Performing Arts
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Joffrey Ballet reschedules February run of 'Don Quixote' to JuneJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The Joffrey Ballet has rescheduled its entire run of "Don Quixote" from February to June due to concerns about the current COVID-19 surge. Choreographer Yuri Possokhov's...
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Will Mundelein finally get an arts center? Trustees pledging taxpayer funds to help projectJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - Mundelein trustees on Monday pledged up to $300,000 in taxpayer funds to the proposed creation of a local cultural arts center in the downtown area. The project is being...
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Memorial scholarship to honor ballet choreographer Kenneth von HeideckeJan 10, 2022 10:00 pm - Kenneth von Heidecke, founder and chief choreographer of Chicago Festival Ballet and School, passed away suddenly on Dec. 11, 2021. Born on Dec. 30, 1952, he graduated ...
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Auditions for College of DuPage College Theater spring shows changed to video submissionsJan 10, 2022 10:00 pm - Update: Auditions will not be in person. To audition for spring productions, you must submit a video monologue by 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20. The cast list will be announc...
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Best Bets: Professional Bull Riders return to RosemontJan 10, 2022 10:00 pm - Hold on! See 35 contestants hold on for dear life with the return of Professional Bull Riders (PBR) to the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $15-$138; $25...
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Christian Youth Theater-Aurora to put on 'Disney's High School Musical' Jan. 14-16Jan 09, 2022 10:00 pm - Christian Youth Theater-Aurora is putting on "Disney's High School Musical" at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14; 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at the...
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Brightside Theatre to put on 'Promises, Promises in Concert' Jan. 14-22Jan 09, 2022 10:00 pm - BrightSide Theatre, Naperville's only professional theater performing in the historic downtown district, continues with their 10th anniversary season - "BrightSide is BA...
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Four-legged footwork: Former Chicago dancers rotate as reindeer Sven in 'Frozen'Jan 09, 2022 6:15 am - Most actors don't anticipate adding the role of a reindeer to their resume. But that's what happened to two performers in the national tour of Disney's "Frozen," now at...
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Spotlight: Trade unwanted gifts for tickets to 'Bible Bingo,' 'Late Nite Catechism'Jan 07, 2022 5:00 am - A cowboy tale City Lit Theater opens its 41st season with the premiere of "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains," adapted by Chicago playwrights L.C. Bernadine and Sp...
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Broadway veterans set for arts school fundraising gala in NapervilleJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Broadway veterans have been recruited for a February gala concert and fundraiser in Naperville to support a new independent school for the performing arts that has grand...