Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Musicians honor jazz great Billy StrayhornNov 21, 2015 5:47 am - Jazz great "Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn" is the culminating concert of Chicago's Billy Strayhorn Festival honoring the late great jazz songwriter who ha...
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Steve Martin promises a 'forgettable' Sunday evening in RosemontNov 20, 2015 11:30 am - What do you ask someone who's been incredibly famous for the better part of four decades? What question can you pose that he hasn't already answered many, many times bef...
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Theater events: Paramount rings in holidays with 'Christmas Story'Nov 20, 2015 5:00 am - 'Christmas Story' A young boy growing up in a small Indiana town during the 1940s has his heart set on one thing: a Red Ryder BB gun. And he'll do almost anything t...
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Weekend picks: Elayne Boosler plays the Comedy ShrineNov 20, 2015 4:47 am - Comic Boosler Elayne Boosler is known for being a comedian, writer and animal activist. See what she has to say when she performs standup comedy on Friday and Satur...
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Laughter and lights: 5 ideas for the weekendNov 20, 2015 12:00 am - Whether you're looking to get in the holiday spirit or escape with a few laughs, there is plenty to do in the suburbs this weekend. We have five ideas below. For others,...
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Dance students to perform at Holiday Showcase in St. CharlesNov 19, 2015 10:00 pm - The 3rd Street Dance & Theatre Academy Inc. in St. Charles will hold its inaugural Holiday Showcase program to highlight the talent and skills of its students. The perfo...
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Hold onto your helicopter: 'Miss Saigon' returns to Broadway
Nov 19, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - That familiar sound of thwak, thwak, thwak is coming back to Broadway - the musical "Miss Saigon," complete with iconic helicopter, will land in New York...
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Images: #TBT Gallery looks back at suburban theaterNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - In this week's #TBT Gallery, we take a look back at fall play productions at various high schools and local theater groups in the suburbs. The photos, mostly from the m...
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Six performances of 'It's A Wonderful Life'Nov 19, 2015 12:00 am - The Improv Playhouse Radio Players present "It's A Wonderful Life" at the Improv Playhouse Theater, 735 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. Performances are 4:30 and 7:30 p...
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'You Can't Take It With You' a delight at NorthlightNov 18, 2015 7:00 am - “You Can't Take It With You” has endured through the decades, and Northlight Theatre's hilarious revival in Skokie shows why. Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer ...