Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Tony Danza shares stories, songs at ArcadaSep 16, 2018 7:25 am - Brooklyn boy Hear songs interspersed with showbiz anecdotes tied to "Taxi" and "Who's the Boss?" when "Tony Danza: Standards & Stories" is shared on Sunday at the A...
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Weekend picks: Meghan Trainor, X Ambassadors play Chicago TheatreSep 15, 2018 7:25 am - Meghan Trainor Meghan Trainor, the pop singer formerly all about that bass, brings her show to the Chicago Theatre this weekend, along with the X Ambassadors, George Ezr...
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Constable: Mexican folk dancers help youths celebrate Hispanic heritageSep 15, 2018 1:00 am - Modern American culture offers youths endless opportunities to watch cat videos on YouTube, play Fortnite online, binge-watch TV shows, hang out at a local place with yu...
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Letting the art happen: Elgin Fringe festival celebrates 5 yearsSep 15, 2018 1:00 am - Whatever happens, happens. That was the motto Elgin Fringe Festival co-founders Sean Hargadon and Erin Rehberg embraced when they established the performance and visual ...
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Theater review: Drury Lane's well-cast 'Little Shop of Horrors' is plant food for thoughtSep 14, 2018 4:00 pm - "Little Shop of Horrors" - ★ ★ ★ ½ When it comes to musical comedy camp, "Little Shop of Horrors" is a masterpiece. Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace allows the br...
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Weekend picks: Buddy Guy brings the blues to Arcada TheatreSep 14, 2018 6:00 am - Blues legend Kennedy Center honoree Buddy Guy returns with special guest Quinn Sullivan to perform a blues concert at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $...
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Theater events: Pat McGann headlines comedy show at the MetropolisSep 14, 2018 6:00 am - Monologist Roberta Miles brings her adults-only solo shows “I Want a Banana and Other Desperate Love Stories” and “Cracked: Surviving My Life” to the Prop Thtr, 3502 N....
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Theater review: Marriott Theatre's super 'Sweet Charity' has perfect rhythmSep 14, 2018 3:00 am - “Sweet Charity” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “The rhythm of life is a powerful beat, puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet.” Behold the words of Daddy Johann Sebastian B...
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Independent Players opens 41st season with 'The Guardsman'Sep 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Independent Players will open its 41st season with a very popular play entitled "The Guardsman" by Ferenc Molnar at the Elgin Art Showcase in the Professional Building, ...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble delivers laughs in dated farce 'The Dingdong'Sep 13, 2018 2:00 pm - “The Dingdong, or How the French Kiss” - ★ ★ ★ Silly fun abounds in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's bed-hopping, door-slamming sex farce “The Dingdong, or How the French Kiss...