Performing Arts
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Top-notch cast delights in First Folio's 'Merry Wives'Jul 17, 2014 11:15 am - How entertaining is First Folio Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"? So entertaining that intermittent opening night showers could...
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"Shrek, The Musical" now playing in Buffalo GroveJul 17, 2014 1:01 am - The Buffalo Grove Park District's theater company, Big Deal Productions, will perform its summer musical, "Shrek The Musical," this weekend and next as the opening show ...
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Outdoor Shakespeare show geared toward all agesJul 16, 2014 1:01 am - What happens when fairies get involved in a complicated love triangle? Comedy and confusion result in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Saturday, July 19, at Geneva's Shake...
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Elgin area students create and perform operaJul 16, 2014 1:01 am - This Saturday's SCORE (Students Creating Opera to Reinforce Education) performance of "The Key" takes on subject matter which seems unlikely for the medium and for the a...
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Fox Valley Park District troupe to stage 'Hairspray'Jul 15, 2014 11:00 pm - Everything about "Hairspray" is big. The powerful, soul-stirring music. The spectacular sets. The dazzlingly colorful costumes. The bouffant hairdos piled high and haugh...
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Music Notes: Black Flag, White Zombie perform in suburbsJul 15, 2014 6:00 am - Flag wavers One of the most influential and important bands of the past 30 years, Black Flag, will make a rare stop in the suburbs this weekend. Black Flag took late-'70...
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Tupac Shakur musical to close Sunday on BroadwayJul 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Tupac Shakur fans, keep ya head up: The Broadway musical "Holler If Ya Hear Me" that uses songs from one of hip-hop's greatest artists is closing after less t...
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Weekend picks: See Carlos Mencia in SchaumburgJul 14, 2014 1:00 pm - Mind of Mencia: Celebrated comedian Carlos Mencia (“Mind of Mencia” and “New Territory” on Comedy Central) returns to town to perform standup material this weekend a...
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Paramount Theatre brings Broadway, Vegas to suburbsJul 14, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: The Daily Herald asked Tim Rater, president and CEO of the Paramount Theatre, to give us a glimpse of the summer entertainment at the Aurora theater. Here...
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'Oliver!' opens Thursday at St. James in Arlington Hts.Jul 13, 2014 11:00 pm - What goes around, comes around for Peter Buckley of Arlington Heights - and St. James Theatre Productions. More than 40 years after Buckley starred as an 11-year old in ...