Performing Arts
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Powerful performances propel Drury Lane's 'Beaches'Jul 06, 2015 10:45 am - If Drury Lane Theatre's pre-Broadway musical adaptation of “Beaches” leaves you breathless, singer/actress Shoshana Bean is to blame. With her powerhouse voice and ample...
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Elgin Summer Theatre presents musical about mental illnessJul 05, 2015 11:00 pm - Elgin Summer Theatre presents the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical "Next To Normal," which will run July 17-19 and July 24-26. Performances will be at 8 p.m....
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Sunday picks: Dawn Upshaw joins Knights orchestra at RaviniaJul 05, 2015 6:00 am - Together again Soprano Dawn Upshaw teams up with The Knights orchestra for an evening of Dvorak, Legeti, Zhou Long and more Sunday at the Ravinia Festival's Martin ...
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'Kinky Boots' struts back to Windy CityJul 05, 2015 6:00 am - The touring cast and crew of "Kinky Boots" are looking forward to the Broadway musical's three-week return to Chicago starting Tuesday, July 7, at the Cadillac Palace Th...
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Suburban Chicago's Got Talent finalists perform in SchaumburgJul 05, 2015 1:00 am - The fourth annual Suburban Chicago's Got Talent continued Sunday with the first public performance of the summerlong competition at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Sc...
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Weekend picks: Pianist Terrence Wilson salutes AmericaJul 04, 2015 6:00 am - American salute Pianist Terrence Wilson joins the Grant Park Orchestra to perform Gershwin's Concerto in F as part of the Independence Day Salute Saturday at Millen...
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Theater events: First Folio takes on Shakespeare's 'Winter's Tale'Jul 03, 2015 6:00 am - Shakespeare outdoors First Folio Theatre chills out with William Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" about a king who, in a fit of envy, accuses his pregnant wife of...
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Chicago Musical Theatre Festival introduces new works, suburban artistsJul 03, 2015 6:00 am - Michael Gibson's dream came true this week. On Wednesday, the McHenry native's musical “Nine Lives” premiered as part of the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Underscore...
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Weekend picks: See the Dead closer to homeJul 03, 2015 5:00 am - Dead end If you don't have tickets to see the Grateful Dead and its "Fare thee Well" tour live at Soldier Field in Chicago this weekend, then head to select theater...
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Goodman offers pathos, humor in 'Vanya' comedyJul 02, 2015 6:00 am - You don't have to be an Anton Chekhov aficionado to appreciate Goodman Theatre's entertaining Chicago-area premiere of Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha an...