Performing Arts
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Mishaps, misunderstandings propel Fox Valley Rep's 'Unnecessary Farce'Apr 09, 2015 9:00 am - “People running in and out of rooms taking off their clothes hardly passes for plot,” observes a character in “Unnecessary Farce,” summing up in its entirety the frothy,...
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Goodman's unfunny 'Upstairs Concierge' farce falls shortApr 08, 2015 11:00 pm - One thing about “The Upstairs Concierge,” it deepens one's appreciation for great farce. Not because it is one. The play by Kristoffer Diaz, a 2010 Pulitzer Prize final...
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Auditions set for 2015 Summer Place productionsApr 08, 2015 11:00 pm - The Summer Place theater is planning auditions for summer season productions pitting Shakespearean actors against zombies, parodying Arthurian legend and recreating a mu...
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All aboard: Marriott Theatre takes on classic musical 'Anything Goes'Apr 08, 2015 6:00 am - Ask any historian or die-hard theater fan to name “the quintessential Broadway musical of the 1930s,” and more often than not the answer will be “Anything Goes.” And loc...
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Weekend picks: Michael Palascak brings comedy to ZaniesApr 07, 2015 11:00 pm - Midwestern mirth Rising comedian and Midwest native Michael Palascak returns to town to perform Wednesday through Friday at Zanies at MB Financial Park, 5437 Park P...
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Theater events: Finding love at the heart of Steel Beam's 'Ordinary Days'Apr 06, 2015 11:00 pm - ‘Ordinary Days' The lives of four New Yorkers searching for love and happiness intersect in “Ordinary Days,” a contemporary musical by composer/lyricist Adam Gwon s...
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Young actors fly high in Elgin troupe's 'The Wizard of Oz'Apr 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Children's Theatre of Elgin's production of "The Wizard of Oz" features the single largest cast in CTE's 27-year history, with 130 children filling the stage as flying m...
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Three Brothers Theatre in Waukegan to adapt 'The Lost World'Apr 06, 2015 1:00 am - Three Brothers Theatre in Waukegan is hitting the stage with an original adaptation of "The Lost World" on Fridays and Saturdays, April 10 through April 25, at 8 p.m. S...
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Weekend picks: Kevin McCaffrey comes homeApr 04, 2015 6:00 am - Local boy Chicago-area native Kevin McCaffrey, a writer for “The Late Show with David Letterman” and regular on “truTV Presents: World's Dumbest,” returns home for ...
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Theater events: Kevin McCaffrey brings the laughs to St. CharlesApr 03, 2015 6:00 am - Comic comes home Suburban native Kevin McCaffrey, a comedian and writer for "The Late Show With David Letterman," headlines Zanies in Pheasant Run this weekend. McC...