Performing Arts
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Religious stereotypes flaw romantic comedyFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Tony Fiorentino certainly has drive. He wrote, directed and stars in "My Dinner with Amy," a romantic comedy about an atheist academic who bets a born-again Christian th...
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'Les Miz' goes lite for Marriott spaceFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - 'Les Mierables' getting smaller for Marriott space From the moment "Les Miserables "was announced as part of the Marriott Theater season, theater aficionados have been w...
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AuditionsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - • Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre has auditions for a concert version of the Gershwins' folk opera "Porgy and Bess" from 7 to 9 p.m. March 14 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March...
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'A party with Marty'Feb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - I must say, Martin Short doesn't do many live comedy shows anymore. Which is why his Friday night show at the 900-seat Arcada Theatre in St. Charles will be such a rare ...
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Exquisite 'As You LIke It'Feb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" is a delicious confection. A comedy in which battling brothers, devoted cousins, obsessed shepherds and flippant fools traipse ar...
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'Rabbit Hole': A whole lot of heartFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - There's no recrimination like self-recrimination. And self-recrimination abounds in "Rabbit Hole," a quietly moving examination of loss, grief and guilt by David Lindsay...
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On stageFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Domestic tragedy Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents "Rabbit Hole," David Lindsay-Abaire's heartrending examination of loss and grief that chronicles a couple's struggle t...
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Droll 'Augusta' scrutinizesFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Talk about being nickel and dimed. Writer Barbara Ehrenreich, who spent a year waiting tables, cleaning houses and ringing up purchases at a big box store researching he...
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Revival can't fix dogmatic mystery-thrillerFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - J.B. Priestly doesn't do his play "An Inspector Calls" any favors by having one of his characters reference George Bernard Shaw. As social criticism, Priestly's mystery-...
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Chicago theater veteran to head to MetropolisFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Matt O'Brien is no stranger to the Chicago theater scene. Many theater fans will remember him as the founder and director of the Irish Repertory Theater of Chicago. In i...