Performing Arts
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Best bets: Get funky with Grand Funk RailroadSep 17, 2013 6:00 am - Top pick American band Relive the big hit songs from the late 1960s and 1970s of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad (“We're an American Band,” “The Loco-Motion...
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Mount Prospect comedian finds humor in cancerSep 17, 2013 5:00 am - Judy Fabjance is funny. Cancer is not. But the cancer that recently moved into the Mount Prospect native's brain still must share that head space with the always active ...
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Sunday Soiree fundraiser at Metropolis turns 10Sep 16, 2013 11:01 am - Metropolis’ annual ladies only fundraising event, Sunday Soiree, is celebrating its 10th anniversary at Metropolis on Sunday, Sept. 29. The Metropolis Ballroom will be f...
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Art in Trying Times: 'Signs of Life' a musical Holocaust storySep 16, 2013 5:30 am - Virgina Criste knows that the creation of a musical about the World War II concentration camp Terezin in the former Czechoslovakia is bound to ruffle some feathers. But...
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Miss America contestants show off their shoesSep 15, 2013 2:45 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Miss America contestants restarted a boardwalk tradition by showing off their shoes. With the pageant making its return to New Jersey this year, th...
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Actress leaves Broadway hit to star in 'Evita'Sep 14, 2013 11:00 pm - It takes guts for an actor to leave a new hit Broadway show, especially one that just won six Tony Awards including one for Best Musical. But that's what Caroline Bowma...
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‘Little step’ dance takes over Brazil slumsSep 14, 2013 6:35 am - RIO DE JANEIRO — Sunlight seeps through holes in the roof, illuminating the graffiti-covered walls of an abandoned building where kids created a makeshift dance studio i...
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Timing, hard work elevate Buffalo Theatre's 'Leading Ladies'Sep 13, 2013 6:00 am - One thing about the enthusiastic cast members of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's “Leading Ladies,” they work hard. Especially leading men Robert Jordan Bailey and Bryan Burke...
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Theater events: 'Six Dance Lessons' takes the floorSep 13, 2013 6:00 am - Dance lessons Steel Beam Theatre founder and artistic director Donna Steele plays Lily, a 72-year-old widow who hires a middle-aged dance instructor (Will Nifong) t...
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Hit New York shows headed to ChicagoSep 12, 2013 5:00 pm - Two high-profile New York shows from the past season are Chicago bound. The 2013 Broadway concert "Once Upon a Dream starring the Rascals" is set to play five performan...