Performing Arts
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Goodman Theatre to stage latest by 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria HudesApr 16, 2012 6:27 pm - Goodman Theatre will stage the latest from 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes as part of its previously announced 2012-2013 season. Hudes’ play “Water by t...
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Arts winners include posthumous PulitzerApr 16, 2012 5:25 pm - NEW YORK — The late Manning Marable won the Pulitzer Prize for history Monday, honored for a Malcolm X book he worked on for decades but did not live to see published. F...
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'Being Shakespeare' a labor of love for CallowApr 14, 2012 11:00 pm - British actor/author/director Simon Callow ("Shakespeare in Love," "A Room With a View"), can sometimes guess what films people will recognize him from based upon the co...
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One more chance to see Buffalo Grove ‘Expressions’Apr 14, 2012 6:00 am - The Buffalo Grove High School Expressions show choir has completed an award-winning competition season, capturing Grand Champion, Best Vocals and Best Band in three of t...
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Last chance to see ‘Seussical’Apr 13, 2012 7:19 pm - A final performance of “Seussical the Musical” is on tap Saturday, April 14, at St. Peter Lutheran School in Arlington Heights. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. at the school, 111 ...
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Fox Valley's frothy 'Breaking Up' misses the jukebox barApr 13, 2012 6:00 am - “Sedaka is back.” Toni Tennille, one half of the 1970s pop duo Captain and Tennille crooned that phrase during the fadeout on “Love Will Keep Us Together,” their 1975 d...
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Stellar 'Jersey Boys' makes a welcome returnApr 13, 2012 5:30 am - "We put Jersey on the map," brags Tommy DeVito, early on in "Jersey Boys." Hyperbole? Sure. But minutes into this 2006 Tony Award-winning musical, you're a believer. Be...
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Theater events: Get your kicks on Paramount's 'Route 66'Apr 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Road trip! Paramount Theatre presents a new production of the jukebox musical “Route 66,” by Roger Bean (“The Marvelous Wondrettes”), about a group of Chicago servi...
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Akoo Theatre tickets go on sale MondayApr 12, 2012 3:00 pm - Far-ranging planners take note: Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. Monday, April 16, for three touring shows coming in 2013 to the Akoo Theatre at Rosemont. The Celtic dancin...
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Hampshire High School stages “Godspell”Apr 12, 2012 11:46 am - The gospel of Matthew comes alive onstage this weekend when Hampshire High School stages “Godspell.” But director Chris Cherry, a vocal music teacher, thinks the story h...