Performing Arts
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Critic's notebook: Current playsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Here is a look at currently running plays recently reviewed by the Daily Herald. "Between Barack and a Hard Place," Second City Theatre, 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago. Seco...
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Worth the tripSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Haunting tales First Folio Shakespeare Festival reprises its Jeff Award-nominated "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story," an inventive, expertly staged homa...
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Out & About: Our picksSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - "Fall Color Festival," 7 a.m. to sunset starting Saturday at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Admission $9, $6 children; additional fees apply for some festiv...
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'Woman in Black' comes to Glen EllynSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Woman in Black" 3 stars (out of four) A knowing smile flickered across the face of a fellow critic when I told her I was seeing "The...
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54 HoursSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Margaret Cho in "The Sensuous Woman" when: 7 p.m. today where: Lakeshore Theater, 3175 N. Broadway St., Chicago, (773) 472-3492 cost: $40 det...
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Score soarsSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - With all due respect to Porchlight Music Theatre, its fine cast, resourceful design team and able directors, the real star of the company's revival of "Phantom" is the t...
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Best Bets - The citySep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - In the round The Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago opens its 2007-08 season with the area premiere of "A Slipping Glimpse," a full-length work by San Francis...
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Best Bets - The suburbsSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Wearer of ties Known for her clever wit and her signature ties (not pictured), Paula Poundstone rose to fame in the 1990s with a slew of comedy specials and TV appe...
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Two plays give unique look at black theaterSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Days after Congo Square Theatre's Midwest premiere of Afro-British playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah's "Elmina's Kitchen," Pegasus Players opened its revival of August Wilson'...
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Worth the TripSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Ghost story Buffalo Theatre Ensemble begins its 21st season today with the seasonally appropriate "The Woman in Black," about a lawyer who gets more than he bargained fo...