Performing Arts
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Theater events: Musical 'Sleeping Beauty' opens at Drury LaneApr 17, 2014 5:45 am - Drury Lane's ‘Beauty' Drury Lane Theatre presents the musical version of the Brothers Grimm tale “Sleeping Beauty” as part of its young adults series. Joseph Jeffer...
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High school finalists named for musical theater awardApr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Broadway in Chicago on Thursday announced 24 finalists for this year's Illinois High School Musical Theater Awards. The 12 actors and 12 actresses will participate i...
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Chicago actress steps into Diana Ross' heels in 'Motown the Musical'Apr 16, 2014 11:00 pm - Actress Allison Semmes is a Chicagoan through and through, but she has largely built her theater career away from the city. Now, however, she is returning home in a big ...
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'Way West' depicts tarnished lives in the Golden StateApr 16, 2014 12:15 pm - In Mona Mansour's "The Way West," which premiered this week at Steppenwolf Theatre, a Chicago grant writer informs her financially floundering mother and sister that she...
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Stevenson sophomores honored:Apr 16, 2014 1:01 am - Stevenson High School sophomores Kaitlin Feely and Jonah Rawitz are among 24 students in the state nominated the third annual Illinois High School Musical Theater Awards...
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Woodland Middle School performance:Apr 15, 2014 1:01 am - Woodland Middle School Drama Club presents its spring production of "Snow White" at 7:30 p.m., April 25, and 6 p.m., April 26, in the school cafeteria, 7000 Washington S...
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Lake Zurich dance recital:Apr 15, 2014 1:01 am - The village of Lake Zurich's Park and Recreation annual "Dance Recital; Momentum" is set for Saturday, May 3, at the Lake Zurich Performing Arts Centre, 300 Church St., ...
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Williams Street Rep season encompasses '60s soap opera, Steve JobsApr 15, 2014 1:01 am - Subscriptions and single tickets are available for Williams Street Repertory's fourth season, which begins July 11 with "Suds: The Rockin' 60s Musical Soap Opera" about ...
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Critic for the day, Joseph Billquist, discusses Peter and the Starcatcher with host Diana Martinez of Broadway in ChicagoApr 14, 2014 11:00 pm - Short and Sweet critic for the day, Joseph Billquist of St. Charles, has years of experience in the theater, both backstage and onstage. Though currently an actor as we...
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James Franco not nervous about Broadway debutApr 14, 2014 5:01 am - NEW YORK - James Franco insists he's not been nervous at all about making his Broadway debut, not even before his first night in front of more than a thousand people. "...