Performing Arts
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Suburbanites flex comedy muscles for 20th Chicago Improv FestivalMar 26, 2017 7:15 am - Work hard, play hard - that's pretty much the life motto for the improv comedy group I'm a Turtle. Each of the group's seven members has a full-time job while performing...
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'La La Land,' 'Beauty' putting musicals in the spotlight againMar 26, 2017 7:12 am - So, perhaps you've heard: "La La Land" didn't win best picture at the Oscars. But if every cloud has a silver lining, this one might be called golden: The Emma Stone-Rya...
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Weekend picks: It's Soap Box Derby time at Charlestowne MallMar 25, 2017 7:20 am - Derby time Boys and girls between the ages of 7 to 20 will be racing each other at the Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby Race this weekend at the Charlestowne Mall, 3800 E....
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Goodman announces new season reflecting 'darkly divided country'Mar 23, 2017 1:00 am - Marginalized immigrants, centenarian civil rights activists, Iraqi refugees and an anti-corruption crusader are among the characters whose stories Goodman Theatre will c...
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Wish granted: 'Aladdin' conjures up extra 10 weeks in ChicagoMar 23, 2017 1:00 am - It will be "A Whole New World" a bit longer for Disney's "Aladdin" in Chicago. An extra 10 weeks have been added to the Windy City launch of the North American tour. Dis...
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Travel to Narnia with Kirk PlayersMar 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Kirk Players will present its spring production, C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," adapted by Joseph Robinette, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 31, at Mundelei...
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Goodman's 'Destiny of Desire' lovingly sends up Latin American telenovelasMar 22, 2017 1:00 pm - YouTube The 2015 comedy is essentially a loving sendup of telenovelas, the globally popular TV cousins to American daytime soaps. Rather than disdaining this form of ent...
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Off-Broadway's 'The Fantasticks' to close after 21,000 shows
Mar 21, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The off-Broadway phenomenon "The Fantasticks" will end its record-breaking run this spring, bringing down the curtain on a show featuring confetti and a ...
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Theater events: Steppenwolf premieres Tracy Letts' 'Linda Vista'Mar 20, 2017 11:00 pm - The Latest by Letts Steppenwolf Theatre presents the world premiere of "Linda Vista," the latest by ensemble member and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts. Dexter Bullard...
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Election Day could shape the Des Plaines Theatre's futureMar 20, 2017 5:30 am - Mayor Matt Bogusz has hinged revitalizing downtown, with its empty storefronts and shuttered businesses, on a plan to spend millions on renovating the dilapidated Des Pl...