Performing Arts
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Discount tickets offered for Chicago Theatre WeekJan 07, 2013 12:00 pm - As if the breadth and diversity of Chicago-area theater weren't enough to entice audiences, special discounts are now being offered for next month's Chicago Theatre Week...
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Jones, Lansbury still relish acting in their 80sJan 07, 2013 5:38 am - SYDNEY — They’re starring in a play about a woman reluctant to age and the perils of passing time, but veteran actors James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury say that life ...
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Arts agendaJan 04, 2013 4:57 am - ŸOvershadowed Theatrical Productions has auditions for “A Man Divided: The Story of Pilate” from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at 1548 Burgundy Parkway, Streamwood. A l...
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Local theater: On guard, swashbucklersJan 03, 2013 4:00 am - Combat comedy Those jesting swashbucklers Dirk Perfect (Douglas Mumaw) and Guido Crescendo (David B. Woolley) — collectively known as The Swordsmen — return to Fox ...
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'Book of Mormon' extendedJan 02, 2013 11:00 am - There will be more baptisms and blasphemy to go around now that the second national tour of "The Book of Mormon" has extended its Chicago run at the Bank of America Thea...
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Aurora resident enjoys film role with comedy troupeJan 02, 2013 4:00 am - It used to be all you needed for a comedy troupe were a half-dozen funny people and a place to perform. Nowadays, you need that — and a guy with a camera. That way you c...
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Katie Holmes’ Broadway play ‘Dead Accounts’ closesJan 01, 2013 5:55 am - NEW YORK — Katie Holmes’ return to Broadway will be much shorter than she would have liked. The former Mrs. Cruise’s play “Dead Accounts” will close within a week of th...
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Downers Grove native juggles cultures, artistic pursuitsDec 28, 2012 5:00 am - Actor/writer Bilal Dardai has lived his life balanced between worlds. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, he moved with his family to Downers Grove when he was only a month old. ...
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Theater events: Laugh in the new yearDec 28, 2012 5:00 am - Exit laughing Conclude 2012 on a humorous note at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, which hosts a pair of New Year's Eve standup comedy shows featuring WGN spo...
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Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams Broadway-boundDec 25, 2012 4:25 pm - NEW YORK — Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad will be joining Cicely Tyson on “The Trip to Bountiful.” Producers said Thursday that the trio have sign...