Performing Arts
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Best bets: See 'Elmo's Super Heroes' fly into actionApr 24, 2012 6:00 am - Super ‘Sesame' What's Super Grover to do when he loses his super powers? Find out when Sesame Street Live “Elmo's Super Heroes” plays starting Thursday at the Akoo ...
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Powerful Holocaust drama on stage at Maine WestApr 23, 2012 11:00 am - Deirdre Savaria and Spencer Armstrong, both of Des Plaines, are among some of Maine West High School's most experienced actors, having performed in musicals, comedies an...
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London's West End optimistic about OlympicsApr 22, 2012 6:00 am - LONDON — London's theater industry is increasingly confident that culture won't suffer during a summer devoted to celebrating sports. West End producers had been apprehe...
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Whimsical ‘Beauty and the Beast’ onstage at Wheeling HSApr 20, 2012 2:04 pm - Wheeling High School is presenting its spring musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” on the stage of the school’s Robert Lang Theater, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday an...
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Chess hustlers cast for prey in 'Fish Men'Apr 20, 2012 6:00 am - For the chess hustlers trolling New York City's Washington Square Park in Candido Tirado's "Fish Men," the game of kings is much more than a social diversion. It's serio...
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Improv troupes take center stage in Schaumburg, ChicagoApr 20, 2012 6:00 am - Chicago is about to be invaded by throngs of visitors who are known for questioning authority and mocking standards of decorum. No, we're not talking about anticipated...
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What’s new onstageApr 20, 2012 5:42 am - Ÿ Award-winning director David Cromer returns to American Theater Company to direct “Rent,” Jonathan Larson’s hit about a group of artists/friends navigating life in New...
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‘Godspell’ at Elk Grove High School through SaturdayApr 19, 2012 3:45 pm - The musical “Godspell” is at Elk Grove High School 7 p.m. daily through Saturday, April 21, in the school theater. This updated production tells the story of Christ from...
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Steppenwolf stages powerfully acted yet distant 'March'Apr 19, 2012 6:00 am - YouTube In fact, we encounter every other major character in director/adapter Frank Galati's intellectually rigorous if emotionally detached adaptation before we meet th...
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Theater events: Say the magic wordApr 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Actor/writer Frank Ferrante re-creates the wit and wisdom of Groucho Marx onstage at Aurora's Paramount Theatre for one night only. Written by Marx's son Arthur Marx, “A...