Performing Arts
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Team picked to turn 'A Wrinkle in Time' into a stage musical
Oct 13, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - "A Wrinkle in Time," the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, sever...
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Overachieving siblings disappointed with work, personal lives seek remedies in satirical 'Tiger Style!' at Writers TheatreOct 12, 2022 6:00 pm - “Tiger Style!” - ★ ★ ½ The overachieving siblings at the center of Mike Lew's witty, satirical “Tiger Style!” are unhappy and out of place. Albert Chen, a Harvard Unive...
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Best bets: Lizzo, 'Immersive King Tut,' Theresa Caputo, Richard Marx and moreOct 12, 2022 6:00 am - Jurassic fun Prepare to safari to the wilds of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont, for a prehistoric encounter as Jurassic Quest stom...
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'Murder She Wrote' actress Angela Lansbury dies at 96
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Images: Angela Lansbury through the yearsOct 11, 2022 1:00 am - Angela Lansbury, scene-stealing British actress who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals "Mame" and "Gypsy" and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica ...
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Lovely score, impressive performances power Chicago Shakespeare's superb 'Notebook'Oct 10, 2022 6:00 am - “The Notebook” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds ... it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” No part of Wil...
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"Matilda" auditions scheduled for Naperville Park District troupeOct 10, 2022 1:00 am - The Magical Starlight Theatre, a program run by the Naperville Park District, has scheduled auditions for its January performances of "Matilda." Auditions will be held o...
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'Grease,' 'Cinderella,' 'Fiddler' among Drury Lane Theatre's offerings for 2023-2024Oct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Theatre's 2023-2024 season consists of a nostalgia trip, a farcical whodunit, a tribute to an American music icon, a well-loved fairy tale and one of thea...
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Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'
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Spotlight: Aurora's Copley Theatre concludes inaugural season with world premiere of 'Bull'Oct 07, 2022 6:00 am - Copley Theatre premiere Paramount Theatre's Bold Series concludes its inaugural season with the premiere of "Bull: a love story," Nancy García Lopez's family drama about...