Performing Arts
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Best bets: The Eagles fly into RosemontOct 14, 2013 11:00 pm - Eagles history The phenomenally successful Grammy Award-winning rock band The Eagles is touring to promote the comprehensive documentary “History of the Eagles.” Th...
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Musicals featuring female singer-songwriters swellOct 13, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Mary Bridget Davies is part singer, part actress and part spirit conjurer. The bubbly performer is uncanny at capturing the look and sound of the late Janis J...
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Sting sails into Chicago to promote 'Last Ship'Oct 11, 2013 11:00 am - Whenever the 17-time Grammy Award-winning pop superstar Sting plays the Chicago area, it's typically in huge venues like Soldier Field or Rosemont's Allstate Arena. But ...
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Theater events: Steel Beam scares up 3-D haunted houseOct 11, 2013 6:00 am - Scares in St. Charles For the third year running, Steel Beam Theatre serves up seasonal scares beginning this weekend in Kane County when theater artists and volunt...
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Triumphant 'Once' celebrates power of making musicOct 10, 2013 4:00 pm - On the surface, the 2012 Broadway musical “Once” might appear cloying and pretentious. For instance, the leads are generically called “Guy” and “Girl,” the show's single...
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Intimate staging key to redtwist's 'Clybourne Park'Oct 09, 2013 11:00 pm - Everybody wants a piece of “Clybourne Park.” No surprise there, considering its pedigree. Written as a companion piece to Lorraine Hansberry's seminal 1959 drama “A Rai...
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Cher, Imagine Dragons heading for AllstateOct 09, 2013 4:51 pm - Tickets to three major concert tours at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11: Ÿ George Strait: The Cowboy Rides Away Tour is set to play ...
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Buffalo Grove High School stages “Romeo and Juliet”Oct 09, 2013 1:26 pm - Shakespeare’s timeless tale of young love and the tragic consequences of misunderstanding and bias comes to life in Buffalo Grove High School’s fall production of “Romeo...
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Drury Lane to kick off new season with 'Les Mis'Oct 08, 2013 4:00 pm - Drury Lane Theatre's 2014-15 season will feature something of a scheduling coup with plans to produce the hit musical “Les Miserables” at the same time as a recently ann...
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Best bets: Feel free with Lynyrd Skynyrd at Festival ParkOct 08, 2013 6:00 am - Free bird's the word The current incarnation of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd headlines a rock concert that also features John Kay Steppenwolf on the bill Sunday a...