Performing Arts
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Review: A family looks for destiny, meaning in 'Smokefall'
Feb 22, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - If you conjure up memories of scenes from your life and narrate them with hindsight, you would begin to have the structure of Noah Haidle's bittersweet, ...
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'Rent' star and Joliet native comes home with 'If/Then'Feb 22, 2016 4:00 am - Actor and Joliet native Anthony Rapp will forever be known for originating the role of filmmaker Mark in the 1996 cast of "Rent" and recreating it in the 2005 movie. And...
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The Fine Line hosts 'Original Fridays' featuring local fine artists, musiciansFeb 21, 2016 10:00 pm - The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles is excited to announce a new visual and performing arts series, "Original Fridays." Every other month on a Friday eveni...
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Independent Players present 'The Octette Bridge Club'Feb 21, 2016 10:00 pm - Independent Players present "The Octette Bridge Club" at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 4-19, at the Elgin Arts Showcase, 164 Division St., eighth floor, Elgin. ...
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Actor Stephen Baldwin returns to Arlington Heights to play thief on the crossFeb 21, 2016 10:00 pm - The correct name of Stephen Baldwin's a one-man show is , “Heaven, How I Got Here: A Night with the Thief on the Cross.” The Rev. Colin Smith is senior pastor of Or...
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Alfie Boe to be next hero in Broadway's 'Finding Neverland'
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Sunday picks: Bobby Lee, Lego train show, Los LobosFeb 21, 2016 5:43 am - 'MADtv' man Catch up with comedian Bobby Lee ("MADtv," "Pineapple Express") when he performs a standup gig this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase at Woodfield M...
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Saoirse Ronan makes her stage debut on Broadway's 'deep end'
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Weekend picks: Pound of Flesh, Creedence Clearwater RevivalFeb 20, 2016 5:33 am - Pound of Flesh at Penny Road Former Ministry member Darrell James and his electronic hard rock band Pound of Flesh is coming back to town as part of Penny Road Pub'...
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Marriott Theatre's 'Sister Act' is flashy funFeb 20, 2016 5:00 am - There's something about singing and dancing nuns in musical theater. Whether fretting about Maria in “The Sound of Music” or deploying showbiz schtick in “Nunsense,” nun...