Performing Arts
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Nostalgia wins out in 'I Love Lucy Live'Sep 21, 2012 6:00 am - The funniest thing about "I Love Lucy" is that it forever finds perhaps the most popular comedian in history, Lucille Ball, trying to entertain but being unable to. She ...
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Paramount stages super-slick 'Grease'Sep 18, 2012 11:00 pm - The Paramount Theatre in Aurora confidently launched its second full season of self-produced Broadway musicals with the 1972 smash hit "Grease." No doubt the show's leg...
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‘Superstar’ opens Sept. 28 at Big NoiseSep 17, 2012 4:35 pm - Big Noise Theatre Company is proud to open its 2012-13 season with the engaging rock-opera “Jesus Christ, Superstar,” opening Sept. 28 and playing weekends through O...
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Improv Playhouse radio in LibertyvilleSep 16, 2012 6:54 am - Improv Playhouse Radio Players will perform episodes from “The Lone Ranger” (1939) and “Gunsmoke” (1956) on Sept. 29 at the Improv Playhouse Theater, 735 N. Milwaukee Av...
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'Xanadu' spoof shines at Drury LaneSep 14, 2012 5:00 pm - Many Chicago storefront theater companies have been celebrated for creating enjoyable low-budget stage spoofs of films and TV shows, ranging from The Annoyance Theatre's...
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Fox Valley Theatre Company production features siblingsSep 14, 2012 2:44 pm - Fractured family relationships are at the heart of the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” So it’s entirely appropriate that among the “Joseph” cast...
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Fall theater brings war horses, Mormons and moreSep 14, 2012 6:00 am - The national tours of Broadway blockbusters "The Book of Mormon" and "War Horse" heading our way have generated enough buzz to make those shows among autumn's hottest ti...
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Local theater: ‘Sunshine Boys’ revivalSep 14, 2012 5:17 am - Grumpy old comedians A couple of estranged former vaudeville stars reunite for a TV performance in Neil Simon’s “The Sunshine Boys.” Donna Steele directs Steel Beam Thea...
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BTE's 'Lady' an endearing tribute to Ann LandersSep 14, 2012 5:00 am - Since the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn is currently undergoing a $35 million renovation through early 2014, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble has had to relocate to a new v...
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What’s newSep 12, 2012 12:14 pm - Ÿ Previews continue through Saturday, Sept. 22, for Steppenwolf Theatre’s season-opening production of “Good People,” Pulitzer Prizer winner David Lindsay-Abaire’s drama...