Performing Arts
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Best Bets: Comedian Paula Poundstone plays Waukegan SaturdayJun 07, 2022 6:00 am - Laughter on tap Expect plenty of laughs when comedian Paula Poundstone (“Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me”) returns for a standup show with plenty of expected on-the-spot cr...
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Neighbors in the News: Park Ridge attorney receives Lader Good Citizen AwardJun 06, 2022 11:00 pm - • Longtime Park Ridge resident Jim Argionis, an attorney with Cozen O'Connor's Commercial Litigation practice in Chicago, was named the 2022 recipient of the Sgt. Karen...
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Book celebrates the 50th anniversary of musical 'Grease'
Jun 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - On Valentine's Day 1972, a musical opened off-Broadway needing a lot of love. It was already $20,000 in debt and the reviews were mixed to poor. A decisi...
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Book celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'Grease'
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'Kids on Stage' returns to Village Theatre GuildJun 05, 2022 11:00 pm - Village Theatre Guild in Glen Ellyn turns the spotlight back on the next generation of actors with the return of its long-running program "Kids on Stage" this summer. C...
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Wheaton Drama puts on final weekend of 'Peter and the Starcatcher'Jun 05, 2022 11:00 pm - Wheaton Drama is wrapping up its production of "Peter and the Starcatcher" this weekend. It provides a humorous and fantastical back story for the beloved character of ...
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Copley Theatre's 'Hand to God' is a wrenching, riotous examination of the war withinJun 03, 2022 8:00 am - “Hand to God” - ★ ★ ★ Rarely has the war within been portrayed as wrenchingly and as riotously as it is in director Trent Stork's fiendishly funny revival of “Hand to Go...
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Spotlight: Comedian Paula Poundstone headlines the Genesee June 11Jun 01, 2022 11:00 pm - Paula on stage HBO and Comedy Central veteran Paula Poundstone, a "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" panelist and host of the NPR podcast "Live From the Poundstone Institut...
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John Leguizamo fine-tunes his new musical '~Kiss My Aztec!'
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Going Dutch Festival in Elgin returns, celebrating women in the artsMay 31, 2022 11:00 pm - Side Street Studio Arts will be the hub for the 12th annual Going Dutch Festival, a celebration of the female voice in dance, music, theater, and the visual arts. The fe...