Performing Arts
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Something to write home about: Glenview native makes Steppenwolf debutMay 14, 2024 4:24 pm - Actress/writer Paloma Nozicka never really considered making performing a career until she graduated from college with journalism and theater degrees and found it was easier to land an acting job than a reporting job.
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Spotlight: ‘Beetlejuice’ and The Beatles tribute return to Chicago stagesMay 14, 2024 4:23 pm - “Beetlejuice” the musical and a Beatles tribute return to Chicago for brief runs. Plus, local theater divas unite for a Season of Concern concert to benefit theater artists dealing with major health crises.
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Schaumburg Choral Artists to perform hometown concert before tour of Ireland, ScotlandMay 13, 2024 5:20 pm - Schaumburg Choral Artists, one of the newer enterprises of the village of Schaumburg’s Cultural Services Department, will perform a concert in their hometown Sunday, May 19, before embarking on a three-stop tour of Ireland and Scotland next month.
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Unearthly dramedy premiering at BTE needs some tweakingMay 09, 2024 3:37 pm - “Into the Earth With You,” Brian Watkins’ supernatural-tinged family dramedy premiering at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, needs a few revisions.
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Shrewd satire: Earnest performances, canny direction animate Steppenwolf’s ‘Thanksgiving Play’May 08, 2024 9:30 am - Playwright Larissa FastHorse packs a lot of satire into the 90-minute “The Thanksgiving Play,” which skewers Indigenous stereotypes, liberal guilt, sanitized history, theater and wokeness. Steppenwolf Theatre’s Chicago premiere runs through June 2.
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Palatine HS students learn ASL in honor of Deaf History MonthMay 07, 2024 10:42 am - In recognition of Deaf History Month in April, Palatine High School welcomed Matt Maxey onto the stage for mesmerizing Deaf performances of songs and awareness of the Deaf community within the music industry.
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Redemption tale: Jason Alexander stars in Chicago Shakes’ premiere of ‘Judgment Day’May 02, 2024 11:25 am - Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Judgment Day” has a not-so-secret weapon, and his name is Jason Alexander.
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On stage: TimeLine premieres dust bowl drama, Metropolis revives ‘9 to 5’May 01, 2024 8:34 am - TimeLine Theatre premieres climate-change inspired drama set in 1935 Texas on the day of one of the worst dust storms in the nation’s history.
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Best bets: ESO in concert, Bluey on stageApr 30, 2024 2:23 pm - The Elgin Master Chorale and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s masterful 9th Symphony in Elgin, while preschool favorite Bluey and her pals romp onstage at the Auditorium Theatre.
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Bringing music to the community: DuPage Symphony celebrates 70 yearsApr 25, 2024 11:44 am - In its 70th year, the DuPage Symphony Orchestra is still finding ways to go “above and beyond” to share its love for music with the community. For its season finale on Ma...