Performing Arts
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Need a laugh? Chicago and suburban improv troupes create comedy onlineApr 15, 2020 11:00 pm - Improvisational performers follow the playful mantra of “Yes, and ...” to create comedy on the spot. But the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up a temporary barrier of “N...
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Suburban stars in seclusion: Gary Sinise helps heroes, Phillipa Soo singsApr 14, 2020 6:00 am - Many stars from the suburbs are doling out cheer - and charity - during the COVID-19 pandemic. We checked in on a few. The room where it happened John Krasinski has...
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BAM Theatre's 'Broadway Spotlight' features Natalie Weiss April 20Apr 13, 2020 11:00 pm - Now that you have a little more time on your hands, BAM Theatre has some ways you can fill it! "BAM @ a Distance" will be featuring BAM staff and special guest artists ...
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Theater streaming online this week: 'School Girls,' Shakespeare sonnets and McNally audio playsApr 10, 2020 6:00 am - Goodman show goes on Goodman Theatre's Chicago-area premiere of "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play" will go on. Jocelyn Bioh's comedy about the queen bee at ...
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Leslie Goddard has made a career of portraying historical womenApr 10, 2020 6:00 am - Leslie Goddard is in a self-imposed isolation to help stem the spread of coronavirus. The Darien-based historian/performer/author finds herself on an "unintended vacatio...
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Happy Twirlers Square Dance Club in Des Plaines celebrates its 50th yearApr 09, 2020 6:00 am - Box the gnat. Roll away to a half sashay. Weave the ring. Any of these sound familiar? No? How about Allemande left, promenade or do si do? For Cliff Benson of Morton Gr...
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Black Button Eyes premieres COVID-19-inspired online take on Poe's 'Masque'Apr 08, 2020 11:00 pm - To say righteous indignation inspired Black Button Eyes' timely, digital re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic tale “The Masque of the Red Death” is a misnomer. It wa...
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Singer-songwriter Ralph Covert takes his concerts online twice a dayApr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - There's a lot of uncertainty swirling around the coronavirus pandemic. So Glen Ellyn resident Ralph Covert decided to create some musical consistency online. The Grammy ...
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Spotlight: Chicago-area theaters stream shows onlineApr 03, 2020 6:00 am - Theater-aid Like many small businesses, suburban and city theaters that suspended productions and canceled their seasons in response to the COVID-19 pandemic face an unc...
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Naperville photographer's project captures 'light inside' dancers during pandemicApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - The literal light is inside. One lamp and a strand of those twinkling lights often found inside Mason jars at artsy weddings. The figurative light is inside, too. One...