Performing Arts
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Lake Park students to present 'The Foreigner'Jan 21, 2016 12:00 am - A quiet fishing retreat takes a crazy turn when students from Lake Park High School perform the comedy "The Foreigner" by Larry Shue. In the play, a fishing lodge in ru...
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BrightSide Theatre continues season of farce with 'Not Now, Darling'Jan 21, 2016 12:00 am - BrightSide Theatre, Naperville's only professional theater performing in the downtown district, continues the celebration of its fifth anniversary with a season of farce...
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Black History Month kicks off with breakfast at ECCJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - Events at Elgin Community College honor the past, look to the future
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'King and I' taps a 'Lost,' 'Hawaii Five-0' star for Broadway
Jan 20, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Broadway's next king has been awfully busy chasing bad guys on the streets of Honolulu. Daniel Dae Kim, who plays a detective on the TV series "Hawaii Five-0,...
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Not your average Joe: Haj makes Guthrie directing debut
Jan 20, 2016 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Joseph Haj has a tough act to follow. Haj, 52, took over artistic leadership last summer at the renowned Guthrie Theater following a two-decade tenure...
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Risk pays off for Marriott's 'Spring Awakening'Jan 20, 2016 4:00 am - Since Marriott Theatre announced its 41st season would begin with a limited run of “Spring Awakening,” much has been written on how the musical about adolescents' sexual...
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Theater events: ComedySportz goes head to head at MetropolisJan 19, 2016 10:00 pm - Sportz center The members of ComedySportz bring their family-friendly, competitive-style improvisation to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre for one performance ...
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Bette Midler to return to Broadway in 'Hello, Dolly!'
Jan 19, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - It's a match made in musical theater heaven - Bette Midler will star in a Broadway revival of "Hello, Dolly!" Movie and theatrical producer Scott Rudin said T...
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Stevenson improv group to perform SaturdayJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - The Failed Presidential Candidates, Stevenson High School's student improvisational comedy troupe, will perform Saturday in Libertyville. The show is set for 6 p.m. at t...
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Stars on Ice returning to AllstateJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - Skating stars such as Meryl Davis, Charlie White, Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner are on the bill for the tour of Stars On Ice, which returns to the Allstate Arena in Rose...