Performing Arts
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Tiny Tim role marks a new stage for 9-year-old actorNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Scott Calcagno was in a bind. He was preparing to direct Drury Lane Oak Brook's “A Christmas Carol” and he found himself one Tiny Tim short. “I had nobody,” said the d...
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Noble Fool stages cheery adaptation of 'Wonderful Life'Nov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Unless you've been living without American TV for the last 40 years or so, you almost certainly know the story of small-town do-gooder George Bailey as told in “It's a W...
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Two holiday-themed shows in SchaumburgNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The Schaumburg Park District's Community Recreation Center will be the place to go for heartwarming holiday stories. Tickets are already on sale for the park district's ...
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Marriott's 'Music Man' right for these timesNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - As autumn turns to winter, Marriott Theatre embraces summer with a zestful revival of “The Music Man,” Meredith Willson's sunny, 1957 Broadway tuner about a garrulous tr...
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Local community theater actress still performing the arts at 80Nov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Six days from now on Nov. 24, Ann Stewart turns the big 8-0. Most people hitting the octogenarian mark have long been retired. Stewart just finished mounting one of the ...
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Local auditionsNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - • Grove Players has auditions for a February 2011 production of Michael Christofer's 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “The Shadow Box” at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Nov...
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Steel Beam to present Willson's 'Christmas'Nov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Steel Beam Theatre celebrates the season with Meredith Willson's “It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” a show inspired by the film “Miracle on 34th Street,” in ...
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Best bets: Thanksgiving parade, Martin Short, singer/songwriter Paula ColeNov 14, 2010 10:00 pm - We love a parade Ballet dancers, circus performers, marching bands and even a Hollywood celebrity (Jennifer Beals of “Flashdance” and “The L Word” fame) all help to...
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Pee-wee's stage show a throwback to better timesNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Pee-wee Herman, whose resurrection from scandal is now almost complete, appears to be the same boy-man of old, untouched by time. He's still in his 1950s-styl...
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'Mary Poppins' reaches milestone with twistNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Mary Poppins just couldn't stay away from her chimney sweep. Laura Michelle Kelly, who originated the role as the magical nanny in the 2004 revival, is about ...