Performing Arts
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Drury Lane's 'Forever Plaid' reminds us why this jukebox tuner remains an audience pleaserSep 27, 2021 4:00 pm - “Forever Plaid” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In a program note for Drury Lane Theatre's revival of “Forever Plaid,” director/choreographer Paul Stancato expresses his hope for audiences: t...
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More than two dozen theater artists to watch in Chicago, suburbs this seasonSep 27, 2021 6:00 am - Theaters shuttered during the pandemic are raising their curtains once again throughout the suburbs and Chicago this fall. And making that happen are talented actors, w...
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'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' sashays home with 10 Tony Awards
Sep 26, 2021 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - "Moulin Rouge! The Musical," a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's hyperactive 2001 movie, won the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a Sunday nigh...
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Broadway hopes to razzle-dazzle past pandemic at Sunday's Tony Awards
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City, suburban theaters return with fewer shows but plenty of applause-worthy optionsSep 26, 2021 7:00 am - While a crush of openings typically accompany autumn's arrival, that is not the case this year as the Chicago-area theater community continues to suffer the residual eff...
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'We are back': Marriott's 'The World Goes 'Round' gets deftly re-imagined for the post-pandemic eraSep 23, 2021 11:00 pm - “The World Goes 'Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If all Marriott Theatre had to recommend “The World Goes 'Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb” was the celebrat...
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Citadel's heartwarming 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' an ideal antidote to a pandemicSep 23, 2021 10:40 am - "Brighton Beach Memoirs" - ★ ★ ★ "Brighton Beach Memoirs" is the theatrical equivalent of a mug of cocoa on a chilly day: warm and comforting with a sweetness that makes...
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Best Bets: Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin headline Allstate ArenaSep 22, 2021 6:00 am - Latin heartthrobs Latin singing stars Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin share a concert bill with Sebastián Yatra as part of a previously postponed tour that plays the A...
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'Happiest comic' Rob Little headlines Rosemont's ZaniesSep 22, 2021 6:00 am - Happiest comic Zanies in Rosemont welcomes headliner Rob Little, dubbed by NBC's "Last Comic Standing" as the happiest comic in America. Little worked for IBM until he s...
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Palatine's Cutting Hall celebrates grand reopening with 'Something Rotten'Sep 21, 2021 11:00 pm - Palatine's Cutting Hall celebrates grand reopening