Performing Arts
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Marriott's 'City of Angels' a hilarious, hard-boiled Hollywood sendupJun 19, 2015 4:00 pm - The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire's sophisticated production of "City of Angels" goes out of its way to clue audiences in on the complicated stories about to unfold. ...
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Weekend picks: Vertical Horizon plays Oswego PrairieFestJun 19, 2015 5:30 am - ‘Everything' in Oswego 1999 ushered to the main stage one of the bands that has come to exemplify national radio in the 2000s: Vertical Horizon. Even though the ban...
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5 ways to celebrate summer's first weekend in the suburbsJun 19, 2015 1:00 am - Eclectic might be the best way to sum up the entertainment options for the first official weekend of summer. On Saturday alone in the suburbs, you can take in a Scottish...
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Karen Pawlowski reviews On Your Feet! with Diana Martinez of Broadway in ChicagoJun 18, 2015 11:00 pm - Short and Sweet Critic for the day, Karen Pawlowski of Medinah, attended Broadway in Chicago's On Your Feet! To review the show from the perspective of the audience. Acc...
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Entertaining 'On Your Feet!' needs some tweaksJun 18, 2015 5:15 pm - "On Your Feet!" - the new bio-musical about Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan and her producer/composer husband Emilio - has its audience dancing in the ai...
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Weekend picks: Get your country fix on the lakefrontJun 17, 2015 5:30 am - Country Shake Chicago's first Windy City Lake Shake comes to Northerly Island this weekend with three days of country music stars, including headliners Dierks Bentl...
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Theater events: Hypocrites remounts Sean Graney's 'All Our Tragic'Jun 16, 2015 11:00 pm - 'Tragic' returns The Hypocrites remounts director/adapter Sean Graney's epic production "All Our Tragic," which combines all 32 surviving Greek tragedies into one w...
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Catchy tunes showcased in CTE's 'A Salute to One-Hit Wonders'Jun 15, 2015 11:00 pm - "Jenny, I've got your number. I need to make you mine." Do these lyrics ring a bell? How about "Word to your mother?" You can refresh your memory, immerse yourself in ca...
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HOTT Productions marks milestone anniversary with 'Mary Poppins'Jun 15, 2015 1:00 am - Nicole Silver of Schaumburg honed her choral skills in show choir at Fremd High School and she went on to pursue communications and theater at Azusa Pacific University i...
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North Central to present two Gilbert and Sullivan comic operasJun 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Two Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, "Utopia, Limited" and "The Grand Duke," will be presented this month by North Central College's Summer Light Opera. Six performanc...