Performing Arts
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Larkin dancers to bring 'El Deafo' graphic novel to life onstageFeb 12, 2019 10:00 pm - Larkin High School's Visual and Performing Arts Academy will present a dancing adaptation of "El Deafo," a graphic novel written and illustrated by Cece Bell. This "Bri...
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CYT Northwest Cook to present 'Into the Woods Jr.'Feb 12, 2019 10:00 pm - Life is just a fairy tale when Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical comes to life in CYT Chicago of Northwest Cook County's production of “Into the Woods Jr.” Per...
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Paramount whips up shrewd, sassy treat with irreverent 'The Producers'Feb 12, 2019 2:00 pm - “The Producers” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If the bold, brassy, audaciously irreverent “The Producers” is the musical theater equivalent of an ice cream sundae, its tasty albeit entirel...
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Plan ahead: Haley Reinhart returns to Chicago; Midtown Men play Aurora's ParamountFeb 12, 2019 5:00 am - 'Jersey' originals The Midtown Men, featuring cast members from the original 2005 cast of Broadway's "Jersey Boys," performs pop songs of the 1960s at the Paramount Thea...
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Theater spotlight: Lifeline stages 'The Man Who Was Thursday' satireFeb 12, 2019 5:00 am - 20th-century satire Lifeline Theatre presents G.K. Chesterton's 1908 satire about a group of gentlemen in turn-of-the-20th-century London who have vowed to overthrow the...
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Schaumburg marks 20 years of Black History Month plays with comedic coming-of-age taleFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - For its 20th anniversary, Schaumburg's annual Black History Month play is taking a break from the seriousness of recent shows and the strife people experience every day,...
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Music On Stage brings Broadway's 'Joseph' to Cutting HallFeb 11, 2019 10:00 pm - As artistic director for the Palatine-based theater company Music On Stage, Frank Roberts wears many hats. Just this week, he drove to area theaters to pick up backdrops...
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Tony Bennett tours to Joliet's Rialto SquareFeb 11, 2019 3:00 pm - Tony Bennett, 92, brings his "I Left My Heart" tour to the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet at 8 p.m. Friday, May 10. Bennettt's show will include his guest, daughter An...
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Best bets: Shen Yun dazzles at Rosemont Theatre, Jamie Kennedy hits the ImprovFeb 11, 2019 5:00 am - Chinese culture The traveling Chinese music and dance spectacular Shen Yun returns for a run of performances starting Thursday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Roa...
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ECC Musical Theatre to stage 'Young Frankenstein'Feb 10, 2019 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present its production of the Mel Brooks musical "Young Frankenstein" Friday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, March 3. Based on the...