Performing Arts
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Metropolis' 'Drowsy Chaperone' lovingly spoofs 1920s Broadway musicalsMay 19, 2015 11:00 pm - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has fallen under a lot of scrutiny lately, especially since Arlington Heights village trustees recently approved a new business pla...
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Gavin Central first and second grade students present the 'Wizard of Oz'May 19, 2015 1:00 am - First- and second-grade students from Gavin Central School performed "The Wizard of Oz" for fellow students Tuesday. "The play is wonderful. The first- and second-grade...
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Antioch theater holding auditions for 'The Man Who Came to Dinner'May 19, 2015 1:00 am - Auditions for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 31, and Monday, June 1, at the PM&L Theatre, 877 Main St., Antioch. Director Linda Willding is l...
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Find magic in 'Disney's My Son Pinocchio'May 17, 2015 11:00 pm - See the adventures of Pinocchio, the Blue Fairy, Stromboli and a lively cast of characters in Spotlight Youth Theater Kane County's production of "Disney's My Son Pinocc...
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Sunday picks: Jersey Boy croons at NCCMay 17, 2015 6:00 am - Vocal tributes See former "Jersey Boys" cast member John Michael Coppola perform his show "A Jersey Voice: Sinatra to Springsteen and Everyone in Between" tonight a...
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Weekend picks: Naperville brings Civil War to lifeMay 16, 2015 6:00 am - Civil War Days More than 300 re-enactors bring the past to life as the 150th anniversary of the Civil War is commemorated during Civil War Days at Naper Settlement,...
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Female performers dominate Geneva's Got Talent auditionsMay 16, 2015 1:00 am - Megan Styrna waited timidly on stage for her Geneva's Got Talent audition to begin Saturday. The 13-year-old stood onstage sheepishly, fidgeting her hands, a little crou...
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Weekend picks: Iliza Shlesinger plays RosemontMay 15, 2015 6:00 am - Still ‘Standing' Catch comedian Iliza Shlesinger, a winner of NBC-TV's “Last Comic Standing,” live and in person at Zanies at MB Financial Park, 5437 Park Place, Ro...
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Theater events: Des Plaines resident stars in Mary-Arrchie's 'December Man'May 15, 2015 6:00 am - Tragedy revisited Mary-Arrchie Theatre presents Colleen Murphy's "The December Man (L'homme de Décembre)," inspired by the 1989 massacre at Montreal's Ecole Polytec...
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Exceptional cast powers riveting revival of 'The Little Foxes' at GoodmanMay 15, 2015 6:00 am - One thing about the domestic strife that ensnares the titular characters in Lillian Hellman's 1939 domestic drama "The Little Foxes": It makes any family friction that's...