Performing Arts
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'Billy Elliot' soars in Drury Lane premiereApr 17, 2015 3:15 pm - At the heart of "Billy Elliot, The Musical" is the notion that art has the power to transform lives: to change a young, boy from a duck into a swan, to rescue him from a...
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'Beauty and the Beast' at WarrenApr 17, 2015 1:00 am - Warren Theatre presents Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at 7 p.m. April 23-25 at the Warrant Township High School O'Plaine campus, 500 N. O'Plaine Road, Gurnee. A matine...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsApr 17, 2015 1:00 am - 5 things to do this weekend in the suburbs
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Marriott's 'Anything Goes' is ship shapeApr 16, 2015 4:45 pm - Screwball musical comedies from the 1930s may seem like lightweight fluff, but there's a tremendous amount of hard work involved to keep everything afloat. So despite so...
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Fraught family gathering powers Steppenwolf's 'Herd'Apr 16, 2015 7:00 am - Can superlative emotional acting win out over some technical performance flaws? That's a question facing audiences at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago as they watc...
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Lincolnshire students perform 'Willy Wonka Jr.'Apr 16, 2015 1:00 am - About 50 students at Daniel Wright Junior High School showed off their rendition of Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka Jr." during a performance for younger students Thursday in ...
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'Avenue Q' opens April 16 at Buffalo Grove High SchoolApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove High School's spring musical, "Avenue Q: School Edition," is a PG-13 adaptation of the hit Broadway show. The musical is on stage Thursday-Saturday, April...
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First Folio announces 2015-2016 seasonApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - First Folio Theatre remounts its acclaimed production "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story" to mark the start of its 20th anniversary season, which the Oak ...
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Dundee-Crown opens 'The Secret Garden' this weekendApr 15, 2015 11:00 pm - The Dundee-Crown High School music department presents "The Secret Garden" at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16 to Saturday, April 18, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, in the perfor...
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'Oh, the thinks you can think!' a song in Streamwood High spring musicalApr 15, 2015 9:00 am - Are you a freethinker? Do you believe a "person's a person no matter how small?" It's the world of Dr. Seuss - the Cat in the Hat and all his mischievous ways of flippin...