Performing Arts
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Is laughter the best medicine? Chris Gethard hopes so
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Comedian Chris Gethard has managed to find a rich vein of comedy in the unlikeliest place - clinical depression. Gethard opens his latest one-man show by...
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Theater events: 'Defending the Caveman' turns 25Oct 13, 2016 6:00 am - ‘Cave man' at 25 The 25th anniversary tour of “Defending the Caveman” returns to the Skokie Theatre for a brief run courtesy of MadKap and Theater Mogul productions...
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Goodman seeks high school girls for young critics programOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - Goodman Theatre seeks applications from "journalistically savvy and theater curious" high school girls for the Cindy Bandle Young Critics program. A joint venture betwe...
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Seeking seasonal chills? Check out 'Dr. Seward's Dracula' at First FolioOct 12, 2016 6:00 am - “Human kind cannot bear very much reality.” T.S. Eliot wrote those lines in 1935, in his poem “Burnt Norton.” Playwright Joseph Zettelmaier made a similar observation in...
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Weekend picks: Olympic gymnasts flip into townOct 12, 2016 6:00 am - Olympic champs See Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and other members of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Teams perform as part of the 2016 Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastic...
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'Fiddler on the Roof' comes to Batavia Arts CentreOct 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Spotlight Youth Theater Kane County will present "Fiddler on the Roof Jr." at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre this weekend. A cast of 63 actors, ages 8-18, will bring the ...
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'Rocky Horror Show' coming to Cutting HallOct 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Theatre Nebula is bringing the cult classic musical "The Rocky Horror Show" to the Cutting Hall stage just in time for Halloween. This live musical, with music, lyrics ...
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Buffett 'Margaritaville' musical set for 2017 Chicago premiereOct 11, 2016 1:00 am - Prepare yourself parrot-heads: "Escape to Margaritaville," a Broadway-bound jukebox tuner featuring the music of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, will debut in Chicago n...
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Roselle drummer fulfills dream of playing with Blue Man GroupOct 10, 2016 6:00 am - As a kid, Thomas Benko was musically inspired by Blue Man Group. His dad took him into the city several times to see the group perform at the Briar Street Theatre, the e...
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Judson to host daylong applied theater conference Oct. 14Oct 09, 2016 11:00 pm - Judson University's Demoss Center for Worship in the Performing Arts will host a free, daylong applied theater conference Friday, Oct. 14. The conference will run from 9...