This year offers three shows running in rep June 17-July 31: My Three Angels (the The company specializes in American comedy during the summer and
Theatre Company at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. For information, call 30 or visitĪnother repertory company well worth visiting is the Summer Studio Summer’s productions are Macbeth, Twelfth Night, and Henry VIII. Presented in repertory throughout the summer, June 29-Aug. Lucky to have the Illinois Shakespeare Festival nearby, performingĪt Ewing Manor in a beautiful new outdoor theater. The Sophie Leschin Theatre at Jacksonville Community Visit JTG’s summer musical is Oliver!, presented in The production, whichįeatures Felicia Coulter and Darin Harms, plays at 7:30 p.m. In the studio space at the Jacksonville Theatre Guild office onĬollege Avenue in downtown Jacksonville. Theatergoers seeking something a little different, Mike Savage isĭirecting Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize comedy/drama, Talley’s Folly, The first showįor the kids is Sleeping Beauty (June 10, 11, 14, and 16-18) it’s followedīy Jack and the Beanstalk (June 8, 9, 12, and 14-16) and The Jungle Book (Aug. Spotlighting the music of the 1930s and ’40s.Ĭhildren’s-theater productions each summer. The new show on the schedule is Swing!, a dance show This year the company offers 42nd Street (June 8-19), Swing! (June 22-July 3), Beauty and the Beast (JulyĦ-17), Fiddler on the Roof (July 20-31), and Joseph Sullivan, where the Little Theatre on the Square continues to stage popular shows.
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Illinois’ only professional Equity summer theater is in Call the New Salem box office (21) or visit Branson performer Denny Yeary will play there July 15 andġ6, and a big-band revue, Fanfare, featuring Kittie Moller, plays Aug. Singers, Old Capitol Chorale, and the Lincoln Land Barber ShopĬhorus. AĬhoral show, presented June 24 and 25, will feature such localĬhoral groups as the Sound Celebration Chorus, the Menard County Performances of songs from the summer lineup will be presented. Nights, beginning with a musical revue (June 3 and 4) in which The outdoor stage will also host some musical
a 1970s musical by Stephen Schwartz, composer Wagon is followed by Guys &ĭolls Jr., a scaled-down production of theĬlassic musical to be performed by area youth (July 1-3 and 7-10), Little Shop of Horrors The Old West theme will work well in the New Salem setting. Theatre in the Park at New Salem (in the outdoor amphitheater)ġ950s musical has not been produced in the area in many years, and Doctorow novel set in turn-of-the-century New York) is a big The Muni has been taking more risks the pastįew years by adding new shows to the lineup, and Ragtime (based on theĮ.L. For tickets,Ĭall 217-793-MUNI, go to or visit the Sangamon Three-week run of Beauty and the Beast (Aug. This year, there’s truly something forĪlways an audience favorite and a big ticket-seller. Region are scheduling some big shows this summer, as well as some
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