Performing Arts
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Encore Theatre Productions to hold auditions for 'Putnam County Spelling Bee'May 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Encore Theatre Productions, Elgin's newest theater company, will hold auditions for its second production, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." Auditions will ...
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Theater events: Genesis Theatricals examines life of Marie Curie in 'The Radiant'May 08, 2017 11:00 pm - 'The Radiant' Shirley Lauro examines the personal life of acclaimed scientist Madame Marie Curie in her 2011 bio-drama "The Radiant." Genesis Theatrical Productions show...
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Ravinia Festival 2017 season on saleMay 08, 2017 1:00 am - Tickets for the 2017 Ravinia Festival season go on sale at 5 a.m. Tuesday. There are 59 artists making their festival debut this summer, including Common (June 24), Andr...
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Hello Broadway puts on 'Charlotte's Web' this weekendMay 07, 2017 11:00 pm - Hello Broadway Theatre Company will present its spring play, "Charlotte's Web," May 13-14. Performances will be 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at Faith Lutheran...
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Riverfront Playhouse brings 'Bus Stop' to stageMay 07, 2017 11:00 pm - The Riverfront Playhouse presents the romantic comedy "Bus Stop" by William Inge at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, May 5 to June 10, at 11-13 Water Street Mall in Aurora....
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Deerfield's Sammy Ferber grew up with 'Rent'; returns with its 20th anniversary tourMay 07, 2017 7:00 am - The Broadway smash “Rent” has played a significant part in the acting career of Deerfield native Sammy Ferber. Both he and the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning roc...
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Andrew Garfield wows critics in London 'Angels in America'
May 05, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - One of the landmark plays of the late 20th century, "Angels in America " is set in a deeply divided United States haunted by premonitions of apocalypse. It...
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Theater events: Mike Nussbaum is back in Northlight's 'Relativity'May 05, 2017 6:00 am - Nussbaum returns Mike Nussbaum returns to Northlight Theatre in the world premiere of "Relativity," Mark St. Germain's fictionalized account of a mysterious part of Albe...
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Marriott's 'She Loves Me' a romantic musical comedy charmerMay 05, 2017 5:30 am - It's hard to believe the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire has never staged "She Loves Me" until now. That's because the intimate and involving glories of "She Loves Me" ...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble will begin 2017-18 season with 'The 39 Steps'May 04, 2017 12:00 am - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, in the second year of its second life at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, will lead off its 2017-18 season with the comic whoduni...