Performing Arts
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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...
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Scarlett Johansson tones down the sex as MaggieDec 25, 2012 4:36 am - NEW YORK — In a decision that will make many a man sigh unhappily, Scarlett Johansson won’t be bringing sexy back to Broadway. The actress with the pouty lips and gentle...
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Rockettes a wholesome, glitzy spectacularDec 22, 2012 10:00 pm - For a big dose of Christmas hoopla, you can't go wrong with this year's "Radio City Christmas Spectacular." Starring those famed high-stepping Rockettes, the show is a s...
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Auditions for musical comedyDec 21, 2012 3:47 pm - An audition call for teen actors (eighth grade through high school) for the classic musical comedy, “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, an IP-Elite Highland Park producti...
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Local theater: 'Oliver' coming to CahnDec 21, 2012 4:00 am - Another Dickens' tale Charles Dickens' second novel inspired the 1960 musical “Oliver!” by Lionel Bart. Bart composed the music and wrote the lyrics and book of the show...
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What's new on stageDec 21, 2012 4:00 am - Ÿ National Pastime Theater hosts a Christmas Day performance of “Hannukatz The Musical!” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 941 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago. The performance wi...
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Superbly staged 'War Horse' stands tall in the saddleDec 21, 2012 4:00 am - It would be easy to guess why penny-pinching audiences might opt to skip the national tour of "War Horse," now playing at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre. Director S...
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Sacred meets profane in stellar 'Book of Mormon'Dec 20, 2012 10:00 pm - For those who appreciate satire that sings and stings, and who don't mind lyrics punctuated with profanities, have I got a show for you. It's the zestfully subversive,...