Performing Arts
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College pals find success as actors, composersMar 15, 2011 2:00 am - Once upon a time, at a Midwestern university called Northwestern, an undergraduate theater major from Minnesota met a fellow theater major from New Jersey when both work...
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Star sees relevance in Chicago-bound 'Merchant'Mar 14, 2011 12:00 am - Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham is enjoying, but also a little suspect of, all the critical and audience raves that have greeted his portrayal of Shylock in Theat...
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Mentally ill need our supportMar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - I write regarding the column by Burt Constable titled, “Cancer survivors boast, so should mental illness champs.” I read some of the responses your readers had to Tica K...
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Kaneland H.S. stages ‘Pirates of Penzance’Mar 11, 2011 1:00 am - Tickets for Kaneland High School’s performance of “The Pirates of Penzance” on are sale now. Performances are 7 p.m. Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19, and 2 p.m....
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Time out!: What to do March 11-17Mar 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Davidson in concert John Davidson, star of Broadway, film and television, presents a pop concert at the Forest View Educational Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlin...
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Rousing 'Hair' revival a snapshot of an eraMar 09, 2011 10:00 pm - “Hair” does not rank among the world's great musicals. Influential, yes. Where would “Rent” and its bohemians be without “Hair” and its Tribe? Popular? Absolutely, some ...
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Long 'Spider-Man' delay, Taymor out as directorMar 09, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Back in December, when the Broadway "Spider-Man" musical was generating embarrassing headlines over injuries sustained by an actor in a fall, director Julie T...
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Best bets: Stars on Ice at Allstate March 12Mar 07, 2011 10:00 pm - Skating stars Olympic medalists Evan Lysacek, Sasha Cohen and Kurt Browning are just a few of the skating athletes and luminaries lighting up the return of Smucker'...
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Headin' out: 'Anne Frank' book discussionMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Freebie Discussion of ‘Anne Frank' book The Elmhurst Historical Museum invites the public to join an afternoon book discussion for “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young...
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“Hair” is backMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - The hippies of the iconic 1968 Broadway musical “Hair” are back. And this time they’re bringing their messages of peace, love and protest via a tour of the hit 2009 Tony...