Performing Arts
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Lake Zurich High to stage ‘Almost Maine’Nov 05, 2013 11:15 am - Lake Zurich High School Drama Department will begin its 2013-14 season with a production of “Almost Maine.” On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all...
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Best bets: Chazz Palminteri plays the ArcadaNov 05, 2013 5:00 am - New York story Academy Award-nominee Chazz Palminteri (“Bullets Over Broadway,” “Modern Family”) brings his autobiographical Broadway show “A Bronx Tale” for a spec...
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Singer Marc Cohn reschedules ECC concertNov 04, 2013 2:00 pm - Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohn has rescheduled his canceled concert from this past September at Elgin Community College's Arts Center. The new concert ...
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Oak Brook theater leads suburban Jeff winnersNov 04, 2013 10:47 am - First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook bested its suburban competition, picking up two 2013 Joseph Jefferson Awards for its acclaimed revival of Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” duri...
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A triumphant return for 'Wicked'Nov 04, 2013 4:15 am - I owe "Wicked" an apology. I may have judged too harshly the blockbuster musical about the witches of Oz, whose 10th anniversary national tour opened Friday in Chicago...
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The wardrobe wizard of ‘Wicked’ is revealedNov 03, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — If you’re overwhelmed by the laundry piling up and the sheer amount of stuff that needs sewing, consider what faces Alyce Gilbert every week. Dozens of her dr...
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Lake Forest native recovering from LAX gunshot woundNov 01, 2013 6:25 pm - Brian Ludmer was about to board a flight at Los Angeles International Airport Friday morning, headed to Boston for a family wedding. But the Lake Forest native now finds...
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Theater eventsNov 01, 2013 9:00 am - Ÿ Performances continue though Sunday, Nov. 3, at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St., Chicago, for Michael Milligan’s one-man theater piece “Mercy Killers” in a...
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Theater events: Celeb breakup woes in New Colony’s ‘Kate and Sam’Nov 01, 2013 6:00 am - Celeb obsession Crystal Lake’s Mary Williamson plays Kate opposite Nick Delehanty’s Sam in The New Colony’s world premiere of “Kate and Sam are not Breaking Up.” Joel Ki...
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Zanies marks 35th anniversary with city, suburban showsNov 01, 2013 5:30 am - Zanies, the oldest stand-up comedy club in Chicago, is celebrating 35 years of laughter with a simple concept - more laughs. "We're making our anniversary a monthlo...