Performing Arts
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‘Godspell’ at Elk Grove High School through SaturdayApr 19, 2012 3:45 pm - The musical “Godspell” is at Elk Grove High School 7 p.m. daily through Saturday, April 21, in the school theater. This updated production tells the story of Christ from...
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Steppenwolf stages powerfully acted yet distant 'March'Apr 19, 2012 6:00 am - YouTube In fact, we encounter every other major character in director/adapter Frank Galati's intellectually rigorous if emotionally detached adaptation before we meet th...
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Theater events: Say the magic wordApr 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Actor/writer Frank Ferrante re-creates the wit and wisdom of Groucho Marx onstage at Aurora's Paramount Theatre for one night only. Written by Marx's son Arthur Marx, “A...
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Fox schools stage spring musicals, comediesApr 18, 2012 4:00 pm - It's a busy weekend for the performing arts in the Fox Valley, with three high schools staging their spring plays: Dundee-Crown with “Beauty and the Beast,” Jacobs with ...
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Batavia drama students stage Southern comedyApr 18, 2012 3:37 pm - Batavia High School will present the hilarious comedy “Dearly Beloved,” by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, and directed by Joshua Casburn. The performance...
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Prospect High School puts on “The Wedding Singer”Apr 18, 2012 10:11 am - Prospect High School will take audiences back to the ’80s in this year’s spring musical, “The Wedding Singer,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, April 25-28, in the schoo...
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Buffalo Grove High School is off to see the WizardApr 18, 2012 8:19 am - Very few musicals have captured the hearts of all ages as “The Wizard of Oz.” Buffalo Grove High School’s spring production of the classic tale, with music and lyric...
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The arts come alive at Kaneland festivalApr 18, 2012 8:18 am - Imagine immersing yourself in the visual and performing arts for an entire day. Taking a workshop on glass fusing, mime performance or caricature drawing. Watching a ban...
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson takes his lumps on theater sitcomApr 17, 2012 12:00 pm - NEW YORK — Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family” might be a star now, but he remembers those awful days sweating it out in front of casting directors. “I've had many h...
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Alterations add to the fun in 'The Pirates of Penzance'Apr 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Purists of the 19th century comic operettas by playwright W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan probably won't be pleased by the cuts, changed vocal keys and just pl...