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From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Date: 20040618
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Outside, looking in

Theater-loving bus driver Alfie Byrne sacrifices his reputation and scandalizes 1960s Dublin when he tries to stage Oscar Wilde's controversial "Salome" in the new musical "A Man of No Importance," by Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

The last preview is today. "A Man of No Importance" opens Monday at 595 Elm Place, Highland Park. (847) 432-4335.

Way to go, Ohio

About Face and Steppenwolf Theatre companies join forces for the Midwest premiere of "Winesburg, Ohio" a new musical inspired by Sherwood Anderson's coming-of-age ...

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