Performing Arts
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Steppenwolf's 'Up' pits dreamer against pragmatistJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Bridget Carpenter's "Up" unfolds not as a soaring statement about the pursuit of dreams, but as a more grounded admonition about sustaining balance in one's life: about ...
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'High School Musical 2' on stage in PalatineJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - ArtReach Educational Theatre in partnership with Spotlite Theatrix Production Company is staging "High School Musical 2," at 7:30 p.m. July 30 and July 31; and at 2 and ...
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'Boleros' a loving ode to long-term matrimonyJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The marriage adages of "for richer or for poorer" and "in sickness and in health" get hammered home in José Rivera's 2008 drama "Boleros for the Disenchanted." This funn...
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Local arts auditionsJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - • South Suburban College's PAC Rats Theatre Company has auditions for Fred Carmichael's murder mystery comedy "Any Number Can Die" at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, July...
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Catch 'Macbeth' under the stars in Oak BrookJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Artistic Associate Nick Sandys directs First Folio Theatre's season-ending production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," a tragedy examining unchecked ambition and ultimate pow...
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Lots of art in Bartlett at annual Bartlett Festival of ArtsJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Lots of art in Bartlett Sixty-four artists will display their works at the annual Bartlett Festival of the Arts. See everything from photography and je...
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Naperville director's dream reaches new heights with 'Cirque Shanghai'Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Every high school band director dreams, at one time or another, of making it as a big-time director. Naperville resident Dwight Jordan, the director of "Cirque Shanghai:...
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Journamen Theater Company revive 'Snoopy! The Musical'Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - • Journeymen Theater Company's revival of the family-friendly show "Snoopy! The Musical," inspired by Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip, opens Friday, June 26, a...
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'Boleros' close to director Godinez's heartJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Henry Godinez has directed about 30 plays in his career from his days as a college theater student to his current role as resident artistic associate at the Goodman Thea...
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Local auditionsJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - • Director Diana Martinez and the R.Ed.I. Foundation seek 10 multiethnic actors to perform in an ensemble show that might tour to suburban and city high schools this fal...