Performing Arts
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New Philharmonic opens 2018 with Verdi's "La Traviata"Jan 15, 2018 10:00 pm - "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her," said Jesus to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees when they brought in a woman ca...
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Theater events: Drury Lane revives 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'Jan 15, 2018 10:00 pm - Go, go, go Joseph Drury Lane Theatre concludes its season with a revival of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," the musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webb...
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Broadway, presidential portrayals highlight new Prairie Center seasonJan 15, 2018 12:00 am - Broadway favorites, presidential portrayals and "Duck Dynasty goes to Carnegie Hall" highlight the Spring 2018 lineup for the Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts. The...
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Study: Elmhurst can support $25 million performing arts centerJan 15, 2018 12:00 am - Elmhurst and the surrounding area can support a 50,000-square-foot performing arts and conference center with an estimated $25 million price tag, according to a study re...
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Batavia High to put on 'Musical Comedy Murders of 1940'Jan 14, 2018 10:00 pm - Batavia High School's winter play, "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940," is coming to the main stage at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1201 Main St.; use the Wilson Stree...
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Sunday picks: Professional Bull Riders roar into RosemontJan 14, 2018 6:21 am - Bucking trends It's man versus beast when the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Chicago Invitational arrives this weekend at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rose...
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Zanies launches yearlong 40th anniversary celebrationJan 14, 2018 6:00 am - Local comedy clubs come and go. And then there's Zanies. The Wells Street Zanies turns 40 this year, making it Chicago's longest-running comedy club. Zanies' St. Charles...
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Weekend picks: See Jim Belushi at Waukegan's Genesee TheatreJan 13, 2018 6:21 am - Improv masters Wheaton's Jim Belushi and the Chicago Board of Comedy make up funny material on the spot for an improvisation-filled show on Saturday at the Genesee Theat...
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Weekend picks: 'Insomniac' comedian Dave Attell plays Woodfield's ImprovJan 12, 2018 5:00 am - He's an 'Insomniac' Find out what's keeping famed “Insomniac” comedian Dave Attell up at night when he returns to do a series of standup shows this weekend at the Improv...
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Hot tickets: Discounted Chicago Theatre Week tickets on sale nowJan 12, 2018 5:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Marriot Theatre in Lincolnshire is not participating. Some of the hottest tickets in local theater went o...