Performing Arts
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Return engagement: 4 Chairs Theatre's 'Island Song' earns second run onlineJun 17, 2021 6:00 am - If Lauren Berman asked Joe Farrell to jump, on his way up, he would ask how high. That's how much the actor respects the Buffalo Grove director who reached out to him ea...
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Spotlight: Writers Theatre collaborates on digital premiere for timely 'Ride Share'Jun 16, 2021 6:00 am - '50s, '60s Flashback Music Theater Works resumes live, in-person productions with the musical revue "Legends of the '50s and '60s: Greatest Hits." Performed outdoors wi...
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Best Bets: The Obama Portraits head to the Art Institute of ChicagoJun 15, 2021 6:00 am - Presidential portraits Kehinde Wiley's painting of President Barack Obama and Amy Sherald's portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama - known as The Obama Portraits -...
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Chicago 'Blue Man Group' shows to resume in AugustJun 15, 2021 1:00 am - The long-running Chicago production of "Blue Man Group" is set to resume performances on Wednesday, Aug. 18, although some staging changes are in the works due to COVID-...
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Children's Theatre of Elgin to hold first outdoor show -- Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' -- in Wing ParkJun 14, 2021 11:00 pm - Children's Theatre of Elgin and Fox Valley Theatre Company invites the public to "be our guest" at their first live performance after a year and a half - Disney's "Beaut...
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Marquee Youth Stage to put on Sondheim's 'Into the Woods' June 18-20Jun 14, 2021 11:00 pm - Marquee Youth's Conservatory will present the Tony Award-winning musical "Into the Woods" on June 18-20 at the renovated Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles. ...
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'Where We Stand' from Steppenwolf poses questions, invites conversationJun 11, 2021 6:00 am - In the stage directions for her play "Where We Stand," writer/actor Donnetta Lavinia Grays describes the production as a conversation. Not merely a conversation between ...
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Schaumburg ramping up its concerts, special events as Phase 5 beginsJun 11, 2021 1:00 am - The village of Schaumburg's Cultural Services Department begins a process of ramping up to full activity again with the start of this year's Summer Breeze concert series...
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Original stars joining Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Jun 10, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fans of the Broadway adaptation of 'œTo Kill a Mockingbird'ť will get a treat when the show restarts on this fall - Jeff Daniels and Celia Keenan-Bolger,...
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Spotlight: Court Theatre streams Titanic courtroom dramaJun 10, 2021 6:00 am - Survivor's story Court Theatre presents a digital production of "Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, 1912)," a courtroom drama by Owen McCaff...