades of dance, Philadanco still promises a fresh mix of material
CinStages Buzz Blog
Cincy native David Goldsmith's Masada opens tonight in London
Dallas Morning News
'Topdog/Underdog' actors close as siblings
Dallas Morning News Arts Blog
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Young actors to fret their hour in Cowtown
Downtown will be swarming today with funny-acting teens as the Texas Thespians open the curtain on a three-day state festival.
Houston Press
Spend some time with the provocative and bizarre Receptionist
Something quite ominous is happening at the Central Office — the mysterious workplace floating somewhere outside the walls of Theater LaB
Capsule Stage Reviews: Metamorphoses, Secret Order, Sunshine Boys, Times Square Angel
Denver Post
Rocky Mountain News
An expanded view of the Helen Keller miracle
A new generation is lining up to join 50 years worth of audiences who have learned the story of Helen Keller through the play The Miracle Worker.
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