Performing Arts
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What's new and notable on stageMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Musical whodunit Drury Lane Oakbrook marks its 25th season with the regional premiere of "Curtains," a play-within-a-play in which the leading lady is murdered during th...
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'Altar Boyz,' 'Hairspray' among new stage offeringsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Praiseworthy "Altar Boyz," a musical sendup of boy bands, comes to Schaumburg's Prairie Center for the Arts for one night only. Set during the final performance of the C...
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Performer's leaps and turns make 'Riverdance' costume job a kickMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Chances are when you're watching "Riverdance" you never worry about those Irish dancers splitting a seam or popping a button during all that kicking and leaping - and ch...
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Get a taste of maple syrup making or look for birdsMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Cheap events? Contact Laura Stewart at lstewart@dailyherald.com Free These trains keep on rolling The Lake County Model Railroad Club is hosting its Spring Ope...
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Libertyville's Gerhart goes on the road with 'Poppins'Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - For the next year or so, Michael Gerhart of Libertyville is going to be on the road and living in London - the one created on stage eight shows a week in Disney and prod...
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A magical 'Mary Poppins' stage adaptation opens in ChicagoMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - P.L. Travers' magical English nanny takes up residence this week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where the North American tour of Disney and producer Cameron ...
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'Art' paints portrait of a fractured friendshipMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Friendship cannot bear very much honesty. That much is clear by the end of "Art," Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning play about three friends who have a falling out - an ...
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Palminteri brings his 'Bronx Tale' to townMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Actor Chazz Palminteri grew up in the Bronx. He had such a rich childhood experience that he later wrote a 1989 one-man off-Broadway show "A Bronx Tale," in which he pla...
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Actor Dennehy strengthens artistic ties to GoodmanMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls made official his longtime artistic partnership with two-time Tony Award winner Brian Dennehy when he named the actor a me...
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Phylicia Rashad set for 'August: Osage County'
Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Phylicia Rashad will soon be adding another formidable woman to her collection of Broadway portraits. Producer Jeffrey Richards says the actress will join th...