Performing Arts
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsDec 29, 2017 9:00 am - Laugh in the New Year with Steve Trevino or Gina Brillon. Or revel in great 20th-century pop hits from Chubby Checker and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas at the Genesee ...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Gina Brillon goes club-hoppingDec 29, 2017 5:00 am - Gina here & there Comedian Gina Brillon ("Pacifically Speaking," "Chelsea Lately") plays a game of musical comedy clubs over New Year's weekend at three different Zanies...
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Kirk Players to hold 'Peter Pan and Wendy' auditionsDec 28, 2017 10:00 pm - Kirk Players will host open auditions for its spring children's show, "Peter Pan and Wendy," from 7-9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, and Wednesday, Jan. 10, at St. Andrew's Lut...
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Local theaters made news in 2017 with acclaimed productions, controversial castingDec 28, 2017 5:00 am - Issues related to identity, race and gender loomed large on and off suburban and city stages in 2017. And as claims of sexual misconduct and harassment rocked the worlds...
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Last-minute New Year's Eve ideas to welcome 2018 in the suburbsDec 28, 2017 12:00 am - Wondering what to do for New Year's Eve? If you didn't plan ahead, you still can find a mix of suburban events tailor-made to celebrate the moment or send out the year ...
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Weekly picks: Cheer on the Globetrotters in Rosemont, ChicagoDec 27, 2017 5:00 am - Basketball trickery See some amazing moves mixed with humor when the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters return to the Chicago area for another run of matches starting Thu...
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Theater events: Divas sing, Potter parody gets extensionDec 27, 2017 5:00 am - Delicious divas "Lettin' the Good Times Roll," a cabaret concert showcasing award-winning singers/actresses E. Faye Butler and Felicia P. Fields continues at Victory Gar...
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TownSquare Players to present 'The Little Mermaid' musicalDec 26, 2017 10:00 pm - TownSquare Players presents "Disney's The Little Mermaid The Musical" during the first three weekends in March at Woodstock Opera House, 121 W. Van Buren St. Performance...
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Sunday picks: Cruise through Aurora's Festival of LightsDec 24, 2017 6:00 am - Aurora Festival of Lights 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, Dec. 24-26, at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora. Drive through more than a mile of animated...
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What's it like to dance 'The Nutcracker'? It's a marathon of painDec 23, 2017 6:29 am - Her calves are cramping and her back is aching, but if Megan Johnson, a New York City Ballet dancer, peers through her false eyelashes at the first rows of the audience ...