Performing Arts
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Director adds special touches to Spotlight Youth Theater DuPage's 'Shrek'Feb 20, 2015 12:00 am - A beautiful princess, locked in a tower, waits for a dashing prince to rescue her. We all know where the fairy tale is heading, right? Of course. An ogre and his talking...
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Yorkville's Lindsay Spencer sees bit of herself in 'Shrek's FionaFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - Lindsay Spencer, 18, of Yorkville plays Fiona in "Shrek: The Musical," her 24th Spotlight Youth Theater production. Q. Tell us about your background in theater. What are...
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Spotlight Youth TheaterFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - History: Spotlight Youth Theater began as an affiliate of a Christian youth theater organization established in San Diego in 1981. Tom and Bonnie Bienert moved from San ...
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Who's that in a cape? New musical stars Brooklyn superheroesFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Move aside, Gotham. Brooklyn has gotten so cool these days that it now has its own group of superheroes. The original musical "Brooklynite" stars six bra...
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Weekend picks: Pitbull, Enrique share the bill at AllstateFeb 19, 2015 10:00 pm - Machismo in music Latin heartthrobs Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull share the bill with opening act J Balvin tonight at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemo...
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400 dancers in Des Plaines Dance Idol competionFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - More than 400 dancers from 18 studios and three independent dancers participated in the annual Des Plaines Dance Idol Competition at Prairie Lakes Community Center. "Th...
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TV dance contest winner to enter Broadway's 'On the Town'Feb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The newest winner of TV's "So You Think You Can Dance" is ready for his Broadway close-up. Ricky Ubeda, a 19-year-old from Miami, won the Fox TV contest ...
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'Seussical' comes to Sugar GroveFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - This weekend's production of “Seussical” marks the first pairing of Waubonsee Community College, where the show will be produced, and Avenue J Studios, a performing arts...
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Glitz and guillotine: Steppenwolf revisits 'Marie Antoinette'Feb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - You can track the declining fortunes of the titular character in David Adjmi's modern, pseudo-historical "Marie Antoinette" by the diminishing height of her hair and hee...
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Farewell to founder's 'Nutcracker' in Joffrey's 2015-16 seasonFeb 17, 2015 3:00 pm - The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago announced Tuesday that it plans to retire its 1987 version of “The Nutcracker,” choreographed by the company's co-founding namesake Robert ...