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Uneven, combative 'Mary' confronts bigotryFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Attribute the collective metaphoric thud at the conclusion of Goodman Theatre's world premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's “Mary” to audience members' jaws hitting the floor. E...
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What's new in theaters near and farFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - • Previews begin Friday, Feb. 18, for Piccolo Theatre Ensemble's production of “A Servant of Two Masters,” Carlo Goldoni's 18th century, commedia dell'arte about a wily ...
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Onstage: 'Au Pair Man' revivalFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Comedy of manners Donna Steele and Jim Poole star as a wealthy English woman and her Irish boy-toy in Steel Beam Theatre's revival of Hugh Leonard's “The Au Pair Ma...
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Concerts: Winter Jazz Fest at CODFeb 16, 2011 11:00 pm - Henry Johnson and The Organ Express, Two for Brazil, McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn: Jazz. 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18. $20-$30. (630...
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Fox Valley's Smoking Popes go back to school in new recordFeb 13, 2011 10:00 pm - After hearing a teen pop song on the radio one day, Josh Caterer, leader of pop-punk band the Smoking Popes, realized he'd never written any songs that take a teenager's...
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Onstage: 'Flanagan's Wake' returnsFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Cry 'til you laugh Copley Theatre revives “Flanagan's Wake,” the interactive comedy in which residents of a fictional Irish village send off a favorite son with a toast,...
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Romance fixture for musicians of the baroqueFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Lincolnshire's Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler live together, raise their 16-year-old daughter together, teach trumpet together as Northwestern University professors, p...
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Concerts: Robert Cray Band and moreFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Daily Herald report Robert Cray Band, McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn: American blues guitarist and his band perform. 8 p.m. Frid...
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What's new in theater: openings and closingsFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - • Steppenwolf Theatre's annual Garage Rep begins previews on Friday, Feb. 11, at the Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St., Chicago. Among the ensembles featu...
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Witty 'Blithe Spirit' warms up a cold winter nightFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Count on First Folio Theatre to warm up a winter evening. For six of the last seven years, the Oak Brook theater has served up thoroughly entertaining comedies that hel...