Performing Arts
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Elgin Opera launches biggest show in its historyFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Soprano and Elgin resident Solange Sior joked with a sigh, "I'm wearing too many hats." Contacted by phone last Saturday a week before opening night, Sior was not only b...
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Local theaters bank on well-regarded worksFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Like it or not, theater is both an art and a business. Lots of theaters have the first part nailed; they know how to create art. But the sad truth is that a show can be...
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Foote's take on small-town life sparkles at GoodmanFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - There's nothing flashy about "Talking Pictures," Horton Foote's graceful portrait of small-town life on the eve of the Depression. A genteel, bittersweet play about loss...
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Drama burrows deep into family unrestFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - In true Chekhovian fashion, there is all talk and little action in "Dolly West's Kitchen," Irish playwright Frank McGuinness' telling examination of family, love and war...
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First Folio pulls off sharp revival of comedy of mannersFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - If any midwinter show can entice theater lovers from the warmth and comfort of their homes, it's a comedy. And if any comedy is worth braving subzero temperatures, it's ...
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AuditionsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - • Elgin Community College Theatre auditions for its production of Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 teenage drama "Spring Awakening." Auditions for men and women aged ...
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Dukakis tries on new role as directorFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Oscar-winner Olympia Dukakis ("Moonstruck") is best known as a film and stage actor. But when Chicago-based actor Carmen Roman showed her the script to "Botanic Garden" ...
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Olympia Dukakis re-enters world of directing with local showFeb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Oscar-winner Olympia Dukakis ("Moonstruck") is best known as film and stage actor. But when Chicago-based actor Carmen Roman showed her the script to "Botanic Garden" - ...
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Raven Theater takes an provocative look at ColumbineJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Returning to their seats after intermission at Sunday's opening of Raven Theatre's "columbinus," audience members had to sidestep Jamie Abelson. Abelson sat on the floo...
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'1776' relevant, but lacking as a musicalJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - As musicals go, "1776" makes a pretty fair civics lesson. Centered around the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the musical by Sherman...