Performing Arts
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Theater events: Standup, 'Whose Line?' at Aurora's Comedy ShrineMay 23, 2013 11:00 am - Standup at the Shrine Rocky Osborn headlines Aurora's Comedy Shrine this weekend. The 90-minute standup comedy set also features host Jack Baker. The adults-only v...
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Disney’s ‘Pirate and Princess’ show to dock in RosemontMay 22, 2013 12:09 pm - Tickets for Feld Entertainment’s “Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate and Princess Adventure” next March at the Rosemont Theatre go on sale to the general public on Tuesd...
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First Folio unveils 2013-14 seasonMay 22, 2013 6:00 am - First Folio Theatre's four-show 2013-14 season will be bookended by outdoor shows on the grounds of the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. N. Richard Nash's 1954 dram...
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Prospect Heights man reinvents play while living out of his vanMay 20, 2013 11:00 pm - The revolutionary concept of seeing the lead character in Tennessee William's classic "The Glass Menagerie" as a homeless man came to creator Hans Fleischmann appropriat...
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Tony nominations bittersweet for 3 actorsMay 18, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — For three actors, the Tony Award nominations are somewhat bittersweet. Sweet, because they'd each gotten a prestigious nod. Bitter, because their shows were l...
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Acts jumping in for Suburban Chicago’s Got TalentMay 17, 2013 4:25 pm - More than 30 acts have already signed up to audition for the second Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by the Daily Herald, produced by t...
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Northlight's formulaic 'Stella & Lou' benefits from fine castMay 17, 2013 6:00 am - How good an actor is Francis Guinan? So good he commands attention even when he's silent. So good his role as a widowed bartender in Northlight Theatre's "Stella & Lou" ...
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Theater events: Drive to keep Buffalo Theatre aliveMay 17, 2013 6:00 am - Buffalo Theatre appeal Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's terrific production of “Trumbo — Red, White & Blacklisted” — an epistolary dramedy about blacklisted screenwri...
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Steel Beam efforts fail to dress up 'Black Tie'May 17, 2013 5:00 am - On the surface, the conflicts in A.R. Gurney's 2011 off-Broadway comedy “Black Tie” can feel slight. But “Black Tie,” now playing in its Chicago-area debut at Steel Beam...
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'Mormon' departs Chicago stage in OctoberMay 16, 2013 5:00 pm - "The Book of Mormon," the gleefully profane, wickedly satirical musical by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and composer/lyricist Robert Lopez, depar...