Performing Arts
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Hubbard Street Dance's virtual 'Tale of Two' premiere explores cultural dichotomiesOct 22, 2020 7:30 am - Growing up in Chicago, choreographer/dancer Rena Butler recalled hearing loud bangs and quick pop-pop-pops. They sounded like fireworks. They weren't, not every time. ...
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Mundelein High students perform Shakespeare on football fieldOct 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Mundelein High students perform Shakespeare on football field
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Barrington's White House to present musical 'Cinderella'Oct 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Join Barrington's White House and the Family Fun Players for a virtual musical theater performance of "Cinderella" at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Adapted by Eileen Mitchell...
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Best bets: New Philharmonic performs virtual 'Music of John Williams' concertOct 20, 2020 6:00 am - Symphonic cinema Hear music from blockbuster films like “Jaws,” “Star Wars” and more when the New Philharmonic performs the virtual concert “The Music of John Williams” ...
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'Madmen & Prisoners': First Folio keeps the faith with virtual double bill of Poe talesOct 16, 2020 6:00 am - In the face of an ongoing pandemic that has hammered arts organizations, First Folio Theatre's David Rice remains determinedly optimistic that live theater will rebound,...
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Spotlight: Virtual productions feature a disaster film parody and a Pulitzer Prize-winning two-handerOct 16, 2020 6:00 am - 'Airport' revisited Fasten your seat belt: Hell in a Handbag Productions once again dips into the disaster film genre for its latest, camp-enfused parody "Airport 1970 S...
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Goodman streams Tony-winning 'Death of a Salesman' as a fundraiserOct 15, 2020 11:00 pm - Fans of Brian Dennehy will have a chance to see the late actor's Tony Award-winning performance in one of his signature roles thanks to Goodman Theatre, his longtime art...
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CSO cancels more concerts through March 2021Oct 15, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has canceled more of its regularly scheduled 2020-21 season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. All public concerts and ...
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'Jagged Little Pill' leads Tony Awards nominations with 15Oct 14, 2020 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The sobering musical "Jagged Little Pill," which plumbs Alanis Morissette's 1995 breakthrough album to tell a story of an American family spiraling out of con...
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Steppenwolf veterans star in Kane Repertory virtual reading of new playOct 13, 2020 1:00 am - Kane Repertory Theatre in St. Charles gathered a top-flight trio of Chicago theater veterans for the premiere virtual reading of "Such Small Hands," Adam Szymkowicz's pl...