Performing Arts
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Best Bets: Illumination: Tree Lights ready to dazzle at Morton ArboretumNov 16, 2021 5:00 am - All aglow The ninth annual Illumination: Tree Lights, the popular one-mile walk-through winter-season spectacle combining color, light and festive music, returns Saturda...
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Spotlight: House Theatre re-imagines 'Snow Queen,' Marriott revives 'Kiss Me, Kate'Nov 12, 2021 5:00 am - Classic tale re-imagined The House Theatre of Chicago debuts its re-imagined staging of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" under director AmBer Montgomery. Adapt...
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His dream business remains in flux, but Ash has a community behind himNov 12, 2021 1:00 am - Jeff Ash thought he was building his dream business. It turns out he was building a community. That community has helped to sustain the business through a difficult last...
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Improv Playhouse Theater presents 'It's a Wonderful Life' radio playNov 11, 2021 10:00 pm - After a two year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Libertyville's Improv Playhouse Theatre will be producing immersive, live, staged radio play performances of the Fr...
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Hypnosis + Improv = Comedy: Colin Mochrie, hypnotist Asad Mecci join forces for 'HYPROV' show at the RaueNov 11, 2021 10:00 pm - Several years ago, while taking improv courses at Second City Toronto, it occurred to hypnotist Asad Mecci that hypnosis plus improvisation could equal comedy. Mecci re...
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Emilie Kouatchou makes 'Phantom' history on Broadway
Nov 11, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rising stage star Emilie Kouatchou came close to quitting musical theater during the pandemic shutdown, worried about the future. She stuck with it and h...
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Poetry showcase Sunday in MundeleinNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - The Mundelein Arts Commission will host a virtual poetry and storytelling showcase Sunday. The free event, to be broadcast over Zoom, will begin at 7 p.m. Performance sl...
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Can the Broadway-bound tuner 'Paradise Square' promote racial healing?Nov 10, 2021 10:00 pm - "Paradise Square," the new musical in previews at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, premiered at California's Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2019 and was headed to ...
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Billy Crystal plans his Broadway return in a familiar role
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Best Bets: Lightscape illuminates Chicago Botanic Garden starting FridayNov 10, 2021 5:00 am - Sparkle through solstice Thousands of twinkling lights light up the Chicago Botanic Garden's Lightscape, the after-dark illuminated trail that returns starting Friday at...