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6/30/09 AM Clips - Midwest, Southwest, Mountain
By Andy Propst on Jun 30, 2009 | In Central U.S., Mid-West, Southwest, Mountain
Chicago Tribune
'Boleros for the Disenchanted' at the Goodman is Rivera's tribute to mothers everywhere
Chicago Sun-Times
Dual roles create a singular sensation
Love, marriage, machismo, immigration, generational shifts, thwarted dreams, sickness, aging and death. These are all crucial ingredients in "Boleros for the Disenchanted," the profound romantic comedy by Jose Rivera now in a gorgeously rendered production at the Goodman Theatre. Yet this simple list of themes cannot begin to suggest the depth of feeling and insight that give this play its undeniable emotional power and heat.
Tony, Tina pause for '66'
After 16 years of heading to the altar, Tony and Tina are taking a honeymoon. But they'll be back. "Tony n' Tina's Wedding," the long-running show at Pipers Alley Theater, will close July 18 and resume performances in November. Running Aug. 17-Oct. 4 will be Route 66 Theater's production of "High Fidelity," the musical based on the Nick Hornby novel and film.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Wilder Times
Kirby Bennett of Girl Friday Productions answers a handful of questions about the company's biennial production, Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth": ...
Encore Michigan
A FEW MINUTES WITH: Eric Parker of The Full Monty at the Barn Theatre
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Skylight's future might depend on the guy it dumped
The Skylight Opera Theatre continues to stagger under the weight of the public relations disaster in the wake of the firing of artistic director Bill Theisen on June 16. The social media, letter writing and e-mail campaigns to reverse that decision have maintained momentum.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lack of action means 'Heroes' can focus on character
Dallas Morning News
'The Neverending Story' at Dallas Children's Theater
Dallas Morning News Arts Blog
That's Broadway: where to eat around Broadway
It's finally summertime. Summer means vacations and vacations mean tourism.
The Boxer: One night only before it goes to New York
Matt and Kim Lyle moved to Chicago nearly a year ago, but they've stayed active with two new shows from Matt's hand at area theaters. Now they are reprising their hit The Boxer for one ...
Nickel tickets at Theatre Three
Since the current show in Theatre Three's basement, Woody Guthrie's American Song, is set mostly in the Depression, it's appropriate that the organization is offering people who ...
A little strip center with heart.
...My special strip center, my familiar, is that section on Mockingbird Lane near the Palomar Hotel.......the strip center occupied by Premiere Video and Pocket Sandwich Theater.
TheaterJones
Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel?
Woody Guthrie sang about the down-and-out. Now Theatre Three wants those who are down to have a reason to go out.
Denver Post
Arvada Center dominates with 12 Henry Awards
The Colorado Theatre Guild's fourth annual celebration of the best in Denver-area theater turned into mostly a coronation of the Arvada Center's record-obliterating "Les Miserables" on Monday night at the Space Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex.
6/29/09 AM Clips - Midwest, Southwest, Mountain
By Andy Propst on Jun 29, 2009 | In Central U.S., Mid-West, Southwest, Mountain
Chicago Tribune
Another 'Up' touches the heart
Not a jolly holiday with 'Mary' on Saturday night
Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog
'Mary Poppins' breaks down in Chicago; Nanny stuck in no-fly zone
Chicago Sun-Times
His head in and out of the clouds
Bridget Carpenter wrote her play "Up" in 2002 -- well before the current economic upheaval upended so many lives and forced people to rethink a whole lot of things about money, family, dreams, security, insecurity and all the rest.
Computer glitch sends 'Poppins' fans packing
Although Mary Poppins, that irrepressible English nanny, makes claims of being practically perfect, the computer system that drives the production now at the Cadillac Palace Theatre can't be quite as boastful.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
MN Fringe to venture into St. Paul
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Mu Performing Arts revives a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, 'Flower Drum Song'
When onetime Chinese opera purist Wang, Randy Reyes, takes the stage midway through Mu Performing Arts' "Flower Drum Song," the staid patriarch has donned a shiny white jumpsuit with the words Chop Suey stitched across it.
MinnesotaPlayList
What is the Summit of Ensemble Theaters?
Sandbox Theatre Artistic Director Ryan Hill reports back from the San Francisco meeting of the national Network of Ensemble Theaters: ...
Pay my rent
It's never going to work as long as landlords get more grant money than artists.
Encore Michigan
A wonderful summer season returns to Canton
This past week, as the thermometer crested 90, the dog days of summer officially arrived in the Detroit area. While high temperatures and humidity mark the end of the year for most theaters, one young local company is embarking on its ...
TheaterJones (TX)
My Uncle, Preston Jones
This summer, Trey Birkhead acts in a Texas Trilogy play at CTD. Here, he remembers the late playwright.
Denver Post
"Over the River" tugs at heartstrings
"Over the River and Through the Woods" gets a strong if sentimental staging at Golden's Miners Alley Playhouse that suffers only from coming so soon after last year's too similar, and similarly cast, comedy, "Beau Jest."
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