Performing Arts
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Theater events: 'It's a Wonderful Life' in NapervilleNov 28, 2014 4:00 am - 'A Wonderful Life' BrightSide Theatre presents “It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” Adapted by Joe Landry from Frank Capra's film, it's set on Christmas Eve ...
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Weekend picks: Local boy Pat McGann returns to RosemontNov 28, 2014 4:00 am - Standup Project Local comedian Pat McGann, host of WTTW's Emmy Award-nominated TV series “The Chicago Stand Up Project,” performs a series of standup shows starting...
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Celebs bringing carols to the suburbs earlyNov 28, 2014 4:00 am - Christmas begins Saturday for five-time Grammy Award-winning singer and musician Michael McDonald. The former Doobie Brother - known for his husky baritone and hits like...
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5 weekend ideas to usher in the holidaysNov 28, 2014 12:00 am - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the suburbs. This weekend offers the chance to kick off the season with local parades, a lights festival and a couple ...
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Meet the 10-year-old actress who has her sights set on BroadwayNov 28, 2014 12:00 am - Even though she's only 10 years old, fifth-grade actress Jayd Steinke of St. Charles has already decided she is Broadway-bound. She wants to be a professional actress an...
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Kirk Players to present 'The Velveteen Rabbit'Nov 27, 2014 10:00 pm - Kirk Players will present "The Velveteen Rabbit," written by Scott Davidson, a charming and magical story of the real love that happens between a young boy and his stuff...
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Puppets spread holiday cheer at Bartlett libraryNov 27, 2014 12:01 am - A unique version of that famous jolly happy soul with a corncob pipe and a button nose came to life Saturday for more than 50 families at the Bartlett Public Library as ...
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Lysacek returns to Stars on Ice, AllstateNov 26, 2014 3:00 pm - For the first time since 2011, Olympic gold medal champion and Naperville native Evan Lysacek returns to the lineup of Stars on Ice, and he will appear in the "Dancing f...
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Short & Sweet critic Mary Beth Euker of Lake Zurich review Annie with Diana Martinez of Broadway in ChicagoNov 25, 2014 12:01 am - Mary Beth Euker of Lake Zurich, a a trial lawyer by profession, spends her summers co-directing Cricket Theater Company, a youth theater program. Euker brings her passi...
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Short & Sweet Critic Patrick Murphy of Elgin reviews Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale with host Diana Martinez of Broadway in ChicagoNov 25, 2014 12:01 am - Patrick Murphy of Elgin joined Diana Martinez of Broadway in Chicago to review the opening night of Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas as the Short & Sweet guest critic...