Performing Arts
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Former Joffrey Ballet dancer turns to 'Dirty Dancing'Aug 15, 2015 7:00 am - In the middle of her fifth season of dancing with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, Jenny Winton was offered an audition out of the blue for the national tour of "Dirty Dan...
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Weekend picks: CSO performs Wagner's ghostly love storyAug 15, 2015 5:30 am - Ghost ship The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Richard Wagner's 1843 supernatural love story "The Flying Dutchman" with celebrated singers like bass-baritone Gr...
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Weekend picks: I Fight Dragons rocking benefit at Martyrs'Aug 14, 2015 5:30 am - Bands, beers and ... bosons? Local rock band I Fight Dragons is teaming up with Strange Bedfellows Theater and Dark Sage Brewery for The Final Frontbeer benefit bas...
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Libertyville lawyer in one-man showAug 14, 2015 1:00 am - Libertyville attorney John Haderlein portrays "Clarence Darrow" in a one-man show Saturday and Sunday about the famous turn-of-the century lawyer who defended some very ...
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'America's Got Talent' favorites tour to GeneseeAug 13, 2015 6:05 pm - "America's Got Talent Live: The All-Stars Tour" features comedian Taylor Williamson, junk rockers Recycled Percussion and many other memorable contestants. This touring...
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'Long Island Medium' to appear at Rosemont TheatreAug 13, 2015 6:00 pm - Rosemont Theatre tickets for a live performance by TLC's "Long Island Medium," Theresa Caputo, go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14. Caputo will give ...
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Ex-Metropolis director trying to revitalize Des Plaines venueAug 12, 2015 5:30 am - After nearly three years at the helm of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, Charlie Beck is trying to revitalize an old theater space in downtown...
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David Arquette to star as 'Sherlock Holmes' in ChicagoAug 12, 2015 1:00 am - "Sherlock Holmes," a theatrical adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tales by playwright Greg Kramer, will play the Oriental Theatre in November, Broadway in C...
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Marriott ready to launch new 'October Sky' musicalAug 11, 2015 11:00 pm - Jeff Award-winning director Rachel Rockwell never saw herself as being particularly interested in coal-mining communities before. Then she became involved in directing ...
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Steel Beam's 15th season includes world premiereAug 11, 2015 1:00 am - Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles announced its 15th season, which showcases contemporary works from the last decade, will conclude with the world premiere of a new come...