Performing Arts
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Auditions for 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' at Palatine's Cutting Hall this weekAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - Community theater actors: practice your lines, warm up your singing voice and get ready to do the time warp again because auditions to be in Theater Nebula's production ...
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Lake Forest Civic Orchestra concertAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - The Lake Forest Civic Orchestra will introduce its new conductor, Robert Nordling, at the "Musical Stories" concert Sunday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. in the newly renovated Go...
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Weekend picks: Tune in to Wendy Williams' stand-upAug 29, 2015 6:30 am - Let's dish Fans of the daytime TV talk show hosted by Wendy Williams won't want to miss her "Sit Down Tour ... Too Real for Stand Up" on Saturday at the Arie Crown ...
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Affectionate story, lovely songs propel crowd-pleasing 'October Sky'Aug 28, 2015 11:00 am - "October Sky," the quaint, coming-of-age musical about high school rocket scientists desperate to "slip the surly bonds" of their West Virginia coal town, is about ready...
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Actor finds hope in American Blues Theater's 'Rainmaker'Aug 28, 2015 6:00 am - Hope is the most endearing aspect of “The Rainmaker” for Howie Johnson, who's starring in the American Blues Theater's new production of the N. Richard Nash drama. “It's...
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Weekend picks: Bret Michaels, local rockers play CineFestAug 28, 2015 5:30 am - Cinema action See up-and-coming bands like Suburban Chicago's Got Talent winners Burke Valley and Ryan Cooper and finalist Aviation and the War on the same bill as...
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Check out upcoming theater in Lake CountyAug 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Everything from complex murder mysteries to the dreams of a coal miner's son will come to life on Lake County stages this fall. Here's an overview of what local theater...
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Jay Leno coming to Paramount Oct. 30Aug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Talk show and comedy legend Jay Leno is headed to Aurora's Paramount Theatre for one-show-only at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. Tickets are $89,...
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Harper Ensemble presents comedy 'Over the Tavern'Aug 26, 2015 6:00 am - By today's standards, it's difficult to imagine why Elvis' hip-swiveling television appearances caused such a scandal back in the 1950s. But that was a time that marked ...
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Theater events: 'American Idiot' opens Hypocrites' 19th seasonAug 26, 2015 5:50 am - Hypocrites' 'Idiot' Days after The Hypocrites' earned a leading eight equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for its production of "All Our Tragic," it previews ...