Performing Arts
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Wego Drama to stage IHSA contest pieces March 13-14Mar 04, 2020 10:00 pm - Wego Drama at West Chicago Community High School continues its 2019-2020 season with its Illinois High School Association "Showcase" performance. A 40-minute play and 30...
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Best Bets: Cirque Éloize in Glen Ellyn; ESO goes 'Mariachi!'Mar 04, 2020 5:00 am - Grand 'Hotel' The Canadian circus troupe Cirque Éloize combines acrobatics, theater, dance and live music for its touring "Hotel" show, which was inspired by the in...
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Steppenwolf to open new theater space with 'Seagull' as part of 2020-21 seasonMar 04, 2020 12:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago will inaugurate a new theater as part of a six-play 2020-21 season, which was announced on Wednesday. A 400-seat in-the-round the...
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Celebrate Youth Art Month with 'Young Blood' exhibit, Poetry SlamMar 03, 2020 10:00 pm - The David Adler Music and Art Center is pleased to partner with the village of Libertyville for the "Young Blood" youth art exhibition and open mic night. "Young Blood"...
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Musicals '& Juliet,' 'Dear Evan Hansen' seek Olivier awards
Mar 03, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Pop-Shakespearean musical 'œ& Juliet'ť leads the race for Britain's Olivier theater awards, where 'œFleabag'ť creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge is up for two tr...
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5 for $5 (or less): Aurora celebrates women with 'Woman Up!' music and art eventsMar 03, 2020 5:00 am - Ladies night Aurora Downtown centers its First Fridays event for March around Women's History Month and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting U.S. women t...
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In the spotlight: 'Steel Magnolias,' 'School Girls' and a teenage Richard III take the stageMar 03, 2020 5:00 am - Friendship bonds BrightSide Theatre revives Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias," the sentimental drama about a group of Louisiana women who gather at Truvy's beauty salo...
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Judson Theatre to 'Bring on Tomorrow' with 'Fame Jr.' musical March 19-21Mar 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Judson University's Theatre program will present "Fame Jr." as its spring production. The show, based on the hit musical and film, will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday to...
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Go wild with Kirk Players' production of 'The Jungle Book'Mar 02, 2020 10:00 pm - The Kirk Players are set to stage "The Jungle Book" by Joseph Robinette, based on "The Mowgli Stories" by Rudyard Kipling. The spring children's show, opening at 7 p.m. ...
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Bon Jovi's David Bryan on Broadway again, livin' on a prayer