Performing Arts
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Historic theater cancels events due to roof damage
May 24, 2018 7:00 am - RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - A century-old Vermont theater known as a popular stop for performers traveling between Montreal and Boston canceled upcoming events due to roof damag...
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Metropolis to start $120,000 lobby renovation featuring 'video wall'May 24, 2018 1:00 am - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in downtown Arlington Heights will embark this summer on a full-scale renovation of its lobby. The $120,000 project will include update...
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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, ...