Performing Arts
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Naperville's BrightSide Theatre announces 2017-2018 seasonMay 01, 2017 1:00 am - Naperville's BrightSide Theatre announced its seventh season featuring works adapted to the stage from hit films. "The 39 Steps," a comedic whodunit inspired by Alfred H...
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Sunday picks: Immerse yourself in art at Pheasant Run showApr 30, 2017 7:22 am - Art heads to 'Bourbon Street' Local artists take the spotlight as the St. Charles Arts Council holds its inaugural Pheasant Run Gallery Show in the Bourbon Street r...
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Drury Lane 'Chicago' makes media a target in flashy productionApr 29, 2017 1:00 am - The hit musical “Chicago” famously uses vaudeville acts to take aim at two manipulative “murderesses” and their rivalry to become showbiz celebrities. But it's the media...
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Janus artistic director to attend masterclasses at Shakespeare's Globe TheatreApr 27, 2017 11:00 pm - Janus Theatre artistic director Sean Hargadon will travel overseas next month to the Directing Studio at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to attend a series of directing mast...
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater charmingly adapts Oscar-winning comedyApr 27, 2017 6:00 am - Whenever some enterprising producer floats the idea of adapting a hit film to the stage, I find myself pondering the same question. What did the original leave unsaid th...
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See 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in AntiochApr 27, 2017 1:00 am - "To Kill a Mockingbird," adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Harper Lee, opens at PM&L Theatre, 877 Main St. in Antioch, on Friday, May 19 and will run Frida...
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Therapy Players to perform in LibertyvilleApr 27, 2017 1:00 am - How many psychotherapists does it take to make a crowd laugh? Find out when The Therapy Players take the stage at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the Improv Playh...
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Paramount's 'Superstar' delivers potent revival of classic rock operaApr 26, 2017 6:00 am - The timing for Paramount Theatre's revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar” was just a bit off. Previews for Tim Rice's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera chronicling Jesus...
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Longtime Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey dies at 60Apr 25, 2017 1:00 am - Longtime Steppenwolf Theatre artistic director Martha Lavey, a titan of Chicago theater, died Tuesday from complications from a stroke she suffered April 19. She was 60....
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Original cast members to appear at Batavia High School production of 'Rent'Apr 24, 2017 11:00 pm - The Batavia High School production of "Rent," which runs Thursday-Sunday, April 27-30 at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, will be even more special on Saturday. The Saturd...