Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Lou Gramm croons at Austin's Fuel RoomApr 10, 2015 11:00 pm - Love Gramm Foreigner's former lead singer Lou Gramm wants you to know what love is, and he's going to show you at Austin's Fuel Room, 481 E. Peterson Road, Libertyv...
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Weekend picks: Ed Asner, Loretta Swit present the 'Roosevelts'Apr 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Presidential anniversary Emmy Award-winners Ed Asner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) and Loretta Swit (“M*A*S*H”) star in the stage drama “An Evening with the Rooseve...
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GreenMan Theatre's "Cash on Delivery!' provides comedic reliefApr 09, 2015 11:00 pm - In GreenMan Theatre Troupe's production of "Cash on Delivery!" a British con man pulls a fast one on local welfare authorities for years by inventing people who live at ...
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5 things to do in the suburbs this weekendApr 09, 2015 11:00 pm - "Anything Goes" this weekend - in more ways than one - with suburban entertainment options that include a beloved musical from the 1930s and a show by a hit singer/songw...
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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...