Performing Arts
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Young Arlington Heights actor can't escape 'A Christmas Story'Dec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Cody Bolithon is having a busy holiday season. By day, Cody is a seventh-grader at South Middle School in Arlington Heights. But on nights and weekends, the 12-year-old ...
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Marriott Theatre announces casting for limited run 'Spring Awakening'Dec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced Tuesday its preseason production of "Spring Awakening," the Tony Award-winning musical about adolescent sexuality and desp...
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Bocelli coming back to Allstate ArenaDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Italian pop-opera tenor Andrea Bocelli will return to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont at 8 p.m. Friday, June 10, 2016. The concert features music from Bocelli's latest a...
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Paramount hits the mark with hugely entertaining 'Christmas Story'Nov 30, 2015 10:00 pm - What makes a musical a classic? A story that resonates, for starters. Good music, canny lyrics and interesting characters are also essential. “A Christmas Story — The M...
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Theater events: Get 'Holidazed' in Aurora courtesy of Second CityNov 30, 2015 10:00 pm - 'Holidazed' in Aurora The Second City National Touring Company returns to Aurora's intimate Copley Theatre with the "Holidazed and Confused Revue," a sendup of all ...
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Local actress Abby Mueller brings 'Beautiful' home to ChicagoNov 30, 2015 4:45 am - "Do you have any trepidation about playing a part that was created by your sister?" Actress and Evanston native Abby Mueller has been asked variations on that question ...
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Meet the Maine West football player who moonlights as fire dancerNov 30, 2015 12:00 am - You would think that most 16-year-old juniors at Maine West High School would be hanging out with their friends after school. Jared Brogni of Des Plaines is instead play...
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Dance concert at Stevenson High this weekendNov 30, 2015 12:00 am - Lincolnshire's Stevenson High School will present a dance concert in the performing arts center this weekend. Performances begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p...
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Church play recalls Rolling Meadows' first ChristmasNov 29, 2015 10:00 pm - As Community Church of Rolling Meadows and the city Rolling Meadows itself near the end of the celebration of each of their 60th anniversaries, the church has decided to...
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Chicago-area natives headline return of 'The Lion King'Nov 29, 2015 6:30 am - Aaron Nelson and Nia Holloway can both boast about what makes their respective performances as Simba and Nala in "The Lion King" stand out in the history of the 18-year-...