Performing Arts
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Warren High's dinner theater production set for Oct. 8-10Oct 02, 2015 1:00 am - Warren Theatre's Dinner Theatre production of "These Shining Lives" by Melanie Marnich is set for 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 8 to 10, in the Almond Black Box...
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St. Charles' Fox Valley Repertory closes after 11 years at Pheasant RunOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - Fox Valley Repertory has closed its doors after 11 years in St. Charles and offered no indication that previously purchased tickets will be refunded. Money problems and ...
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Fox Country Players to present 'Oliver!' Oct. 16-18Oct 01, 2015 11:00 pm - Director Patrick Stinson and musical director Nan Grommes have been hard at work transforming Waubonsee Community College's stage into the set of Charles Dickens' story ...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Joe List plays Improv in SchaumburgOct 01, 2015 11:00 pm - To do List Boston native comedian Joe List, a preferred opening act for comedian Nick DiPaolo, plays a standup gig starting Thursday at the Improv Comedy Showcase a...
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Clive Owen on a role that takes 'everything you've got'
Oct 01, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Clive Owen was looking to do a play after a long time away from the stage. He just wanted the right one. The one he picked would make many other actors r...
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Goodman seeks writers for young critics programOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - Goodman Theatre invites "journalistically minded and theatrically curious" high school girls in 10th and 11th grades to attend a free informational session about the Cin...
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Early script by playwright gets reading at OaktonOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - An early script by New Trier alumna and acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl will receive a staged reading 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 at Studio One at...
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ArtReach, Spotlite Theatrix to stage 'Peter Pan'Sep 30, 2015 11:00 pm - ArtReach and Spotlite Theatrix is staging "Peter Pan" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, at The Cutting Hall Theatre, 150 E....
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Steppenwolf tackles eternal questions in ambitious 'Eden'Sep 30, 2015 10:00 am - Do genetics determine a man's nature? Or is it defined by the choices he makes? The question of fate vs. free will — set against the eternal battle between good and evil...
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Weekend picks: Jazz at the Genesee with Jim PeterikSep 30, 2015 6:15 am - Rocking jazz Jim Peterik's Lifeforce performs rocking jazz with opening act Mindi Abair Thursday at the Genesee Theatre, 20 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $23-$33. genes...