Performing Arts
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Movie screens to show a special 'Billy Elliot'Oct 26, 2014 6:30 am - NEW YORK - If you despaired at missing the sight of 25 Billy Elliots onstage together this fall, get your dancing shoes on. Fathom Events will next month broadcast t...
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Sunday picks: Olympic skaters on ice at Sears CentreOct 26, 2014 5:30 am - Icy competition See Olympic skaters like Gracie Gold and Highland Park's own Jason Brown compete at the 2014 Hilton HHonors Skate America this weekend, at the Sears...
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Improv performs classic Dracula:Oct 26, 2014 1:01 am - Improv Playhouse will perform the Bram Stoker classic novel "Dracula" as a staged radio drama using the original 1938 Orson Welles' script on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 735 N....
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Weekend picks: Celebrate 50 years of 'The Munsters'Oct 25, 2014 5:30 am - Monster motors See the Munster Koach & Drag-U-La cars at the special 50 Years of “The Munsters” exhibit this Saturday at the Volo Auto Museum, 27582 Volo Village Ro...
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Theater events: Paramount hosts 'SPANK!' for 1-night onlyOct 24, 2014 9:00 am - • Paramount Theatre presents “SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody” for one performance only at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. This show is adults only...
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Sugar Grove brothers make Marriott debuts in 'The King and I'Oct 24, 2014 6:00 am - Brothers Matthew and Zachary Uzarraga of Sugar Grove are already acting pros. Both 11-year-old Matthew and 9-year-old Zachary have separate credits in print, radio and T...
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5 things to do in the suburbs this weekendOct 24, 2014 1:00 am - With beautiful weather predicted for the weekend, you might want to spend a few hours outdoors. But daylight hours are few this time of year, leaving plenty of time for ...
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Woodlands to perform 'Anon(ymous)' in NovemberOct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - The theater program at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart presents its fall play, "Anon(ymous)," at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 to 8 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. Performances will...
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Dancing priests become Internet sensationOct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - ROME — A video of a pair of dueling, dancing American priests studying in Rome has gone viral, following in the footsteps of a now-famous Italian nun whose Alicia Keys-e...
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Rock out, zombie style, at Elgin's Nightmare on Chicago StreetOct 23, 2014 4:00 pm - Enter the “safe zone” — it may be your only way to survive, according to organizers of Elgin's annual Nightmare on Chicago Street. The event is from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturd...