Performing Arts
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Fox Valley Park District brings Addams Family to life in musicalJan 06, 2015 10:00 pm - Let's say you're a father. Your baby daughter is now a young lady and she's just met an upstanding young man. You invite this new boyfriend and his parents to your home ...
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Leila Sales' 'This Song Will Save Your Life' gets optionedJan 06, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Leila Sales' breakout young adult novel "This Song Will Save Your Life" may soon have a life far from the page. Tony Award-wining producer Kevin McCollum...
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Sting unable to save his musical 'The Last Ship' on BroadwayJan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Sting will be going down with his ship. Producer Jeffrey Seller said Tuesday that the Grammy Award-winning songwriter's Broadway musical "The Last Ship" ...
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Annie Baker's play 'The Flick' to return to New York CityJan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Get out the popcorn, fans of Annie Baker: "The Flick" is being rereleased. Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three low-paid employees of a rundow...
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Sting unable to save his musical 'The Last Ship' on BroadwayJan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Sting is going down with his ship. Producers said early Tuesday that the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter's Broadway musical "The Last Ship" will close ...
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The brilliant mind behind the play 'Every Brilliant Thing'Jan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Comedian and musician Jonny Donahoe has come to New York with a play that may sound like a hard sell: It's a one-man show. It's British. It calls for som...
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Weekend picks: TruTV's Mo Mandel comes to RosemontJan 05, 2015 5:00 am - Drinking doom If you're a fan of the truTV show “Barmageddon,” then don't miss its host Mo Mandel performing standup comedy locally starting Wednesday at Zanies at ...
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Sketch comedy fest welcomes groups from near and farJan 05, 2015 4:30 am - When the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival launched in 2002, only half of the 33 groups that performed had ever done more than one show. “When we first started sketch wasn'...
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Sunday picks: Catch the last train ...Jan 04, 2015 5:00 am - Last train Today is your last chance to see the elaborate miniature trains and buildings of the Wonderland Express at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe. $12; $10 ...
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Weekend picks: Austin's hosts rockers Semple, GooRootsJan 03, 2015 5:00 am - Rock on Hear the local rockers Semple and GooRoots perform Saturday at Austin's Fuel Room, 481 Peterson Road, Libertyville. $8. (847) 549-1972 or fuelroom.com. 10 p...