Performing Arts
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Billy Gardell looks ahead to new dramatic role, Paramount showNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - Comedian and actor Billy Gardell gets a bit wistful when he speaks about “Mike & Molly,” the CBS sitcom he starred in with Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy. The show e...
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Oakton celebrates Veterans Day with play exploring the world of female soldiersNov 06, 2016 12:00 am - A free performance of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble's acclaimed play, "Women at War," which focuses on females serving on the front lines in the military, is at 1 p.m., Thu...
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Experts debate sex and alcohol in Utah 'Deadpool' case
Nov 04, 2016 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah court fight over alcohol, sex and "Deadpool" is drawing in experts dueling over banning booze at suggestive movies and the artistic value of...
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Seniors treated to a musical by VHHSNov 04, 2016 1:00 am - Members of the Vernon Hills High School National Honor Society served lasagna, garlic bread and apple pie to local seniors before treating them to some entertainment. A...
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'Fun Home' charms with complex characters, riveting scoreNov 04, 2016 1:00 am - At least one woman attending Thursday's opening of "Fun Home" left disappointed. "I need razzle-dazzle, jazz hands," she told her companions as they made their way to t...
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'Lion King Jr.'takes stage in SchaumburgNov 03, 2016 11:00 pm - It's not every day the stage at the Schaumburg Park District's Community Recreation Center is transformed into an African savanna. That's exactly the plan when a cast o...
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Harvest Christian Academy to perform 'The Sound of Music' Nov. 17-19Nov 02, 2016 11:00 pm - Harvest Christian Academy will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's last collaboration, "The Sound of Music," on Nov. 17-19 at the Huntley Park District's Cosman Theater, 1...
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MCC to present 'The Heidi Chronicles'Nov 02, 2016 11:00 pm - The Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College will present Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize winning play "The Heidi Chronicles" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-12 and 17-19 in ...
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Goodman drama underscores power of belief in love and 'Magic'Nov 02, 2016 10:00 am - Magic is a lot like love. You believe or you don't. You accept that a magician can pluck from a shuffled deck the playing card with your name on it. Or, you watch waril...
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Theater events: Janus remounts 'Shakespeare (abridged)'Nov 02, 2016 6:00 am - Team Shakespeare Elgin's 400 Shakespeare Festival concludes with "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" a parody of all 37 plays performed by four actres...