Performing Arts
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Spotlight: Metropolis stages concert version of ‘Mary Poppins’Feb 12, 2025 9:21 am - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre stages a concert version of “Mary Poppins;” the stage version of “Clue” opens at the CIBC Theatre; Citadel Theatre revives Lauren Gunderson’s teen two-hander “I and You” this week in Chicago area theater.
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Best Bets: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘OVO’ at the NOW Arena, Second City at the MACFeb 11, 2025 11:57 am - Cirque du Soleil’s family-friendly, insect-themed spectacle “OVO” takes over NOW Arena for six shows, Second City brings its “best of” revue to the McAninch Arts Center, and Elmhurst University hosts its 58th jazz festival.
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Property-line dispute sparks neighbors’ border war in BTE’s first-rate ‘Native Gardens’Feb 10, 2025 2:08 pm - Was the speaker in the Robert Frost poem “Mending Wall” right? Do good fences make good neighbors? Check out Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s brisk, well-acted revival of “Native Gardens” and find out.
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Larkin dancers to bring ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillars’ to life on stageFeb 10, 2025 12:35 pm - Larkin High School’s VPAA Dance Academy will present a dancing adaptation of “The Very Hungry Caterpillars” in its annual “Bring a Book to Life” performance.
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Drury Lane revives Carole King bio-tunerFeb 07, 2025 1:42 pm - The bio-tuner’s terrific score propels Drury Lane Theatre’s revival of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.”
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‘We’re the heart sellers’: Effervescent performances animate Northlight’s poignant revivalFeb 05, 2025 9:46 am - Silence speaks volumes in Northlight’s charming revival of “The Heart Sellers,” featuring the ideally cast Aja Alcazar and Seoyoung Park as the endlessly likable strangers turned friends who give each other the support to thrive in their adopted homeland.
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Best Bets: Cocoa in Long Grove, wine in Wheaton and orchids at Chicago Botanic GardenFeb 04, 2025 8:38 am - Long Grove turns into a cocoa town, Wheaton welcomes wine and cheese enthusiasts, and the Chicago Botanic Garden debuts its annual orchid show this weekend.
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Spotlight: Goodman assembles all-star cast for ‘Betrayal’ revivalFeb 03, 2025 4:11 pm - Oscar and Emmy Award-winner Helen Hunt and Tony Award-winner Robert Sean Leonard join Chicago theater veteran Ian Barford for Goodman Theatre’s revival of Harold Pinter’s classic “Betrayal.”
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Portrait of the artist(s): Actress/writer channels celebrated painter Frida Kahlo in solo playJan 29, 2025 11:00 am - Theater artist Vanessa Severo brings her solo show “Frida ... A Self Portrait” — about the life and art of celebrated Mexican painter Frida Kahlo — to Writers Theatre in Glencoe.
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Spotlight: Revivals of ‘Joseph,’ ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at Marriott, Court theatersJan 29, 2025 10:07 am - Marriott Theatre inaugurates its 50th anniversary season with a revival of the well-loved musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” while Court Theatre stages its first production of the classic “A Raisin in the Sun.”