Performing Arts
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Lake Zurich native takes lead in campy horror musical 'Carrie 2'Oct 20, 2017 6:00 am - Demi Zaino has fond memories of scary movie fests in her family's basement around Halloween. It was during one of these movie nights when she was a kid that the Lake Zu...
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Glenbard West to present 'Footloose'Oct 19, 2017 1:00 am - Glenbard West High School Theatre will present the musical "Footloose" in November. In the story, Ren McCormack, a newcomer from Chicago, is shocked to discover the smal...
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Elgin Theatre Co. to hold auditions for 'A Piece of My Heart' Nov. 13-14Oct 18, 2017 11:00 pm - The Elgin Theatre Company announces non-equity auditions for their winter production "A Piece of My Heart." The play by Shirley Lauro tells the story of five female nur...
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Stevenson children's theater series begins SundayOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - The Stevenson Foundation children's theater series at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire kicks off Sunday with "The Monster in the Closet." Shows are set for 11 a.m. ...
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Theater events: BoHo Theatre closes out season with 'Marie Christine'Oct 17, 2017 6:00 am - Voodoo woman's tale BoHo Theatre concludes its season with "Marie Christine," Michael John LaChiusa's "Medea" musical partly inspired by the life of Marie Laveau, a...
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'Les Miserables' is back — and it's magnificentOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - “Les Miserables” — ★ ★ ★ ½ In 2010, 25 years after it debuted, a new “Les Miserables” emerged. Victor Hugo's melodramatic, 19th century French tale of redemption a...
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'Like a movie set': Nightmare on Chicago Street returns to ElginOct 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Nightmare on Chicago Street has been anything but a nightmare for the city of Elgin. Back and better than ever, the city's Halloween/zombie-themed festival takes place f...
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Neil Patrick Harris book tour coming to WoodridgeOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Actor, author and magician Neil Patrick Harris is coming to Woodridge in December to promote "The Magic Misfits," the first book in his new series for middle-school read...
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Tickets on presale Tuesday for Terry Fator at GeneseeOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Terry Fator, the 2007 winner of "America's Got Talent," takes a break from his Las Vegas residency and brings his puppet menagerie (as well as jokes and impersonations) ...
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Auditions set for 'Little Mermaid' productionOct 15, 2017 11:00 pm - Children and adults are invited to audition for Magical Starlight Theatre's January production of "The Little Mermaid." Auditions will be Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28 an...