Performing Arts
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Upcycling all the rage at Art & Soul on the FoxAug 01, 2015 1:00 am - From traditional wall art paintings to photography, from jewelry to ceramics, there's a little bit of everything at the Art & Soul on the Fox festival in downtown Elgin....
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Weekend picks: Whoa, here they come! Hall & Oates play RiverEdgeJul 31, 2015 5:30 am - 'Private Eyes' Hear Hall & Oates play their top hits from the 1980s like "Kiss on My List," "Maneater," "Out of Touch" and more tonight at the RiverEdge Park, 360 N...
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Theater events: Celebrate jazz giant Ella Fitzgerald at MetropolisJul 31, 2015 5:15 am - Comedy crank up The Comedy Shrine hosts “Cranked Up,” a new weekly, stand-up showcase featuring up-and-coming local and touring comedians. Jack Baker and Adam Gulle...
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Thwarted romance, angst animate Sideshow's brilliant 'Bird'Jul 31, 2015 5:15 am - “Stupid (expletive) Bird” is an exceptional play, but this commercial remount of Sideshow Theatre Company's 2014 hit is not for everyone. That's especially true of those...
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Green Day musical coming to Arlington Hts.Jul 30, 2015 11:00 pm - The music of Green Day will come to life onstage this summer as Up and Coming Theatre Company presents the regional premiere of “American Idiot.” Performances will take ...
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Two comic operas take stage in SchaumburgJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - Schaumburg Summer Theatre is presenting the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera "HMS Pinafore" and the famed writing team's first collaboration, the one-act musical farce "...
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Clever circus staging reframes 'Pippin' as true spectacleJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - If ever there was a musical that desperately needed a visionary director to shape it into a triumph of style over substance, that would be "Pippin." And by all accounts,...
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Weekend picks: Kevin Hart packs the United Center with comedyJul 29, 2015 5:30 am - Hart to Hart Watch comedian Kevin Hart at the top of his game when he brings his "What Now Tour" for three performances Thursday and Friday at the United Center, 19...
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Richard Pryor drama plays Chicago this fallJul 28, 2015 5:00 am - "Unspeakable," a play chronicling the rise of seminal comedian Richard Pryor, will play here in October, Broadway in Chicago announced Monday. James Murray Jackson Jr....
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Schaumburg on Stage flying high with 'Mary Poppins'Jul 27, 2015 1:00 am - The youth theater company Schaumburg On Stage will present its 30th production, the Tony-award winning musical "Mary Poppins," July 31 through Aug. 2 at Barrington High ...