Performing Arts
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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 ...
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Weekend picks: Circus Spectacular rolls into Sears CentreFeb 17, 2015 11:00 am - Step right up See daredevil cyclists, exotic animal tricks, clowns and a whole lot more at the Circus Spectacular, which returns this weekend to the Sears Centre Ar...
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Vicki Lawrence channeling mouthy 'Mama' for Paramount showFeb 17, 2015 5:00 am - Now 65, Emmy Award-winning actress Vicki Lawrence has been a "senior citizen" of sorts for more than 40 years. That's because Lawrence was only 24 when she began portra...
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Guthrie Theater names Joseph Haj as new artistic directorFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Tony Award-winning Guthrie Theater announced Tuesday that Joseph Haj has been named artistic director of the Minneapolis organization, one of the ...
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Gershwin tunes star in ECC's 'Crazy for You'Feb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present its spring production of the Tony Award-winning musical "Crazy for You: The New Gershwin Musical," from Saturday, Fe...