Performing Arts
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Robert Falls celebrates 30 years as Goodman's driving artistic forceMar 03, 2017 5:00 am - Robert Falls has no succession plan. Not that anyone at Goodman Theatre has asked. And not that he's ready to hand over the artistic reigns. After three decades at the ...
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Rolling Meadows puppet opera gets national TV exposureMar 03, 2017 12:00 am - A national cable television show will profile Rolling Meadows' puppet opera production Opera in Focus in an episode that airs Monday, March 6. "Strange Inheritance," at ...
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Alum makes Harper directorial debut with 'Picnic'Mar 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Cale Haupert's very first audition as a Harper College student was in some ways quite formative. The play was "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller, and he didn't land a part. ...
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Village Theatre to present 'The Laramie Project'Mar 02, 2017 10:00 pm - "The Laramie Project," Village Theatre Guild's third selection of the season, captures the soul of Laramie, Wyoming, as the townspeople struggle to make sense of the mur...
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Pacing off in Steel Beam's 'Don't Drink the Water'Mar 02, 2017 2:00 pm - Farce is a delicate thing. It needs a brisk pace to be effective. And the actors have to perform with cheeky confidence and controlled abandon, thereby creating on stag...
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New Steppenwolf season includes Broadway-bound 'The Minutes,' 3 world premieresMar 02, 2017 12:00 am - "The Minutes," a new political drama (whose Broadway transfer is already assured) by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, and the return of some familiar faces mark Steppe...
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Irish dancers at Wauconda library March 12Mar 02, 2017 12:00 am - The McNulty Irish Dancers will perform Sunday, March 12, at the Wauconda Area Library, 801 N. Main St. The free show featuring beautiful costumes, compelling Celtic mus...
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Pies, pizza and potatoes: Real food takes a bow onstage
Mar 01, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - There's a new version of the frightful musical "Sweeney Todd" playing in downtown Manhattan that's undeniably meatier than most. Visitors to the Barrow S...
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Theater events: Clayton English brings funny to Schaumburg's Chicago ImprovMar 01, 2017 5:00 am - Standup in Schaumburg Standup comedian Clayton English headlines the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg this weekend. The 2015 winner of NBC's "The Last Comic Standing," ...
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Show choirs bring the energy in elaborate performancesFeb 28, 2017 10:00 pm - Show choirs from Wheaton Warrenville South High School can do a lot with 15 minutes. In quarter-hour routines, The Classics and Espirit, the all-female group, each perfo...