Performing Arts
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'Beautiful' musical heading to ChicagoSep 04, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Next year will be a big one for Broadway's "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" - a London production is due to start and a national tour across America is p...
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Garth Brooks hits the stage in RosemontSep 04, 2014 1:00 am - He's back. Garth Brooks stepped into the spotlight again Thursday to kick off his Garth Brooks World Tour with fellow country superstar and wife Trisha Yearwood, running...
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Girls from Brazil's favelas find escape in balletSep 03, 2014 5:45 am - SAO PAULO - Past the graffiti-covered overpass and subway tracks, in a slum penned in by high-rises, 8-year-old Gabriela Aparecida fixes her curly hair into a bun as she...
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Libertyville's Encore Theatre prepares for its final season after 17 yearsSep 02, 2014 11:00 pm - When the Encore Theatre's 16th season came to a close, Director Bob Silton had some news for the local youths who bring several shows to the stage each year. At the cast...
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Weekend picks: U.K. punks Members still 'sound of the suburbs'Sep 02, 2014 1:00 pm - Punk veterans: The Members, a witty and energetic punk band, formed in England in 1977, the same year in which the Sex Pistols and the Clash released their first alb...
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Beatles tribute bound for RosemontSep 02, 2014 1:01 am - "Let it Be," a stage musical subtitled "A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles," will make its Rosemont debut for two shows only at the Rosemont Theatre at 2 and 8 p....
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Dustin Diamond returns again to his inner ScreechSep 01, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK - The rank of mega-stars who are known simply by one name includes, of course, Madonna, Cher, Beyonce and Bono. Oh, and one more, surely - that man-boy known as...
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'Shrek the Musical' comes to ECCSep 01, 2014 1:01 am - Everyone's favorite upside-down fairy tale comes to Elgin in September when the Fox Valley Theatre Company presents "Shrek the Musical," a song- and dance-filled stage a...
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Sunday picks: Bristol Renaissance Faire closes for the seasonAug 31, 2014 6:15 am - Last Huzzah: This weekend is your last chance to experience the pageantry of the Bristol Renaissance Faire for the season. It closes on Labor Day at 12550 120th Ave....
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Theater events: Drury Lane stages comedy whodunit 'Game's Afoot'Aug 29, 2014 7:00 am - Mystery achievement Derek Hasenstab, of the national tour of "The Lion King," plays a Broadway star whose Christmas Eve dinner party takes a dark turn when one of the gu...