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Director Tom Mitchell makes his Heartland Theatre debut with 'Suddenly Last Summer,' the Normal troupe's season opener. Mitchell finds relevance in Tennessee Williams' timelessly salient themes — and encourages newcomers to avoid dated interpretations cemented on film.
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This year’s lineup features the musical acts, Lonestar and Sara Evans (on acoustics), as well as "Madagascar the Musical" to finish off the season.
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Nomad Theatre is theater that moves to site-specific locations for performances. And just in time for summer viewing, the Patio Plays are back and making their way around Bloomington-Normal.
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“Grease” is the word, or, at least, that’s the title of the Town of Normal’s high school theater program this year, running weekends through July 2 at the Connie Link Amphitheatre. The program marks a milestone this summer by celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a horrific echo of the Holocaust, according to the director of the new production from Heartland Theatre Company.
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Heartland Theatre’s current project is to make the most Russian of Russian plays accessible to a Bloomington-Normal audience.
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Community Players Theatre is gearing up to announce their 100th season in January. But with Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” the nearly century old organization is still experiencing firsts.
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Punk rock and Elizabethan poetry might not seem like a natural combination. But Illinois Wesleyan University makes it work in a new production of the musical, "Head Over Heels," streaming Friday through Sunday.
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The Illinois Shakespeare Festival is announcing its 45th season, returning to a full slate of three plays for the first time in two years. Summers at Ewing Cultural Center will feel a lot more normal as the festival resumes pre-pandemic operations.
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Theater students at Normal Community High School are eager to perform in person after so much time lost to the pandemic. The spring production (cross your…