Performing Arts
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Cosmetics job inspires Wheaton native's new playNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The inspiration for Jennifer Dobby's new play "Tester," about a cosmetics worker trapped in a dysfunctional family, came to her while she was at work - at cosmetics reta...
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Spooky 'Addams Family' to singOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Charles Addams' creepy and kooky comic characters known as "The Addams Family" are set to sing in a new musical. Starting in November 2009, "The Addams Family" has its p...
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Lily Tomlin plays one show in RosemontOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Lily Tomlin loves performing live. She might be best known for her work on TV, in particular her breakthrough appearances on the hyperkinetic 1960s comedy variety show "...
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Local theater scene moving beyond colorOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - An opera singer's career is a precarious affair. But for African-American opera singers, there can be even more hurdles because of typecasting and lingering prejudices o...
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Bring your costumes for First Folio's 'Dracula'Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - When the audience showed up in costumes that rivaled the garb of the actors on stage, members of the Oak Brook-based First Folio Theatre knew they had a hit play on thei...
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Steppenwolf's 'Glass Menagerie' earnest, powerfulOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - No Chekhovian gun placed onstage has ever packed as much dread as the precious little unicorn figurine when it's set precisely if tenuously on an end table in "The Glass...
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Previews continue for Marriott's 'Aladdin'Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Previews continue for the Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences production of "Aladdin," inspired by the 1992 Disney film about an urchin whose life transforms when a gen...
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Co-founder of Joffrey Ballet dies
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The man who co-founded the Joffrey Ballet and oversaw its move from New York to Chicago has died. Gerald Arpino was a dancer and choreographer when he established the tr...
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On stageOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Evergreen gives back: Evergreen Theatre Ensemble presents David Mamet's gently humorous and melancholic "Duck Variations," about two old friends ruminating on life a...
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'Dirty Dancing' steps up to the stageOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Oh, Baby. It's been years since I've watched "Dirty Dancing," the 1987 hit film with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. But seeing the stage production - which makes its ...