Performing Arts
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Lead performer makes a joyful noise in Metropolis' revival of 'Sister Act'Jul 28, 2022 6:00 am - “Sister Act” - ★ ★ ½ “Sister Act,” the musical adapted from the film starring Whoopi Goldberg as an unwitting witness to a mob hit forced to hide out at a convent, requi...
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CLC Lumber Center announces fall 2022 seasonJul 28, 2022 6:00 am - College of Lake County has announced its fall 2022 lineup of main stage productions coming to the Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake. The four shows larg...
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Spotlight: Paramount's BOLD series stages coming-of-age tuner 'Fun Home'Jul 27, 2022 9:00 am - Welcome 'Home' Paramount Theatre's BOLD series continues with a revival of the Tony Award-winning chamber musical "Fun Home," a coming-of-age/coming-out story based on A...
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Geneva Shakespeare in the Park presents 'The Tempest'Jul 27, 2022 6:00 am - Magical characters, plots of revenge, comic foils and young love share the stage in Geneva's Shakespeare in the Park production of "The Tempest" on Saturday, July 30, pe...
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Cyndi Lauper says 'Kinky Boots' offers hope for a new time
Jul 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three years after it closed on Broadway, the musical 'œKinky Boots'ť returns to New York City. The show may not have changed, but the country has. The Cy...
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Best Bets: 'Artrageous!' tours to Glen Ellyn, Windy City Smokeout returnsJul 26, 2022 6:00 am - Top pick Performing art See music, famous paintings and physical feats combine with “Artrageous!” The touring ensemble returns for an outdoor show at College of DuPage's...
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Making history: Goodman Theatre names first female artistic director in 97 yearsJul 26, 2022 1:00 am - Change is coming to 170 N. Dearborn St., Chicago on Oct. 3, when Susan V. Booth takes over as Goodman Theatre's new artistic director, the first female in the theater's ...
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'Lot o' Shakespeare' one-man-show comes to Long Grove Aug. 6Jul 23, 2022 11:00 pm - Award-winning Shakespearean actor Timothy Mooney is bringing his critically acclaimed "Lot o' Shakespeare" to the gazebo at Buffalo Creek Park in downtown Long Grove. M...
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Spotlight: In Glenview, a fable unfolds, while in St. Charles, it's Shakespeare under the starsJul 22, 2022 6:00 am - Siblings in love Oil Lamp Theater presents “Failure: A Love Story,” Philip Dawkins' play-with-music about three sisters living above their family's clock repair sho...
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Mexican icon Frida Kahlo to be subject of new stage musical