Performing Arts
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Palatine High School plays with time, destiny in 'Steampunk Romeo and Juliet'Oct 12, 2015 1:00 am - Palatine High School plays with time, destiny in re-imagined 'Romeo and Juliet'
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Improv Playhouse to perform 'The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow'Oct 11, 2015 11:00 pm - Improv Playhouse will perform the Washington Irving classic story "The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow" as a staged radio drama at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 T...
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Sunday picks: 'Whose Live?' at ECC arts centerOct 11, 2015 6:00 am - Improv experts Master improvisation comics Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis and Joel Murray share the stage for the on-the-spot comedy show "Whose Live Anywa...
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Weekend picks: Cirque Zuma Zuma brings dance, acrobatics to CODOct 10, 2015 6:00 am - Amazing acrobatics Egyptian limbo dancers, Gabonese tumblers and South African gumboot dancers and contortionists are all featured in the African-influenced spectac...
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Old theater costumes get new life for Halloween at Mundelein saleOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - Theater costumes that hadn't seen the spotlight in years were given an opportunity to retire gracefully to a new life of Halloween parties and trick-or-treating at the K...
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Theater events: Williams Street Rep stages 'Gypsy'Oct 09, 2015 3:45 pm - 'Gypsy' revival Williams Street Repertory opens its fifth season with its largest show to date, "Gypsy," the 1959 musical by composer Jule Styne, lyricist Stephen ...
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New York theater named after stage and TV actor John Cullum
Oct 09, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two-time Tony Award-winner John Cullum has gotten the ultimate stage honor - a theater named after him. The American Theatre of Actors and The Araca Grou...
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Marlo Thomas on her dad and why everyone needs to be free
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Weekend picks: Pumpkins take over Highwood festOct 09, 2015 6:00 am - Pumpkins light up the night The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival is once again trying to break the Guinness World Record for most lit jack-o'-lanterns on display. Br...
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Black Ensemble Theatre Co. presents 'The Black White Love Play -The story of Chaz and Roger Ebert'Oct 08, 2015 11:00 pm - "The Black White Love Play -The story of Chaz and Roger Ebert," a thoroughly entertaining new play written, directed and produced by Jackie Taylor, founder and CEO of th...