Performing Arts
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Broadway 'Spider-Man' stunt double falls to stageDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Broadway might need a superhero to save the new Spider-Man musical. The troubled, big-budget "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was hit by its fourth accident s...
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'White Christmas' no holiday treatDec 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The production number that begins the second act of “Irving Berlin's White Christmas” illustrates everything right and everything wrong about this show, which opened Thu...
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'Nutcracker' returns to Lake Zurich this weekendDec 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The holiday classic “The Nutcracker” will make its annual appearance in Lake Zurich this weekend, with performances both Saturday and Sunday. The production is put on by...
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Ballet in Wheaton celebrates Christ's birthDec 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The Faubourg Theatre in Hanover Park in partnership with the Underground Theatre Company is presenting “A Spirit-Filled Christmas” at 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, at ...
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Casting call in LibertyvilleDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Liberty Town Productions invites singers and actors to audition for all adult roles in “Ruthless! The Musical” to be performed at Austin's Fuel Room March 10-12. Auditio...
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Steppenwolf revival adds new layers to Albee's 'Virginia Woolf'Dec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - You think reinventing a classic like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" poses a challenge? Try humanizing George and Martha, the famously dysfunctional duo around whom Ed...
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Take an improv break from holiday hassleDec 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Improv antidote Holidays getting a bit hectic? Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud Theater invites harried families to its all-ages, early improv show on Fridays. Additiona...
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'White Christmas' arrives in ChicagoDec 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Theater fans dreaming of seeing “Irving Berlin's White Christmas” in Chicago finally get their wish this week as the popular stage adaptation of the 1954 holiday classic...
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A Sleepy Hollow woman's classic holiday with JohnnyDec 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Flush with fabulous old TV footage of a gyrating young Ann-Margret selling a song with everything she's got, the interview with Muhammad Ali suggesting he's "pretty good...
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Best bets: Jerry Seinfeld, 'Hot Club Cool Yule', Rosemont dog showDec 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Festivus funnyman Tis the “Festivus” season to see superstar comedian Jerry Seinfeld live and in person this weekend at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chica...