Performing Arts
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Review: All aboard the cheerfully campy musical 'Disaster!'
Mar 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Welcome aboard the Barracuda, a floating casino and discotheque of dubious construction. It's 1979 and we're anchored to a pier in New York City's Hudson...
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Device lets partially paralyzed actor walk for 'Richard III'Mar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Actor/director Michael Patrick Thornton is doing something he hasn't done onstage in 13 years: He's walking. For the first time since spinal strokes left him partially p...
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Men, women sought for auditionsMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - PM&L Theatre in Antioch will hold auditions for "Kill Me, Deadly," a detective noir comedy by Bill Robens, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 28, and Tuesday, March 29, at the thea...
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Theater events: Princesses power Marriott's 'Cinderella ... After the Ball'Mar 07, 2016 10:00 pm - By Barbara Vitello Girl power Cinderella achieves her happily ever after with help from fellow fairy tale maidens Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty in Marriott Theatre's...
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Michelle Williams, once 'out to pasture,' returns to stage
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Onstage but no script in advance? No problem, say celebs
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'42nd Street' tour cast includes legally blind dancer, Paramount vetMar 07, 2016 5:00 am - Local audiences will once again get to "meet those dancing feet" of "42nd Street," the quintessential backstage musical where an understudy goes on to become a star. The...
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Dance show at Mundelein HighMar 07, 2016 12:00 am - Mundelein High School's Orchesis Club will present a dance show March 14. It's set for 7 p.m. in the school auditorium, 1350 W. Hawley St. Solos, duets and small group d...
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Spring is time for 'The Last Romance' at Village TheatreMar 07, 2016 12:00 am - With its upcoming production of "The Last Romance" by Joe DiPietro, the Village Theatre Guild explores springtime themes of rebirth and transformation. The story is abou...
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World premieres by Letts, Rabe in Steppenwolf's 2016-17 seasonMar 06, 2016 10:00 pm - Several world premieres and acclaimed dramas making their Chicago debuts have been announced for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 2016-17 season. It's the first season to b...