Performing Arts
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Short and Sweet critic Mike Latone reviews 'Motown the Musical' with Diana MartinezMay 20, 2014 11:00 pm - Short and Sweet critic for the day, Mike Latone of Barrington, draws upon his twenty-year career in the performing arts to review 'Motown the Musical' in an interview wi...
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Gloria Estefan musical to premiere in Chicago next yearMay 20, 2014 1:01 am - "On Your Feet!" - the new musical chronicling the life and career of Grammy Award-winner Gloria Estefan and her musician/producer husband Emilio Estefan - will premi...
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Estefan musical 'On Your Feet!' to premiere in ChicagoMay 19, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio, hope to have the musical based on their life dancing on Broadway next year. Producers said Tuesday "On Your Feet!" wil...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Jeremy Hotz plays ShowcaseMay 18, 2014 11:00 pm - Jeremy, eh?: See the acclaimed Canadian comedian Jeremy Hotz continue his standup engagement this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg...
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'Godspell' shares powerful message through musicMay 18, 2014 11:00 pm - The musical "Godspell," with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, who later composed "Wicked," made its debut in 1971. Forty-three years later, it's being brought to th...
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John Lithgow and Glenn Close to star on BroadwayMay 18, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK - John Lithgow is returning to the New York stage with gusto in 2014 - first with Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Central Park this summer and then in a Broadway r...
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Goodman's 'White Snake' proves a charmerMay 16, 2014 12:00 pm - The simplest tales can be the hardest to pull off - in movies, on TV, but especially onstage, where the real sense of time and space makes it difficult to sustain an atm...
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Theater events: Improv Playhouse hosts family, adult comedy showsMay 16, 2014 5:45 am - Nice, then naughty Improv Playhouse welcomes comedy fans of all ages this weekend. The early improv show is suitable for the family. The later show, however, is gea...
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Moving picture: Elgin woman teaches belly dancingMay 16, 2014 1:00 am - Christina King is more than a belly dancer. She lives and breathes all that it entails. King grew up immersed in the Middle Eastern and North African cultures where it f...
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Northlight's heartfelt 'Yonkers' is wonderfully satisfyingMay 14, 2014 4:15 pm - In "Lost in Yonkers," Neil Simon - who famously chronicled the comic misadventures of young marrieds, middle-aged divorced men and aspiring comedy writers - achieves tha...