Performing Arts
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T Bone Burnett to write songs for Roy Rogers musical
Nov 06, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Producer, songwriter and musician T Bone Burnett has donned a white hat and jumped in to rescue the score to a musical about American icons Roy Rogers an...
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Weekend picks: 'Tesseracts' dance piece celebrates Chicago architectureNov 06, 2015 5:30 am - Structural choreography Jessica Lang Dance presents a repertory program featuring the world premiere piece "Tesseracts of Time" that was created as part of the inau...
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Stevenson High to stage 'Miss Saigon'Nov 06, 2015 12:00 am - Stevenson High School will stage performances of "Miss Saigon" Nov. 13 and Nov. 14. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and for 2 p.m. Sunday i...
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Step right up: 5 ideas for the weekend aheadNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - Take the kids to the circus in Rosemont, enjoy a Christmas classic in Oak Brook Terrace or stroll down musical memory lane in Aurora. There's tons to do this weekend in ...
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Blankenbuehler returning to Broadway with 'The Bandstand'
Nov 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The sound of swing will return to Broadway next season when director Andy Blankenbuehler leads "The Bandstand" to New York. The story of six WWII veteran...
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How did Camryn Manheim become fluent in ASL?
Nov 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actors usually have all sorts of special skills they've picked up along the way - sword-fighting, judo, a Scandinavian accent. Camryn Manheim has America...
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Writers' 'Marjorie Prime' explores questions of memory, identityNov 05, 2015 5:00 am - How would you prefer your memories? Raw, messy, unpleasant, imperfect? Or tidy and neatly embellished, with all the rough edges smoothed out? Those are among the questi...
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Arcada adds UFO show, holiday revueNov 05, 2015 12:00 am - Tickets are on sale now to four recently announced shows at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. The revue "Jingle Bell Rock" features contemporary pop arrangements of cla...
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COD Theater presents 'The Man Who Came to Dinner'Nov 05, 2015 12:00 am - It's Christmas 1939 when College of DuPage College Theater presents Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's "The Man Who Came to Dinner." Preview is Thursday, Nov. 12, with a...
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Geneva High School to stage 'And Then There Were None'Nov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Ten guilty strangers come together in Geneva Community High School's rendition of Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery "And Then There Were None." Each is accused o...