Performing Arts
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New mothers face hard choices in Northlight Theatre's 'Cry It Out'May 23, 2018 10:45 am - “Cry It Out” - ★ ★ ★ “When it comes to kids and careers, there's rarely a perfect choice,” opined a newsroom veteran who well recalls those heady days as a new mom full ...
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Writers Theatre delivers superb revival of unsettling 'Buried Child'May 23, 2018 6:30 am - “Buried Child” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If “Sweeney Todd,” Stephen Sondheim's gruesome musical about a vengeful barber turned serial murderer, is a “season killer” as a colleague once ...
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Weekly picks: Lee DeWyze performs, signs albums at Joyride RecordsMay 23, 2018 6:00 am - Return of DeWyze Mount Prospect's own “American Idol” Lee DeWyze returns to the Chicago area for an in-store performance at Joyride Records celebrating the vinyl re...
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Theater spotlight: Lifeline brings back award-winning adaptation of 'Neverwhere'May 22, 2018 6:00 am - Lifeline's 'Neverwhere' Lifeline Theatre revives its Joseph Jefferson Award-winning adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel about businessman Richard, who gets trapped in an a...
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Young performers to take theatergoers to 'Madagascar'May 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Christian Youth Theater Northwest Cook's production of "Madagascar - A Musical Adventure Jr." is based on the DreamWorks animated motion picture. Performances run May 2...
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From horror to history and comedy to controversy, First Folio has something for everyone in 2018-19 seasonMay 21, 2018 11:00 pm - For its 23rd season, First Folio Theatre at Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook will run the gamut from the horrors of Edgar Allan Poe to the sublime comic nerdiness of...
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Going Dutch Festival returns to downtown Elgin May 24-27May 20, 2018 11:00 pm - The eighth annual Going Dutch Festival, a celebration of the female voice in dance, music, theater, and the visual arts, returns to downtown Elgin for a second year May ...
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Weekend picks: Rick Springfield's 'Stripped Down Tour' hits GeneseeMay 20, 2018 7:23 am - 'Jesse's Girl' guy Famed Australian rocker (and former soap opera star) Rick Springfield goes intimate for his "Stripped Down Tour" tonight at the Genesee Theatre, ...
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Weekend picks: 10,000 Maniacs play North Central CollegeMay 19, 2018 7:23 am - 'Because the Night' Fans of the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs won't want to miss them in concert on Saturday, May 19, at North Central College's Pfeiffer Hal...
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Audition sign-ups open Friday for bigger, better Suburban Chicago's Got TalentMay 18, 2018 6:00 am - Suburban Chicago's Got Talent is full of changes in its seventh year. The summer talent competition shifts to different venues, features new celebrity judges and offers...