Performing Arts
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Special needs audiences welcome at ‘Legally Blonde The Musical’Jun 27, 2012 11:45 am - Going to movies, concerts and plays can be difficult when you have a family member with special needs. But with Rising Star Theatreworks’ production of “Legally Blonde,”...
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Austen and Shakespeare classics get update by Janus TheaterJun 27, 2012 8:27 am - Elgin will play host to two of the most prolific writers in the English language this summer through the works of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. The Janus Theater...
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First Folio season to include 'Poe' revivalJun 26, 2012 11:00 pm - First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook has announced its lineup for the 2012-13 season. First on the docket is a revival of executive director David Rice's critical hit “The ...
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Comedian Louis C.K. sells tour himselfJun 26, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — After selling a comedy special directly to fans and upending the comedy business, Louis C.K. is taking the same approach with tickets to his next tour. The c...
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Chicagoan pays tribute to Beatles in ‘Rain’Jun 25, 2012 12:24 pm - You might say Jimmy Irizarry has been preparing for his role in “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” for most of his life. A native of Southwest Chicago, Irizarry first fell...
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Buffalo Grove's Jonah Rawitz heading into third Marriott productionJun 22, 2012 6:00 am - Buffalo Grove's Jonah Rawitz won't start high school for a couple more months, but already he's starred in some of the most-acclaimed suburban musicals of the last coupl...
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Lookingglass' 'Eastland' exceptional theater, superb memorialJun 22, 2012 6:00 am - Entering Lookingglass Theatre for the world premiere of "Eastland: A New Musical" is like stepping into an old-fashioned tent revival. Beneath billowing fabric stand r...
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From Eastland to Gacy, local history inspires new playsJun 22, 2012 6:00 am - Much has changed about Chicago and its sprawling suburbs over the years. But one thing hasn't: the power to inspire. Writers from Carl Sandburg and Nelson Algren to Lor...
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Cirque's re-scaled 'Dralion' still designed to dazzleJun 22, 2012 6:00 am - East-meets-West influences run rampant in "Dralion," a former Cirque du Soleil big-tent show that debuted in 1999 in Montreal but has since been re-scaled to tour to ind...
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Tickets on sale for Buffalo Grove musicalJun 21, 2012 2:04 pm - Big Deal Productions, the performing arts division of the Buffalo Grove Park District, will present Annie as its 2012 summer musical in the West Auditorium at Stevenson ...