Performing Arts
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ArtReach Theatre's 'Oklahoma' bursts on stage this weekendOct 12, 2012 8:00 pm - ArtReach Educational Theatre in partnership with Spotlite Theatrix Production Company and District 214 Community Education is staging the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic...
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'Hello. I have cancer.' Comedian finds humor in catharsisOct 12, 2012 7:00 pm - NEW YORK — A frightfully nervous Tig Notaro stood just offstage at the Los Angeles club Largo while Ed Helms introduced her. The audience of 300 and Notaro's fellow per...
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Playwright Tracy Letts revels in his Midwestern rootsOct 12, 2012 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — Tracy Letts is so polite that he warns you right away that he makes a terrible subject of a story. “Midwestern people don't make for good interviews,” says th...
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'Black n Blue' paints unsettling portrait of abuseOct 12, 2012 6:00 am - Dael Orlandersmith doesn't make things easy for audiences. Her solo play "Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men" is a gripping, unsettling work that examines in vivid, often wr...
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CST brings insightful direction, top-tier talent to Sondheim's 'Sunday'Oct 12, 2012 6:00 am - For several magical moments at the conclusion of the first act of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's superb "Sunday in the Park with George," everything 19th century French p...
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'Arcadia' will challenge actors, delight audiencesOct 11, 2012 11:00 pm - For the upcoming Dundee-Crown High School fall play, director and English teacher Heather Hoffman will challenge audiences and stretch the intellectual capabilities of t...
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Theater events: Fox Valley Rep stages 'Woman in Black'Oct 10, 2012 11:00 pm - Chills in St. Charles Fox Valley Repertory remounts its production of “The Woman in Black,” Stephen Malatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's ghost tale about a London...
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West Dundee sets course for performing arts centerOct 09, 2012 3:57 pm - A resolution guiding the direction for a regional performing arts space proposed for downtown West Dundee is expected to receive unanimous board support when it comes up...
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Nonprofits enjoy ‘Marvelous Wonderettes’ at MetropolisOct 08, 2012 3:57 pm - On Wednesday, Sept. 19, local nonprofit organizations gathered for the first BMO Harris Bank Night at Metropolis. Audience members came from Clearbrook, Little City, NWS...
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Lyric's 'Elektra' opens season in rip-roaring fashionOct 07, 2012 11:00 pm - The Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its 2012-13 season in rip-roaring fashion with a new production of "Elektra." What's more, American soprano Christine Goerke made a tow...