Performing Arts
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Britney Spears begins long-term Las Vegas gigDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - Britney Spears has begun her early retirement in Las Vegas with a show that looks strikingly like the eye-popping Cirque du Soleil productions found elsewhere on the Str...
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Best bets: Cheerleaders bring it on at Winter MeltdownDec 30, 2013 4:30 am - Top pick Rah! Rah! Rah! See which of 75 Illinois cheering and dance squads come out on top at the Winter Meltdown IHSA Cheerleading & Dance Competition Saturda...
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Carly Rae Jepsen heads to Broadway next yearDec 29, 2013 6:26 pm - NEW YORK — “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen has had her calls returned by Broadway. Producers of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” said Sunday that the Canadia...
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Britney Spears’ Las Vegas residency a departureDec 28, 2013 9:30 am - Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Britney Spears has begun her early retirement in Las Vegas with a show that looks strikingly like the eye-popping Cirque du Soleil productio...
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May Whitney pupils in ‘Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.’Dec 27, 2013 1:37 pm - Students at Lake Zurich Unit District 95’s May Whitney Elementary School will be performing “Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.” onstage next month. Fourth- and fifth-graders fro...
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The AP picks its Top 10 theater of 2013Dec 27, 2013 5:03 am - NEW YORK — This year’s best-in-theater list is overstuffed: There are revolting children, classic plays and circus acrobats. There are two knights playing two clowns and...
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Theater events: Black Ensemble extends 'Curtis Mayfield'Dec 27, 2013 4:30 am - Ÿ Black Ensemble Theater has extended its original production of “It's All-Right to Have a Good Time: The Story of Curtis Mayfield.” Performances continue through March ...
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Chicago area loses its own icons in 2013Dec 26, 2013 4:46 am - Writers, actors, ball players, radio icons and more - in 2013 the region lost some famous people who were part of the Chicago area family. Here is a final look. Kare...
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Magician Bill Blagg to wow the crowd at the Paramount SaturdayDec 26, 2013 4:30 am - Bill Blagg's magic and illusion act these days includes a Hoverboard zooming across the stage — a far cry from his start making quarters disappear as a kid growing up in...
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Theater program teaches young women to think criticallyDec 25, 2013 11:00 pm - "Where are all the female critics?" That question - raised more than seven years ago as part of a panel discussion sponsored by the Association for Women Journalists - ...