Performing Arts
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Spotlight: Theater collaborations make new digital premieres possibleJul 30, 2020 11:00 pm - Trap Door online Chicago's Trap Door Theatre, in association with its sister company Trap Door International in Barcelona, Spain, presents a digital production of “Alas”...
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Best Bets: Scottish Festival & Highland Games moves onlineJul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Top pick Highlanders online Watch bagpipers, dancers and “heavy sports” competitors from the safety of your home via the 2020 Virtual Scottish Festival & Highland Games ...
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COD College Theater to hold virtual auditions for fall productionsJul 26, 2020 11:00 pm - General auditions for College of DuPage College Theater's fall productions of “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later” and “A Christmas Carol” will be held by virtual subm...
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Musical tribute to Judy & Liza canceledJul 26, 2020 11:00 pm - The resumption of live theater in Chicago in the form of a Judy Garland/Liza Minnelli revue was short-lived. "Judy & Liza – Once in a Lifetime: The London Palladium Con...
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Chicago's Manual Cinema marks 10 years of theatrical storytelling with online 'Retrospectacular!'Jul 26, 2020 7:00 am - If asked to define their ensemble's mission and aesthetic, the five co-founders/co-artistic directors of Manual Cinema would not come up with an identical response. “You...
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AP PHOTOS: Ancient Greek theaters return to life in pandemic
Jul 25, 2020 7:00 am - EPIDAURUS, Greece (AP) - Lights! Crickets. Birds. Bats. Action! The ancient theater of Epidaurus, renowned for its acoustics, has reopened for a limited number of open-...
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Albright Community Theatre stage goes dark until 2021Jul 25, 2020 7:00 am - The show must go on. Until it shouldn't. Area community theaters are finding the coronavirus pandemic to be a foe that shatters the notion that actors, directors and sta...
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First Folio postpones fall production until October 2021Jul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook announced Thursday its season opening production “The Jigsaw Bride: A Frankenstein Story,” by ensemble member Joseph Zettelmaier, will b...
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ESO cancels fall season due to COVID-19Jul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has canceled its previously announced concerts through December because of ongoing health and safety concerns tied to COVID-19. “This is dif...
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Best bets: Race down new Aussie Mat Dash starting Monday at Raging WavesJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Splash racers Six racers can compete to see who is the fastest with the new Aussie Mat Dash water slide. It's set to open on Monday at Raging Waves Waterpark, 4000 ...