Entertainment Columns
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Spotlight: Cirque du Soleil brings 'Corteo' to Hoffman Estates' NOW ArenaMay 26, 2023 6:00 am - Cirque in the 'burbs Cirque du Soleil returns to Chicago for the first time in four years with its production of "Corteo." The show, which last played here in 2006, feat...
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Grab a lawnchair: Suburban concert series tuning up for the summerMay 25, 2023 6:00 am - As summer pokes its head around the corner, suburban organizers are packing their calendars with outdoor musical events in local parks, cruise nights and other regular c...
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Delightful 'Dream': Teatro Vista's world premiere 'silent musical' is a poignant tale of loveMay 24, 2023 3:00 pm - “The Dream King” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Exiting the Chopin Theatre Saturday following Teatro Vista's thoroughly entertaining “The Dream King,” it occurred to me writing a review of t...
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Overly long 'Little Mermaid' remake is far less fun than its 1989 animated originalMay 24, 2023 6:00 am - “The Little Mermaid” - ★ ★ Just wondering: Why do all the superbly detailed underwater scenes with CGI production designs look like outtakes from “Avatar: The Way of Wa...
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art's Andy Warhol exhibition among the summer's most anticipated cultural eventsMay 21, 2023 6:00 am - Among the suburbs' most anticipated cultural events this summer is the Cleve Carney Museum of Art exhibition "Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop/Works from the Bank o...
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Spotlight: Renegade couple journeys across the Midwest in Lookingglass' 'Honeymoon'May 19, 2023 6:00 am - Dream man When she was 13, actress/writer Victoria Montalbano discovered her ideal man, "Star Wars" hero Han Solo, and she's been looking for his real-life counterp...
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TimeLine's four-star 'What the Constitution Means to Me' as timely as everMay 17, 2023 11:00 pm - “What the Constitution Means to Me” - ★ ★ ★ ★ A sense of urgency underscores “What the Constitution Means to Me,” Heidi Schreck's thought-provoking examination of the Co...
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Talent for baking for others leads Barrington High alum to 'The Great American Baking Show'May 17, 2023 6:00 am - I am so excited to tell you all about Nirali Chauhan, a talented, kind and brilliant young woman I have known since she was in elementary school and who you can get to k...
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Spotlight: Court Theatre revives 'Gospel at Colonus'May 12, 2023 6:00 am - Kane Rep returns Kane Repertory Theatre returns with "On An Average Day," John Kolvenbach's two-hander about estranged brothers who reunite to examine their shared, trag...
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Star power: Metropolis' stellar 'Ragtime' cast makes an impressionMay 11, 2023 10:15 am - “Ragtime” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Chicago-area theatergoers may not be familiar with the singer/actors performing in Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's first-rate revival of “Ragtime...