Performing Arts
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Special needs cast to stage own Fairytale Mix-Up' in Arlington Hts.Apr 19, 2015 11:00 pm - You won't see it on the Metropolis calendar, but the Arlington Heights performing arts center presents its first fairy tale mash-up this weekend. The young adult actors ...
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From law to laughter: Naperville native finds niche in improvApr 19, 2015 7:30 am - She calls it her “Monsters, Inc.” moment. Naperville native Emily Herrell had been working as a trial lawyer for two years when she decided to take an improv comedy clas...
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Evanston native Jessie Mueller to star in Sara Bareilles' 'Waitress'Apr 18, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK - The Sara Bareilles' musical "Waitress" has found its server - Evanston native Jessie Mueller. Mueller, who won the Tony Award for best leading actress in a mu...
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Branagh forms theater troupe with Richard Madden, Judi DenchApr 18, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON - Kenneth Branagh has assembled a troupe including Judi Dench, Rob Brydon and "Game of Thrones" star Richard Madden for a season of plays under the banner of the ...
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'Billy Elliot' soars in Drury Lane premiereApr 17, 2015 3:15 pm - At the heart of "Billy Elliot, The Musical" is the notion that art has the power to transform lives: to change a young, boy from a duck into a swan, to rescue him from a...
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'Beauty and the Beast' at WarrenApr 17, 2015 1:00 am - Warren Theatre presents Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at 7 p.m. April 23-25 at the Warrant Township High School O'Plaine campus, 500 N. O'Plaine Road, Gurnee. A matine...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsApr 17, 2015 1:00 am - 5 things to do this weekend in the suburbs
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Marriott's 'Anything Goes' is ship shapeApr 16, 2015 4:45 pm - Screwball musical comedies from the 1930s may seem like lightweight fluff, but there's a tremendous amount of hard work involved to keep everything afloat. So despite so...
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Fraught family gathering powers Steppenwolf's 'Herd'Apr 16, 2015 7:00 am - Can superlative emotional acting win out over some technical performance flaws? That's a question facing audiences at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago as they watc...
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Lincolnshire students perform 'Willy Wonka Jr.'Apr 16, 2015 1:00 am - About 50 students at Daniel Wright Junior High School showed off their rendition of Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka Jr." during a performance for younger students Thursday in ...