Performing Arts
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Spotlight: American Blues Theater brings 'The Lion' to life with online readingJan 13, 2021 5:00 am - 'The Lion' American Blues Theater's live, online reading series continues with "The Lion," a new play about 19th-century African American civil rights activist Frederick...
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Best Bets: MLK celebrations move onlineJan 12, 2021 5:00 am - MLK tribute The African American Arts Alliance of Chicago and Black Ensemble Theater present a virtual version of the "10th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration...
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Paramount Theatre's new play project kicks off with dramas by women of colorJan 06, 2021 10:00 pm - Had everything gone according to plan, director Lanise Antoine Shelley would be in previews for a revival of "Rabbit Hole" this week at Aurora's Copley Theatre. The mult...
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Best Bets: 'Holiday in the Park' continues at Great AmericaJan 06, 2021 5:00 am - Extended lights Families experiencing post-holiday blues still have time to catch the Holiday in the Park Drive-Thru Experience. Keep your holiday cheer going with lots ...
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Spotlight: Illusionist Scott Silven creates virtual 'Journey' for Chicago Shakespeare TheaterJan 06, 2021 5:00 am - Virtual 'Journey' Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents "The Journey," a virtual event created and performed by illusionist/performance artist Scott Silven, as part of it...
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Barrington's White House hosts 'Meet the Real Mae West' presentationJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Barrington's White House will host a historical virtual presentation of "Meet the Real Mae West" by Martina Mathisen at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11. Mathisen is a...
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The show goes on - online - for suburban symphoniesJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban-based symphony orchestras could not perform as usual in 2020 due to the global coronavirus pandemic. "Probably the hardest thing was the great unknown," New Phi...
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Spotlight: Next up at First Folio - an online reading of 'The Little Match Girl'Dec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - More stories online First Folio Theatre's online winter reading series continues with artistic associate Cassy Schillo reading Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little...
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TikTok, other platforms bring musical theater fan fiction to life
Dec 30, 2020 5:00 am - Emily Jacobsen insists that she was just warbling a bit of nonsense while cleaning her apartment this summer. She didn't intend to create a fake musical about a rat who ...
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Editorial: What our resilient arts community taught us during the pandemicDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Fourth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board In mid-March, Illinois' theaters and music venues went dark. What we all hoped would be a brief hiatus stret...