Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Laugh along with Marina FranklinFeb 05, 2016 4:12 am - Comic career Catch up with the career of Chicago-native comedian Marina Franklin (HBO's "Divorce," Comedy Central's "Inside Amy Schumer") when she performs standup ...
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First Folio stages a seafaring Wodehouse comedyFeb 05, 2016 4:00 am - For its fourth dip into the P.G. Wodehouse canon, a nautical romp titled “Jeeves at Sea,” First Folio Theatre sticks with the tried-and-true. That translates to reunitin...
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Libertyville High to stage Christie playFeb 05, 2016 12:00 am - Libertyville High School will stage Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution" on Feb. 12-13. The curtain will rise at 7:30 p.m. each day in the Butler Lake Auditor...
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Playwright Lauren Gunderson is enjoying a wave of interest
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lauren Gunderson is such a rare theatrical talent, you might be tempted to approach her very quietly, so as not to frighten her away. "Indeed. Be careful...
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Theater events: Goodman stages world premiere of '2666'Feb 04, 2016 5:00 am - Epic drama Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls and playwright-in-residence Seth Bockley adapt and co-direct the world premiere of "2666." The posthumous nove...
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Tickets available for 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Stevenson HSFeb 04, 2016 12:00 am - Stevenson High School will stage the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" this weekend. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Lincolnshire school's Lit...
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ECC Musical Theatre to put on 'Monty Python's Spamalot' Feb. 20-28Feb 03, 2016 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present its spring production of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy "Monty Python's Spamalot" from Saturday, Feb. 20 thro...
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Northlight's 'Mothers and Sons' reflects on gay gains, lossesFeb 03, 2016 9:00 am - A dignified, chilly frown appears to be the default expression for recently widowed Dallas matron Katharine Gerard in “Mothers and Sons,” Terrence McNally's 2014 Broadwa...
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Weekend picks: Get your country fix with Chris YoungFeb 03, 2016 4:00 am - Country guy If you love country hits such as “Who I Am With You” and “Lonely Eyes,” then don't miss Chris Young in concert on Thursday at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. R...
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Seattle theater to stage play about Tylenol murdersFeb 03, 2016 12:00 am - A small theater in suburban Seattle will stage a new play next month about the 1982 Tylenol cyanide poisonings, which killed six people from the suburbs and a Chicago wo...