Performing Arts
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Theater spotlight: 'La Havana Madrid' gets third remount at GoodmanJul 18, 2017 11:00 pm - 'La Havana Madrid' "La Havana Madrid," a Teatro Vista premiere and one of the season's biggest hits, gets a third remount at the Goodman Theatre, coming on the heels of...
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Fan Favorite voting underway once more for Suburban Chicago's Got TalentJul 18, 2017 5:30 am - The second round of online voting has begun to select a Fan Favorite for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent. Fans can view and vote on videos of the top 15 acts that competed...
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Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopened after floodingJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - The Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopened Tuesday, nearly a week after floodwaters from the Des Plaines River and Indian Creek forced the evacuation of about 250 hotel g...
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Elmhurst's talent on display at YesfestJul 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Five years ago, a group of self-described "stir crazy" performers wished they had a festival in Elmhurst where they could perform all the things they loved: original mus...
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'25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' continues this weekendJul 16, 2017 11:00 pm - The Elgin Summer Theatre continues "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 21-22, and 3 p.m. Sunday, July 23, at the Hemmens, 45...
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Top 15 Suburban Chicago's Got Talent finalists make well-known material their ownJul 16, 2017 1:00 am - A few of the remaining finalists of Suburban Chicago's Got Talent courted disaster or challenged expectations during the top 15 performance Sunday at Schaumburg's Prairi...
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Action, imagination key to Metropolis' revival of 'Peter,' Dave Barry saysJul 15, 2017 7:00 am - For Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry, the secret to good storytelling is action. “I don't like books with long descriptive passages,” said the former Miami Her...
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Derivative 'Something Rotten!' pokes fun at Shakespeare and other musicalsJul 14, 2017 7:00 pm - Set ostensibly in 1590s London, “Something Rotten!” is more of a modern ribbing exercise to spoof Shakespearean conventions, classic musicals of the past 75 years and to...
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5 ideas for this weekend in the suburbsJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - Festivals in a number of suburbs, a Peter Pan prequel in Arlington Heights and Shakespeare under the stars in Oak Brook provide plenty of reasons to venture out this wee...
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Marriott Theatre audience patiently evacuates while surrounded by floodJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - Marriott Theatre audiences aren't just loyal patrons. They're loyal patrons whose priorities are in order. As a deluge flooded parking lots at the Lincolnshire resort a...