Performing Arts
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Complete list of 2014 Jeff Awards winnersOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - The Joseph Jefferson Committee announced the winners of the 2014 equity Jeff Awards Monday at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook. Writers Theatre in Glencoe received five aw...
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'Next to Normal,' 'Brigadoon,' 'Misbehavin'' win at JeffsOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - Perennial nominee Susie McMonagle earned her first Joseph Jefferson Award Monday for her performance as a bipolar wife and mother in Drury Lane Theatre's production of t...
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Weekend picks: Russell Peters is Almost FamousOct 12, 2014 6:30 am - Canadian candidate Canadian comedian Russell Peters puts in two bids to become more of a household name with his Almost Famous World Tour playing twice this weekend...
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Weekend picks: ESO presents 'Soundscapes'Oct 11, 2014 8:00 am - Classical nature Cellist Matthew Agnew and conductor Stephen Squires team for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra “Nature's Soundscape” concerts this weekend at the Hemmen...
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Theater eventsOct 10, 2014 10:00 am - • ColorBox Theatre, co-founded by Naperville residents Kurt and Michelle Konow, makes its Chicago debut with “Nightfall With Edgar Allan Poe,” in which the writer attemp...
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Theater events: Body image at play in Clockwise's 'Impenetrable'Oct 10, 2014 9:00 am - Body image A spa billboard showing a gorgeous, bikini-clad woman with arrows pointing to her imperfections and how they could be improved provokes outrage in a Chicago s...
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First Folio's 'Gravedigger' poses provocative questionsOct 10, 2014 5:45 am - Can a terrible act be forgiven? Can a despicable creature redeem himself? Those are the questions Joseph Zettelmaier raises in "The Gravedigger," his "Frankenstein"-ins...
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Flamenco group performing Oct. 11 in Arlington HeightsOct 10, 2014 1:01 am - "Art and Flamenco" will take place beginning 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Dance Xpress Dance Studio, 924 S. Arthur, Arlington Heights. The event is sponsored by the...
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Belushi to headline Raue comedy showOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - Wheaton native Jim Belushi returns to his improvisation and sketch comedy roots for a touring show called "Jim Belushi and The Board of Comedy," which plays 8 p.m. Satur...
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Porchlight revists Sondheim classic for delectable 'Sweeney Todd'Oct 09, 2014 1:01 am - For Porchlight Music Theatre, reviving "Sweeney Todd" meant filling some pretty big shoes. Its own. Ten years ago, the company's laudable production of Stephen Sondheim...