Performing Arts
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Tickets for 'Devil Wears Prada' musical on sale ThursdayApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - Tickets go on sale Thursday for the Broadway-bound "The Devil Wears Prada, The Musical," premiering July 19 at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre. The musical is bas...
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Spotlight: Chekhov's 'Seagull' inaugurates Steppenwolf's new in-the-round theaterApr 26, 2022 6:00 am - A re-imagined classic Steppenwolf Theatre's Jeff Perry returns to the theater he co-founded for fellow ensemble member Yasen Peyankov's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Se...
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First Folio bids farewell with final season announcementApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - First Folio Theater will make its exit earlier than expected, according to executive artistic director David Rice, who announced Tuesday that the Oak Brook theater's...
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Batavia High drama department puts on 7 student-directed playsApr 25, 2022 11:00 pm - Batavia High School's drama department is presenting two nights of student-directed plays this week. The performances begin at 7:30 p.m. each night at the Batavia Fine A...
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Paramount's 'Rock of Ages' revival a rockin' good timeApr 25, 2022 6:00 pm - “Rock of Ages” - ★ ★ ★ “Rock of Ages” embraces all the 1980s rock cliches - from big hair and kohl-lined eyes, to bare chests and spandex, to the ubiquitous rock n' rol...
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A world-premiere farewell for retiring COD choral director Lee KesselmanApr 25, 2022 5:30 am - The curtain is coming down on music-making for Lee R. Kesselman at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. Kesselman is retiring as the college's director of choral activit...
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Review: Broadway's 'Funny Girl' a Beanie Feldstein triumph
Apr 24, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When Broadway's revival of 'œFunny Girl'ť begins, star Beanie Feldstein sits in a Broadway dressing room, getting ready to go on. She wonders nervously t...
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Spotlight: 'Naperville' comes home courtesy of Buffalo Theatre EnsembleApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - Coming home Buffalo Theatre Ensemble concludes its season with a revival of "Naperville." Written by Naperville native Mat Smart, the play is about an adult son who retu...
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Widescreen: There's another chance to see Danny Elfman's buzzy, 'Batman'-meets-Boingo Coachella concert onlineApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - If you know the name Danny Elfman, it's either as the frontman for off-kilter '80s rock band Oingo Boingo or as the composer of memorable film scores, most notably for T...
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Pop goes the 'Moulin Rouge!': Broadway adaptation dazzles on so many levelsApr 21, 2022 11:00 pm - “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ ½ What's that sound that ripples throughout “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” the 10-time Tony Award-winning show now nearing the end of i...