Performing Arts
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Teams show off varied routines in dance sectionalsJan 25, 2014 10:36 am - Fortes, double turns and graceful ballet moves. They all were on display Saturday at the Illinois High School Association competitive dance sectionals, along with powerf...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Erik Griffin takes stage at ZaniesJan 25, 2014 5:00 am - Working man: Comedian Erik Griffin (Comedy Central's “Workaholics”) draws from his mixed heritage and many more topics for his humor. Catch him this weekend at Zanie...
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Audition for ‘Vagina Monologues’ in ElginJan 24, 2014 12:42 pm - Submitted by Side Street Studio Arts Side Street Studio Arts, a storefront gallery and performance space in downtown Elgin, will hold auditions for “The Vagina Monologue...
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‘Lost in Africa’ acrobats visit HarperJan 24, 2014 10:27 am - A bed of nails, chair stacking, highflying jump rope and human pyramids are just some of the incredible stunts that will be performed by the Kenya Safari Acrobats, a tro...
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Theater events: Clockwise stages ‘Doubting Thomas’Jan 24, 2014 9:00 am - Faith vs. certainty Doug McDade, of Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre, directs Clockwise Theatre’s production of “Doubting Thomas,” an examination of faith by John Green...
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Theater eventsJan 24, 2014 9:00 am - Ÿ Performances continue through March 1 for Trap Door Theatre’s production of “Judith: A Parting From the Body,” Howard Barker’s retelling of the apocryphal story from t...
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Tickets for 2015 ‘Marvel Universe LIVE!’ going on sale MondayJan 23, 2014 4:19 pm - Tickets for two “Marvel Universe LIVE!” productions in the Chicago area in 2015 go on sale to the public beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27. Twenty-five Marvel superh...
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Neil Patrick Harris earns Hasty Pudding awardJan 23, 2014 9:32 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Neil Patrick Harris has been named man of the year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The Emmy Award-winning actor, who made his name...
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Subtle performances permeate Writers' brilliant 'Hedda Gabler'Jan 23, 2014 4:45 am - A synopsis of Henrik Ibsen's 19th-century drama “Hedda Gabler” reads like the plot from a 20th-century TV soap opera. Hedda — the aloof, urbane daughter of a distinguis...
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Metropolis serves up small-town satire in 'Greater Tuna'Jan 23, 2014 4:45 am - One thing about the stars of Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's “Greater Tuna,” they work hard. They do. They do. The versatile Mathias Austin and Andrew Pond play 20 ...