Performing Arts
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Humble Danny Burstein as Tevye: 'I'm as shocked as you are'
Nov 18, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The first time Danny Burstein performed the song "If I Were a Rich Man" in public, he left one woman in tears. It was in front of 6,000 people at a group...
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Choreographer from Arlington Heights debuts balletNov 18, 2015 4:55 am - Gordon Peirce Schmidt didn't set out to be a dancer. The choreographer and director, who grew up in Arlington Heights, was actually a gymnast - and didn't become serious...
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Grant theater students ready to spring "The Mousetrap"Nov 18, 2015 12:00 am - Grant Community High School theater students went through final rehearsals Wednesday as they prepare for this weekend's performances of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap....
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Side Street Studio Arts brings back art exchangeNov 17, 2015 10:00 pm - Side Street Studio Arts in downtown Elgin, in partnership with Nashville, Tenn.-based artists Carrie Gant and Kyle Numann, is seeking visual and performing artists for t...
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Kaneland High School to stage 'Romeo and Juliet'Nov 17, 2015 10:00 pm - This weekend at Kaneland High School, it's all about star-crossed lovers, family feuds and sword fights when the theater department presents William Shakespeare's "Romeo...
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Harold Prince celebrates his career with show far from B'way
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Weekend picks: Get a load of science with 'MythBusters' on stageNov 17, 2015 4:00 am - Science showoffs Watch TV personalities Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage make a stage spectacle of scientific experiments when “MythBusters: Jamie and Adam UNLEASHED” plays...
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Elgin Theatre Company stages 'A Christmas Carol' as a radio playNov 16, 2015 10:00 pm - Everything old is new again at the Elgin Theatre Company's production of "A Christmas Carol." The company, which is celebrating its 65th year, will present the perennial...
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West Aurora students to put on 'The Humor Games' parody this weekNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - West Aurora High School's Drama Troupe 2013 will be performing Dean O'Carroll's "The Humor Games," a loving parody of the popular dystopian trilogy, "The Hunger Games," ...
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INfrequently Asked Questions: Artistic director moves into the limelightNov 15, 2015 6:30 am - This week's INfreqently asked questions feature is of Jim Corti, an award-winning actor, director and choreographer who is artistic director of Paramount Theatre's Broad...