Performing Arts
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Yvon soldiers on in Drury Lane's 'Goodbye Girl'Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Look up "grit" in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of Bernie Yvon, a Chicago-area performer who epitomizes "trouper." A nasty bout of laryngitis left Yv...
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Out & AboutJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Time is running out to see "Recent Works of Lambert Lucietto" at Bartlett's village hall, 228 S. Main St., Bartlett. This one-man show featuring Lucietto's creations in ...
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Worth the tripDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Color clash Gift Theatre begins its season with J.T. Rogers' "White People," in which three characters wrestle with racism. Ensemble members John Kelly Conolly and...
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Inventive storytelling, great acting defined top 2007 showsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Great writing (or in the case of musicals great composing), great directing and great acting are givens when determining the best in local theater. Plenty of shows met t...
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AuditionsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - • The Willingham Project's artistic director Lisa Johnson-Willingham is looking for dancers, singers, poets and musicians for a Black History Month tour to play at schoo...
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Presenting the few, the proud, the HelbigsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Uh oh. Here they are again. The Helbigs. The 11th Annual Helbigs. This annual award given to local theaters and performers. Whether they want them or not. Remember, many...
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'Good' enough for off-BroadwayDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - By all accounts, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's "Good Boys and True" is already a hit. A new production -- not the solid, respectable world premiere that opened Friday at Step...
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'The Mistress Cycle' raises feminist hacklesDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Let me get this straight: Getting involved with a married man is a good thing? That's what "The Mistress Cycle" suggests during its final moments when five very talented...
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Marvel Comics writer returns to theater with 'Good Boys' premiereDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Robert Aguirre-Sacasa is best known for his work with Marvel Comics; he just completed a series on "Spider-Man" and is currently finishing up the story for a series in "...
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Worth the tripDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Hello 'Goodbye Girl' Director Gary Griffin returns to Oak Brook Terrace to direct "The Goodbye Girl," the musical version of Neil Simon's Academy Award-winning 1977 film...