Performing Arts
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Andrew Rannells to temporarily star in Broadway's 'Hamilton'
Oct 08, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Andrew Rannells has a new gig - and it's a royal one. The Tony Award-nominated star of "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway and HBO's "Girls" will temporaril...
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Chicago Shakespeare's warm, irreverent 'Cyclone' worth a rideOct 07, 2015 11:00 pm - “Ride the Cyclone,” the Canadian cult musical making its U.S. premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know about regret, resi...
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Injury forces Keira Knightley to miss Broadway show
Oct 07, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - These are trying times at the Broadway show "Therese Raquin" - first a show was interrupted by a man in the audience who threw flowers and now star Keira...
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James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson beg you not to clap for them
Oct 07, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson are happy that theatergoers are excited to see them onstage together again, but please, please, hold your applause when...
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Weekend picks: 'Talent All Stars' roll into townOct 07, 2015 6:00 am - ‘Talent' shows The “America's Got Talent All Stars” promises top acts such as Recycled Percussion, comedian Taylor Williamson and more on Thursday and Saturday at t...
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Bowen Park Theatre auditionsOct 07, 2015 1:00 am - The Waukegan Park District's Bowen Park Theatre is holding an open call for the play, "Agnes of God," that will be on the Schornick stage in late January and into Februa...
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'Whose Live Anyway?' comes to Elgin and BataviaOct 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Comedy, like baseball, is all about timing. When Joel Murray and his fellow comedy cast members come to the Chicago suburbs for four shows over the next week, it could b...
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A musical with heart: Spotlight Youth's 'Seussical'Oct 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Journey back to your childhood with the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss when Spotlight Youth Theater Aurora brings "Seussical Jr." to the stage in Batavia this weekend. Per...
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Goodman's 'Feathers and Teeth' a ghoulish good timeOct 06, 2015 11:00 pm - At the core of Charise Castro Smith's amusingly ghoulish, horror-dramedy "Feathers and Teeth" - in its world premiere at Goodman Theatre - are a pair of broken hearts. ...
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Bob Saget to appear in Broadway play 'Hand to God'
Oct 06, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Edgy and irreverent comedian Bob Saget is returning to Broadway - as a pastor. "Hand to God" lead producer Kevin McCollum said Tuesday that the former "F...