Performing Arts
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Northwestern student takes time off for 'American Idiot' roleApr 11, 2013 4:00 pm - Don't call actor Alex Nee a drop out, even though he may look like one in the national tour of "American Idiot." The 2010 Broadway musical inspired by Green Day's best...
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Kristine Thatcher makes triumphant return to First Folio in 'Underneath the Lintel'Apr 11, 2013 6:00 am - “Tomorrow I'll be gone. In no time at all, I'll be gone.” That statement, which the unnamed Dutch librarian makes to the audience assembled for her lecture in Glen Berg...
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Larkin’s ‘Hairspray’ highlights message of toleranceApr 09, 2013 12:15 pm - Larkin’s musical ‘Hairspray’ explores issues of tolerance
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‘Seussical Jr.’ comes to the HemmensApr 08, 2013 1:27 pm - Children’s Theatre of Elgin wraps up its 25th anniversary season with the popular musical “Seussical Jr.” See colorful, fun-filled Dr. Seuss stories brought to life onst...
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‘One Destiny’ takes stage at Lincoln MuseumApr 05, 2013 6:51 am - SPRINGFIELD — A play about an actor and a house manager at Ford’s Theater the night Abraham Lincoln was shot will be staged this month in Springfield. “One Destiny” wil...
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Suburban theater artists discuss their work and the communityApr 05, 2013 6:00 am - With all due respect to my Daily Herald colleagues Dann Gire and Jamie Sotonoff and their "From Suburbs to Showbiz" column, Hollywood isn't the only Mecca enticing subur...
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Local theater: Unhappy holidays at Steel BeamApr 05, 2013 5:00 am - Moody holiday tale Steel Beam Theatre's Donna Steele directs the company's production of “The Seafarer.” Written by the great chronicler of isolation and despair, ...
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Moving Picture: Harper's award-winning acting instructor Kevin LongApr 05, 2013 4:00 am - Kevin Long believes acting is about verbs. The Harper College director of theater instructs actors to focus on being active — to effect change in other characters onstag...
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'Catch Me' a breezy if superficial musical journeyApr 04, 2013 6:00 am - The coast-to-coast tour of "Catch Me If You Can", a musical confection from 2011 about the real-life adventures of a teenage con artist, touched down this week for a bri...
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‘Little Women’ is spring show:Apr 02, 2013 5:04 pm - Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville’s not-for-profit entertainment company, presents the Broadway musical version of “Little Women”, at 7:30 p.m. April 12 and 13, and...