Performing Arts
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Goodman's engrossing 'Disgraced' reveals sobering truthsSep 23, 2015 11:00 pm - Melancholy came over me as I walked to my car after seeing Goodman Theatre's “Disgraced.” Not about Ayad Akhtar's 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a provoking examinati...
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Weekend picks: Zappa plays Zappa at GeneseeSep 22, 2015 11:00 pm - His father's son Grammy Award-winner Dweezil Zappa performs the music of his father, Frank Zappa, in "Zappa Plays Zappa," a One Size Fits All 40th anniversary tour ...
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Metropolis' fun-filled 'Spamalot' looks on the bright sideSep 22, 2015 6:00 am - Believe it or not, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the British (plus one American) comedy troupe's first origin...
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Metropolis director hired Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell before they were famousSep 22, 2015 5:30 am - Years ago, Joe Keefe produced a Las Vegas comedy show called “The No Budget Circus” and hired two not-yet-famous Second City comedians to co-star in it, Stephen Colbert ...
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Paramount's rousing 'Oklahoma!' more than OK despite scenic misstepSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - The Paramount Theatre's new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Oklahoma!” should have been a victory lap for the Aurora-based theater that defied the odds by launc...
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Steve Martin, Martin Short to play Rosemont TheatreSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Expect an evening of laughter and plenty of bluegrass music at the Rosemont Theatre when comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short ("Three Amigos," "Saturday Night Live") ...
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George Wendt earns title in Northlight's 'Funnyman'Sep 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Sight gags get laughs. Playwright Bruce Graham knows it and uses one to great effect in his solid new dramedy “Funnyman,” which premiered to a chorus of belly laughs fr...
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Sunday picks: Catch stock car racing at Chicagoland SpeedwaySep 20, 2015 6:30 am - Vroom, vroom The NASCAR Triple-Header Weekend is your last chance this year to see stock car racing in the Chicago area. Catch one of many races this weekend at the...
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Vero Voce to hold auditions for 'The Christmas Schooner'Sep 20, 2015 1:01 am - Vero Voce will hold auditions for "The Christmas Schooner," book by John Reeger, music and lyrics by Julie Shannon. Auditions will be Monday, Sept. 20, by appointment o...
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Weekend picks: Jayhawks rock the ArcadaSep 19, 2015 6:00 am - Americana band Catch up with the Twin Cities' country-rock band Jayhawks ("Waiting for the Sun," "Blue") in concert on Saturday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., S...