Performing Arts
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Theater eventsJun 21, 2013 6:00 am - Ÿ Collaboraction celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Flat Iron Arts Building, home to several dozen artists, some small businesses and the Collaboraction Theatre Com...
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Des Plaines Theatre to reopen SaturdayJun 21, 2013 5:15 am - The historic Des Plaines Theatre is gearing up to reopen Saturday after nearly five months of inactivity, and next month it will host the 2013 Silent Summer Film Festiva...
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Great songs make up for high jinks in Fox Valley's 'Fools'Jun 21, 2013 4:00 am - As someone who has giggled, screeched, swooned, whined and gossiped her way through many a “Girls' Night In,” I can tell you “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” is every bit as ...
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Hoo boy - Not much spirit in serviceable 'Buddy'Jun 20, 2013 2:00 pm - On the strength of the wild popularity of retro musicals like "Jersey Boys" and "Million Dollar Quartet," you might expect one of the first of the genre to swing comfort...
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Culture helps Wheeling actress connect to 'Mahal'Jun 20, 2013 5:00 am - Wheeling native Jillian Jocson couldn't put the script down. She planned to read only half of Danny Bernardo's “Mahal” before going to bed. But she laughed and cried all...
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A new generation of directors leads CTE in ‘iSing’Jun 18, 2013 11:18 am - When Allison Cherry stepped onto the Children’s Theatre of Elgin stage in 1992 as a second grader, she never dreamed that she would one day end up running the show. But...
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Neil Patrick Harris to return to Broadway — to actJun 17, 2013 2:28 pm - NEW YORK — Neil Patrick Harris is returning to the stage — and not to hand out awards. The four-time Tony Award host and former “Doogie Howser, M.D.” will star on Broadw...
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Marriott delivers fresh, funny take on relationship revueJun 14, 2013 5:00 pm - “I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change,” the frothy, frequently staged revue about relationships that opened Wednesday at Lincolnshire's Marriott Theatre, may not be a ...
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Swordplay delights in Lifeline's 'The Three Musketeers'Jun 14, 2013 6:00 am - Good writers know what to put in. Great writers know what to leave out. So says Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire, whose axiom I maintain also applies to adapters. Ca...
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Theater events: Naperville's BrightSide closes season with 'Rent'Jun 14, 2013 6:00 am - BrightSide's ‘Rent' BrightSide Theatre concludes its second season with Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent,” about a group of aspiring musician...