Performing Arts
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Pint-size productions geared to childrenSep 11, 2011 6:15 am - Looking for ways to keep the kids entertained as the weather gets cooler? Skip the movies and catch some live theater at one of these local productions. “If You Give...
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What’s new on stageSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Ÿ Previews continue for TimeLine Theatre’s Chicago area premiere of “The Pitman Painters,” Lee Blessing’s comedy about a group of miners in northern England whose dabbli...
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Broadway marks 9/11 anniversary with iconic songSep 09, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Joel Grey, Kara DioGuardi, Bebe Neuwirth, Ben Vereen and Brian Stokes Mitchell — along with sailors, nuns, drag queens, ballerinas and a Spider-Man — helped m...
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Marriott goes 'Blonde' for 2012 seasonSep 09, 2011 7:00 am - Marriott Theatre's 2012 season will mix crowd-pleasing favorites with a quirky new musical about, of all things, an aspiring comic book artist. The Lincolnshire theater ...
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Suburban native jumps at 'Crazy' role in ChicagoSep 08, 2011 5:45 am - Most people leave Woodfield Shopping Center with a sweater or a pair of shoes. Trevor Morgan went home with a career. Living in Des Plaines at the time, Morgan was only ...
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'American Idiot' among Broadway in Chicago's 2012 offeringsSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - The ace in Broadway in Chicago's hole may well be the previously announced December 2012 arrival of “The Book of Mormon” — the nine-time Tony Award winning musical by “S...
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Local theater: 'Fantasticks' revivalSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - ‘Fantasticks' returns Steel Beam Theatre revives “The Fantasticks,” a fairy tale love story shot through with a dose of harsh reality and accompanied by a jazzy sco...
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'Book of Mormon' coming to ChicagoSep 07, 2011 12:00 pm - Chicago is getting its own company of the smash hit Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon.” The irreverent nine-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical by Trey Parker a...
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'New Pavarotti' tenor Salvatore Licitra dead at 43Sep 05, 2011 12:00 am - Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra, once heralded as the "new Pavarotti" by many in the opera world, died Monday at age 43. Licitra was in a coma for days following a moto...
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‘Bye Bye Birdie’ opens Sept. 16 at Cutting HallSep 03, 2011 12:00 am - TesserAct Theatre Ensemble presents “Bye Bye Birdie,” a musical featuring the music of Charles Strauss and lyrics by Lee Adams, playing Friday, Sept. 16, through Sun...