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‘Newsies’ kicks up some musical fun

Disney’s energized take on the 1899 carrier strike opens Friday
Elizabeth Warnimont

“Extra! Extra! Newsies win game-changing battle with big media!” Thoroughly Modern Productions brings the high drama and hijinks of turn-of-the-century, history-making paper boys—and girls—to the stage in “Newsies,” a Disney musical based on real events following the Spanish-American War of 1898. The audience can follow the fun and fury as bottom-tier newspaper employees struggle to […]

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Legally Blonde, Youth Edition

TMP brings a teen musical to the Tower
Elizabeth Warnimont

You might remember the movie version, starring Reese Witherspoon. Now, local kids are taking on “Legally Blonde” with a junior version. Watch Elle (played by Thoroughly Modern Productions newcomer Tia Wisco) overcome stereotypes and sour grapes to win herself a better beau—and a bright new career for herself to boot—overcoming obstacles and forging new friendships […]

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Part of Our World

“The Little Mermaid” swims to shore
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Disney is good at a lot of things: fostering childhoods, making billions, building theme parks, handling lawsuits and turning an existing intellectual property into spun gold again and again. Whether they are turning one of their classic films into a new theme park attraction, making direct-to-video sequels to 50-year-old cartoons or molding beloved animated movies […]

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Growing Apart Together

“The Last Five Years” deconstructs a marriage
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

“The Last Five Years,” at 2nd Street Theater, was written by Jason Robert Brown and premiered in Chicago in 2001, eventually moving Off-Broadway in 2002. That year the show won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics and was nominated for several more awards. Most recently, in 2014, Richard Lagravenese (“P.S. I Love […]

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Way Up High

The Wizard of Oz lifts the curtain
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

For many people, L. Frank Baum’s classic The Wizard of Oz is a collection of firsts. Whether it is the first movie they can ever remember seeing, the first time they remember getting scared (damn flying monkeys) or the first time they ever truly felt the wonder and power of a film. For 75 years, […]

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