Performing Arts
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Kaneland students tackle 'Les Mis'Mar 15, 2012 9:00 am - I've written — and edited — enough high school play stories to know “Les Miserables” has a reputation. It's supposed to be one of the most difficult plays to produce. Wh...
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Cast of ‘Les Miserables’Mar 14, 2012 2:11 pm - Jean Valjean: Tucker DeBolt Javert: Eric Eichelberger Bishop of Digne: Andrew Tobin Fantine: Maggie Wallace Madame Thenardier: Kathryn Lanute Thenardier: Brian Edwards E...
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Harper director talks about Shakespeare’s relevanceMar 14, 2012 11:19 am - Shakespeare penned “As You Like It,” a romantic comedy for the Elizabethan era, sometime around 1600. More than 400 years later, the Harper Ensemble Theatre Company is b...
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The Suburbs This Weekend: Disney dames, pizza and St. Patrick's DayMar 14, 2012 11:00 am - Classic fairy tales, a celtic festival and two great restaurants are among selections by Sean Stangland and Richard Battin in The Suburbs This Weekend. Sean recommends T...
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Harvest Christian Academy presents 'Oliver!'Mar 13, 2012 8:00 am - Tickets are now on sale for Harvest Christian Academy's production of “Oliver!” which will be performed March 15-17 inside the chapel at the school, 1000 N. Randall Road...
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Best Bets: King's 'Subtle Current' on Hubbard billMar 13, 2012 6:00 am - New Cerrudo The Spring Series of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago continues this weekend with the world premiere of “Little mortal jump” by choreographer/dancer Alejan...
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Arlington Hts. board split on funds for MetropolisMar 13, 2012 12:24 am - Arlington Heights will give the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre $300,000 for a reserve fund, the village board decided Monday night, with President Arlene Mulder break...
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Shatner treks to Chicago for one-man showMar 11, 2012 6:00 am - William Shatner is sick, but he refuses to admit it. "We'll call it early morning stuffiness," he hoarsely growled via phone from New York City - at 2:30 in the afterno...
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Cary native returns home with 'Riverdance'Mar 09, 2012 4:00 pm - Cary native Rose Duffy jokes that her dad, Michael J. Duffy, was even more excited than she was when she joined the national tour of "Riverdance" as a fiddle player this...
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'Bring It On' brings on the energyMar 09, 2012 5:00 am - For all its clichés and life lessons acquired directly from an ABC Afterschool Special, “Bring It On: The Musical” — loosely based on the 2000 film set in the world of c...