Performing Arts
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Batavia Fine Arts Festival returns March 22Mar 18, 2018 11:00 pm - Batavia High School will host its sixth annual Batavia Fine Arts Festival Thursday, March 22, at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1201 Main St. The community is invited. Th...
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Bartlett High theater takes IHSA Sectional ChampionshipMar 18, 2018 11:00 pm - Bartlett High School's 2018 Group Interpretation theatrical production of "Forrest Gump" by Eric Roth and Winston Groom competed in the IHSA Group Interpretation Section...
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Suburban actor balances clowning, actingMar 18, 2018 7:23 am - One thing Philip Earl Johnson has learned over nearly three decades performing is to give audiences what they want. Several years ago, while performing as his clown alt...
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Sunday picks: Catch crooner Frankie Avalon at the Arcada TheatreMar 18, 2018 7:23 am - Where's the beach? Frankie Avalon, the former teen pop idol famed for a number of 1950s beach movies and the blockbuster musical film "Grease," will perform in conc...
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Weekend picks: Celebrate St. Paddy's Day with SwitchbackMar 17, 2018 7:00 am - Celtic duo Switchback performs a special and intimate “St. Paddy's Day Concert” on Saturday at the Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg. $26; $...
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Weekend picks: Illusionist Adam Trent goes beyond 'Abracadabra' at Cadillac PalaceMar 16, 2018 6:00 am - An illusionist Fans of the Broadway hit "The Illusionists" won't want to miss seeing one of its breakout stars in "The Magic of Adam Trent." The high-powered magic show ...
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Winnetka-set 'Taste of Things to Come' cooks up musical about suburban womenMar 16, 2018 6:00 am - Not too many musicals focus on suburban women, particularly those living in Winnetka. Yet these are the characters and setting for "A Taste of Things to Come," a 2016 of...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsMar 16, 2018 1:00 am - St. Patrick's Day parades and parties will keep celebrants busy Saturday, but there are other options as well. Here are five things to do this weekend in the suburbs. Fo...
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Buffalo Grove High students to perform 'Les Misérables School Edition'Mar 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Students from Buffalo Grove High School are studying the history of France in a unique way, through a production of "Les Mis#xe9;rables School Edition," an adaptation of...
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'Miss Firecracker' takes stage in Glen EllynMar 14, 2018 11:00 pm - The Glen Ellyn Village Theatre Guild's production of "The Miss Firecracker Contest," Beth Henley's rich, southern-gothic, absurdist comedy about a small-town girl trying...