Performing Arts
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Theater events: Abby Theatre raises 'Two Pints' at Chicago Shakespeare TheaterMar 01, 2019 5:00 am - • Previews continue at The Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark St., Chicago, for the company's season opener "Mahalia Jackson: Moving Through the Light...
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Alvin Ailey embraces past, present in Chicago return for troupe's 60th seasonMar 01, 2019 5:00 am - With Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the past is always present. Just look at how the venerable modern dance troupe keeps the memory of its namesake founder alive by...
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Literary adaptations dominate First Folio seasonMar 01, 2019 12:00 am - Literary adaptations dominate First Folio Theatre's 24th season, which commences with a limited run of Anne Nelson's 9/11-inspired two-hander "The Guys," about a New Yor...
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Post-apocalyptic dark comedy "Mr. Burns, a Post Electric Play" opens March 7 at MCCFeb 28, 2019 10:00 pm - The Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College will present its spring production: "Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play." Anne Washburn's imaginative dark comedy propels u...
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Why small US theaters have canceled 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Feb 28, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. have been forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat by Broad...
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Bolshoi Ballet to return to Chicago in 2020Feb 28, 2019 6:00 am - The Bolshoi Ballet will tour to Chicago in 2020 after a 16-year hiatus. The famed Russian ballet company will present choreographer Yuri Grigorovic's take on the classi...
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Steppenwolf announces wide-ranging, inclusive upcoming seasonFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - A revival of Tracy Letts' “Bug” directed by Tony Award-winner and Skokie native David Cromer (“The Band's Visit”) is among the productions making up Steppenwolf Theatre'...
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Northlight Theatre announces season dominated by female playwrights and performersFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - Onstage and off, women dominate Northlight Theatre's 45th season, announced Thursday by artistic director BJ Jones and executive director Timothy J. Evans. Jones, in a ...
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Fetch Happens! 'Mean Girls' musical comes to Chicago in DecemberFeb 27, 2019 3:00 pm - Get ready to wear pink on Wednesdays! The hit 2018 Broadway musical "Mean Girls" will tour to Chicago for a five-week run at the Nederlander Theatre from Wednesday, Dec...
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Best bets: Monster Jam returns to Rosemont's Allstate ArenaFeb 27, 2019 5:00 am - Big wheels See big trucks such as the Dragon, the Brodozer and more do amazing stunts at the Monster Jam this weekend at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosem...