Performing Arts
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Theater events: McAninch stages Shakespeare, Twain double-bill this weekendMar 19, 2015 11:00 pm - Double bill in DuPage The McAninch Arts Center presents a comedy-tragedy double bill of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in Ki...
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Ravinia adds Etheridge-Blondie bill, Little Big Town to summer lineupMar 19, 2015 4:00 pm - The double bill of Melissa Etheridge and Blondie is one of a few additions to the Ravinia Festival schedule announced Thursday. Etheridge and Blondie will perform Thursd...
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Short & Sweet host Diana Martinez reviews The IllusionistsMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - Direct from Broadway, and touted as the world's best-selling magic show, this mind-blowing spectacular showcases the jaw-dropping talents of seven of the most incredible...
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Short & Sweet host Diana Martinez reviews First Wives ClubMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - The pre-Broadway engagement of First Wives Club playing at the Oriental Theatre has high potential for a long marriage on Broadway thanks to a wonderful script full of f...
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Adler seeks clean up, fundraiser volunteersMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - The David Adler Music and Arts Center, 1700 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville, is seeking volunteers to help with spring cleaning on April 12, as well as the A-list Spea...
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Paramount in Aurora unveils its fifth seasonMar 17, 2015 10:00 am - Two musical masterpieces and two recent Broadway hits make up the Paramount Theatre's 2015-16 season, its fifth since the Aurora venue started self-producing its own pro...
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Northlight announces 41st season of classics, new worksMar 17, 2015 1:00 am - Northlight Theatre in Skokie begins its 41st season with the Sept. 11 world premiere of Bruce Graham's "Funnyman," which marks the theater's fourth premiere collabor...
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'Peter Pan' flies in to Geneva High School stageMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Get ready for a highflying adventure. Geneva High School will present "Peter Pan," the musical adaptation of Sir J.M. Barrie's 1904 play. The show is about the adventur...
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C.S. Lewis' life story affectionately told at MetropolisMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - From “An Evening With C.S. Lewis,” it's clear writer/director David Payne has a keen knowledge of his subject — the British scholar and Christian apologist who wrote suc...
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George C. Wolfe on how a 94-year-old show sparked creativityMar 16, 2015 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - In 1921, a show limped onto Broadway with less-than-rosy prospects. The city was still recovering from the Depression. The show was debuting in the middl...