Performing Arts
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Broadway-aimed 'Gotta Dance' mixes hip-hop with show biz veteransDec 11, 2015 5:00 am - Like so many new musicals nowadays, “Gotta Dance” can trace its roots to a movie. But instead of a fictional blockbuster, the musical takes its inspiration from an accla...
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Paramount Theatre subscribers top 30,000Dec 11, 2015 12:00 am - Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced Friday that its subscribers have passed 30,000. The announcement caps off a banner year during which the theater earned a total of...
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Hops and ho-ho-ho: 5 ideas for the weekendDec 11, 2015 12:00 am - What do reindeer and wrestling have in common? Not much, except you have a chance to see both this weekend in the suburbs. Here are five ideas for the weekend ahead. Fo...
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Explore Chicago arts, culture from storied Chicago Athletic Association hotelDec 09, 2015 10:00 pm - You wouldn't expect a new hotel to hire a storyteller as it prepared to open its doors, but that's just what the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel did before it greeted...
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Lyric stages powerful operatic premiere of 'Bel Canto'Dec 09, 2015 12:00 am - Recent terrorist attacks around the globe have given the world premiere of "Bel Canto" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago an unintended timeliness. But this superlative first...
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What actors are saying about 'Scrooge's Christmas'Dec 08, 2015 10:00 pm - John Jepson, Scrooge " 'Scrooge's Christmas' can literally take every member of the audience and almost force them to appreciate the wonderful people in their lives...
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'Scrooge's Christmas' features highlights from Dickens classicDec 08, 2015 10:00 pm - Every holiday season, at least one local theater group stages "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens' classic story of greed and redemption. At Playhouse 38 in Geneva, th...
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Marlow students put on 'A Cowboy in King Arthur's Court' Dec. 11-12Dec 08, 2015 10:00 pm - More than 63 students will perform "A Cowboy In King Arthur's Court" Friday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2:30 and 7 p.m. at Huntley High School's Perfor...
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Theater events: Second City's 'Holidazed' at Metropolis puts a light spin on seasonDec 08, 2015 10:00 pm - 'Dazed' at Metropolis One of Second City's touring ensembles returns to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre to perform "Holidazed," a seasonal sketch comedy sendu...
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'Nutcracker' comes to Raue Center Dec. 19-20Dec 08, 2015 10:00 pm - From a mouse's viewpoint, everything seems big! Imagine, being on stage as a mouse and growing 100 times your actual size! Watching all that you know swell and balloon ...