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Best bets: Beatles tribute 'Rain' comes to Rosemont

Posted October 22, 2013 6:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

“Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles,” a Fab Four show that has toured all over the world, returns to the Chicago area for two performances at the Rosemont Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 26.

Beatlemania

The acclaimed Beatles tribute show“Rain” comes to the suburbs after playing Broadway for an extra two shows this Saturday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Road, Rosemont. $24.50-$59.50. (800) 745-3000 or rosemonttheatre.com. 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26

Wild Willey

Soap opera star Walt Willey (“All My Children”) appears in his one-man show, “Wild Bill! An Evening with James Butler Hickok,” this weekend at Fox Valley Repertory at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. (630) 584-6342 or foxvalleyrep.org. 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, and 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26

Dance to it

New works by choreographers Roni Koresh and Autumn Eckman are on the bill for Giordano Dance Chicago's fall engagement that also includes revivals of Liz Imperio's “La Belleza de Cuba,” Brock Clawson's “Give and Take” and Kiesha Lalama's “Alegria” this weekend at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago. $15-$60. (312) 334-7777 or giordanodance.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26

Alpacas aplenty

Those lovable llama-like animals compete and are on display at the 2013 Illinois Alpaca Show this weekend at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 Peterson Road, Grayslake. No admission charge. (847) 680-7200 or (815) 482-1298 or illinoisalpacashow.com. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27

By a nose

A Russian bureaucrat's honker separates itself and goes on the run in Shostakovich's operatic comedy “The Nose.”See the acclaimed William Kentridge-designed production in select movie theaters this Saturday and Wednesday as part of The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series. Ticket prices vary by venue, but largely $24. Visit fathomevents.com for exact locations. 11:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26; taped encore 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30

Joy of sax

Young saxophone sensation Vincent Ingala performs a jazz concert this Saturday in the intimate Montrose Room at the InterContinental O'Hare Hotel, 5300 N. River Road, Rosemont. $29. (847) 544-5300 or montroseroom.com. 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26

Raised voices

Get an earful of sung praises when the Harlem Gospel Choir performs Saturday at the Edman Memorial Chapel at Wheaton College, 401 E. Franklin Ave., Wheaton. $45; $40 students/seniors. (630) 752-5010 or wheaton.edu. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26

Plan Ahead

Power vocals

Broadway veteran and vocal recording star Linda Eder (“Jekyll and Hyde”) performs in concert on Saturday, Nov. 9, at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. $58-$75. (847) 673-6300 or northshorecenter.org. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9

Bronx to Broadway

Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri (“Bullets Over Broadway,” “Modern Family”) performs his one-man Broadway show “A Bronx Tale” on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $49-$89. (630) 962-7000 or oshows.com. 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10

The 2013 Illinois Alpaca Show is in Grayslake Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26 and 27. Daily Herald File Photo

Soap opera star Walt Willey appears in his one-man show Wild Bill! An Evening with James Butler Hickok at Fox Valley Repertory in St. Charles.

Saxophonist Vincent Ingala performs in concert at the Montrose Room in Rosemont on Saturday, Oct. 26.

William Kentridges multimedia staging of Shostakovichs comic opera The Nose is screened to movie theaters around the world on Saturday, Oct. 26. Courtesy of Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Kiesha Lalamas 2011 piece Alegria returns to the repertory of Giordano Dance Chicago, which performs at Millennium Parks Harris Theater for Music and Dance on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 and 26. Courtesy of Gorman Cook/Giordano Dance Chicago

Liz Imperios 2013 piece La Belleza De Cuba is featured in the repertory of Giordano Dance Chicago, which performs at Millennium Parks Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 and 26. Courtesy of HMS Media

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