Performing Arts
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'Chasing Charming,' Hersey student play for children is SaturdayNov 18, 2014 10:00 pm - Tickets are on sale for John Hersey High School's Children's Theater production of the family comedy "Chasing Charming" at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. Chaos and comedy e...
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Christmas tree ship musical at Cutting Hall in PalatineNov 18, 2014 10:00 pm - TesserAct Theatre Ensemble is staging the musical "The Christmas Schooner" at Cutting Hall in Palatine, a play that harks back to the early 1900s when Christmas tree shi...
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Weekend picks: 'Grinch' comes to steal ChristmasNov 18, 2014 4:30 pm - A mean one Everyone's favorite Christmas curmudgeon is back in the Windy City to sing again in “Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical,” which begin...
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B-52s, Charlie Daniels among new Arcada actsNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - The Charlie Daniels Band and the B-52s are two of the newly announced musical groups who will take to the stage in 2015 at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charl...
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CTE presents musical version of 'The Sword in the Stone'Nov 17, 2014 10:00 pm - Modern music will breathe new life into the legends of King Arthur and Camelot this weekend, when Children's Theatre of Elgin stages "The Sword in the Stone." Shows are ...
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Wauconda High presents 'The Addams Family' musicalNov 17, 2014 10:00 pm - Wauconda High School will present "The Addams Family" as its fall musical. Showtimes will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the school's auditorium. It's...
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A-listers star in 24-hour plays on BroadwayNov 17, 2014 2:15 pm - NEW YORK - Want to watch an A-lister scramble? A whole bunch - including Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried, Peter Dinklage and Pablo Schreiber - will be doing exactly th...
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The 'Side Show' stars reveal how the magic is doneNov 17, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK - A big Broadway stage can leave even the most confident performer feeling a bit lonely. Not Emily Padgett or Erin Davie these days. The actresses play conjoine...
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Young students in 'Legally Blond JR'Nov 17, 2014 12:01 am - ImprovPlayhouse students in the third through eighth grades will present their production of "Legally Blonde JR." Friday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 23, at Oak Grove ...
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A first timer's experience at Bayreuth, Glyndebourne opera festivalsNov 16, 2014 5:30 am - Remember the giddy excitement of the kids who had Golden Tickets to meet the reclusive candy maker Willy Wonka in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? Well,...