Performing Arts
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'Married Alive' takes lightweight approachMay 25, 2012 6:00 am - If you haven't yet seen a production of "Married Alive!" you won't have to wait long. A chronicle of the ups and downs of married life, the musical by Sean Grennan (bo...
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Stage events: A tribute to soldiers at Pheasant RunMay 25, 2012 6:00 am - FVR honors soldiers Fox Valley Repertory presents its second annual armed forces tribute, “Letters Home: A Memorial Day Remembrance,” held in cooperation with Fox ...
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Shatner trekking to Aurora's Paramount Theatre stageMay 24, 2012 4:00 pm - Just a few months removed from a one-night-only performance in Chicago of his acclaimed one-man show about his years in show business, William Shatner announced he's bri...
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‘Letters Home’ a tribute to the armed forcesMay 24, 2012 8:34 am - In keeping with the theme of Memorial Day, a Fox Valley Repertory show will offer audiences a peek into letters sent home by soldiers on the front lines, along with an o...
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Kirk Players' 'Lend Me a Tenor' to close seasonMay 22, 2012 8:00 am - The Kirk Players will present the final show of their 46th season, "Lend Me a Tenor", on Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Mundelein High School Theatr...
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Arlington Heights helps pay for Metropolis piano repairMay 21, 2012 10:09 pm - Jack Kehe of Piano4te in Rolling Meadows will sell the village of Arlington Heights a restored Steinway grand piano for the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre and restore...
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‘Newsies’ choreographer draws on his backgroundMay 20, 2012 5:49 am - NEW YORK — Seventeen young dancers stop horsing around on the Nederlander Theatre stage as Christopher Gattelli approaches. They’ve been practicing his high-en...
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Fine cast shines in 'Night Music' revivalMay 18, 2012 6:00 am - Writers' Theatre has done something to "A Little Night Music" audiences may find impossible to forget. So enchanting is director William Brown's comely, chamber-style ...
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Local theater: 'Screwtape Letters' at ParamountMay 18, 2012 6:00 am - ‘Screwtape' returns Max McLean, who starred in Mercury Theater's acclaimed production of “The Screwtape Letters,” adapted from C.S. Lewis' epistolary novel, returns wit...
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Schaumburg Street Theatre will open ‘Brave Little Tailor’ in JuneMay 17, 2012 4:57 pm - Free family-friendly theatrical performances are scheduled throughout Schaumburg during June. Schaumburg Park District Street Theatre will begin at 7 p.m., Monday, June...