Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Grab a torch and head to MinefaireSep 09, 2018 7:25 am - Digital daring Minefaire: The Ultimate Minecraft Experience is a convention for all of the gamers who love living in their custom online world. It's at the Renaissa...
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Putting tap where we wouldn't expect itSep 08, 2018 7:27 am - Michelle Dorrance, a MacArthur "genius" grant winner and one of the world's most distinguished tap artists, has a wild streak. It's clear when she performs. She unleashe...
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Weekend picks: Tony, Antonia Bennett share Ravinia stageSep 08, 2018 7:25 am - Father & daughter Grammy Award-winning singer Tony Bennett returns to share the stage once again with his daughter, Antonia Bennett, at the Ravinia Festival, 418 Sh...
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Weekend picks: See Kris Allen, 'Idol' live in RosemontSep 07, 2018 6:00 am - Pop reality "American Idol: Live! 2018" features this season's top 7 finalists, past winner Kris Allen and the boy band In Real Life. Catch the concert at the Rosem...
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Theater preview: 'Tootsie' creators, performers update a favorite 1980s comedySep 06, 2018 11:00 pm - “Tootsie,” the new Broadway-bound musical beginning previews Tuesday in Chicago, won't entirely recall the 1982 comedy that inspired it. The fundamental details remain ...
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Theater events: Magician Brett Schneider brings one-man show to The Den TheatreSep 05, 2018 6:00 am - • MadKap Productions begins its 2018 season with "Man of La Mancha," the musical inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century novel "Don Quixote," in which the Cervante...
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Best bets: Look up as Wings Over Waukegan takes over the skiesSep 05, 2018 6:00 am - Up and away Marvel at the daring flying feats of brave pilots at the Northern Illinois Airshow: Wings Over Waukegan. See antique aircraft displays and more at the W...
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Acclaimed suburban theater director, teacher dies at 81Sep 05, 2018 1:00 am - John K. Marquette, an acclaimed suburban theater director and longtime teacher in Northwest Suburban High School District 214, is being remembered for living a life full...
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Judson student to put cabaret show Sept. 14Sep 04, 2018 11:00 pm - Judson University student Tiger Khokunthod of Elgin will present his own cabaret show, "I'd Rather Be Me: A Musical Theatre Cabaret," at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, in the ...
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'Matilda,' 'An American in Paris' part of Drury Lane's 2019-20 seasonSep 04, 2018 11:00 pm - The acclaimed musicals "Matilda" and "An American in Paris" will receive regional premieres at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace as part of its 2019-20 season. Drur...