Performing Arts
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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...
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'Laramie' a tale of intolerance worth revisitingMar 09, 2012 5:00 am - In September 2008 - a decade after the beating death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard shocked the nation - writer/director Moises Kaufman and members of New York City's Te...
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Steppenwolf announces season of ‘Reckoning’Mar 08, 2012 5:05 am - Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced on Wednesday its 2012-2013 season, dubbed “The Reckoning.” The season includes a revival of Harold Pinter’s chilling “The Birthday...
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Writers opens 2012-2013 season with 'Hamlet'Mar 07, 2012 10:00 pm - Writers' Theatre in Glencoe opens its 2012-2013 season with the grandest of Shakespeare's tragedies, “Hamlet.” Artistic director Michael Halberstam directs the main sta...
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Theater events: Paramount revives 'Hair'Mar 07, 2012 10:00 pm - Broadway back story The arrival of a young actress to the Wisconsin retreat of married stage legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne leads to a romantic upheaval in ...
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Native culture, colonialism clash in Goodman's 'Convert'Mar 07, 2012 10:00 pm - The heart of Danai Gurira's drama "The Convert" is a tragically powerful Pygmalion story showing a young woman caught up in a soul-testing clash pitting ancient African ...
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'Poppins' songwriter Sherman dies at 86Mar 06, 2012 1:00 pm - LONDON — How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny ...
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‘The Things They Carried’ reflects on Vietnam WarMar 04, 2012 9:54 pm - A stage presentation of Tim O’Brien’s stirring Vietnam War testament, “The Things They Carried,” launches the ECC Arts Center’s 2012-2013 performance season on Saturday,...
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Unleash your creativity at Elgin’s FallBack Arts FestivalMar 04, 2012 9:54 pm - Take a weekend to immerse yourself in the arts, when the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission and the city of Elgin present the second FallBack Arts Festival. The festival, w...
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Wheaton native pulls on 'Dreamcoat' yet againMar 02, 2012 4:30 am - When Wheaton native Brian Bohr was only 6 years old, he saw Donny Osmond playing Joseph at the Chicago Theatre in the musical "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamco...