Performing Arts
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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...
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Trudie Styler on her new play and being Mrs. StingOct 07, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Trudie Styler would love it if you came to her new play. Just don’t tell her when. “I never like to know who’s in the house when I’m performing,” she says, la...