Performing Arts
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Empty studios and stages: Arts education in the covid-19 era requires an even greater leap of faith
Aug 23, 2020 7:27 am - Louis Sokolow, a 21-year-old rising senior at Yale, loves choral singing so much that he scrapped plans to major in chemistry and switched to music. But when he learned ...
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Tony Awards for shortened Broadway season will go digitalAug 23, 2020 7:26 am - NEW YORK - Despite being interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the shortened Broadway season will nonetheless have a Tony Awards. Tony Award Productions said Friday t...
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Group hopes to rebuild Shakespeare theater that burned down
Aug 23, 2020 7:00 am - STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) - A group of theater and business professionals is hoping to rebuild a renown Shakespearean theater in Connecticut that burned to the ground last y...
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Life story: West Dundee actor thrived in local theater communityAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - When Tessa Dettman performed as Dorothy in a grade-school production of "The Wizard of Oz," her love of acting shined through. That shine never faded. Dettman, 25, died ...
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Virtual Venue Theatricals to host digital world premiere of 'Heathers: The Musical' Sept. 18-20Aug 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Virtual Venue Theatricals, a fully virtual production company, announced the digital world premiere of the hit off-Broadway musical, "Heathers." The show features a cas...
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After 5 months, AMC Theaters reopens its doors, cautiously
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Audition for CLC young audience production of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' Aug. 25-26Aug 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Actors, age 17 or older, are invited to audition for the College of Lake County's fall production for young audiences, "The Emperor's New Clothes." Auditions start at 6...
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Children's Theatre of Elgin offers virtual Slam Poetry class, starting Aug. 24Aug 19, 2020 11:00 pm - As we continue to navigate the global pandemic, parents and students are clamoring for new experiences and ways to connect with friends, old and new. Children's Theatre...
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Spotlight: Hell in a Handbag presents popular parodies, drive-in styleAug 19, 2020 6:00 am - Drive-in series Hell in a Handbag Productions presents Under the Stars With Handbag: A Drive-in Festival beginning this weekend. Handbag will showcase a different camp-e...
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Best Bets: Stroll Morton Arboretum during the Wine and Art WalkAug 19, 2020 6:00 am - Go shopping for artwork while sipping libations at the Wine and Art Walk. The reconstituted event is this weekend at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle....