Performing Arts
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Committed to her craft: West Dundee actress at home on city, suburban stagesMar 19, 2025 3:13 pm - Andrea Uppling is one dedicated actor. For proof, there’s the lengthy commute from her West Dundee home to Chicago’s Windy City Playhouse, where she stars in Invictus Theatre Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale.”
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Salt Creek Ballet brings ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ to Glen EllynMar 18, 2025 4:21 pm - Salt Creek Ballet presents one of the most celebrated ballets, “The Sleeping Beauty,” on Saturday, March 22, at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn.
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Spotlight: Kinks musical ‘Sunny Afternoon’ gets North American premiere at Chicago ShakesMar 18, 2025 2:12 pm - Chicago-area theater premieres this week include the North American production of the new Kinks musical “Sunny Afternoon,” the play “No Such Thing” about women in middle age, and a comedy/horror tale inspired by slasher films’ famed final girls.
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Best Bets: Sugary fun with the Hershey Super Sweet AdventureMar 18, 2025 1:47 pm - The interactive Hershey Super Sweet Adventure returns to Water Tower Place in Chicago, “Dancing With the Celts” tours to the Woodstock Opera House, and Salt Creek Ballet presents “The Sleeping Beauty” in Glen Ellyn.
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Dancing through life: Schaumburg couple who performed around the world now teach in their adopted homeMar 18, 2025 8:23 am - Dancers turned arts administrators and educators Victor Alexander and his wife, Maray Gutierrez, are among the Ruth Page Center artists and teachers responsible for the Center Stage at Ruth Page performances Friday and Saturday, March 21-22.
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Proposed length of lease puts Adler Arts Center and Libertyville officials at oddsMar 17, 2025 7:44 pm - A dispute regarding the village-owned Adler Arts Center in Libertyville has gone public with each side chiding the other over the length of a new lease.
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Stars shine at Ravinia this summerMar 13, 2025 11:12 am - Oscar nominee and “Wicked” co-star Cynthia Erivo, Lenny Kravitz, Chicago’s own Earth, Wind & Fire, Janelle Monáe and the CSO are among the luminaries scheduled to perform at the Ravinia Festival this summer.
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Steppenwolf veterans reunite for 50th season of classics, new worksMar 12, 2025 5:48 pm - Steppenwolf Theatre Company celebrates five decades of gutsy, ambitious productions and its distinctively visceral style of acting with a 50th anniversary season composed of classics as well as new and new-to-Chicago works.
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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre names new artistic directorMar 11, 2025 3:51 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre names Chicago-area theater veteran Johanna McKenzie Miller as its new artistic director.
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Spotlight: New kids’ shows open this weekMar 11, 2025 1:01 pm - Chicago Children’s Theatre and Lifeline Theatre premiere new kids’ shows; Trap Door reprises “Mother Courage and her Children”; and Stage Left comically examines Streeterville namesake George Streeter this week in Chicago theater.