Performing Arts
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Mount Prospect native jumps at chance to stage 'Daredevil's Hamlet'Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Actor and musician John Pierson has always been a guy to leap out of the box - literally and figuratively. In rock circles, he is known for being a founding member of th...
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Sam Mendes to direct Kevin Spacey in 'Richard III'Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes are reuniting for a trans-Atlantic production of "Richard III," producers announced Thursday. Spacey will play the villainous Engli...
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New dramas, time-tested musicals among fall's theater offeringsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - You can't please everybody with theater. Play things too safely and a theater audience becomes bored and complacent. Take too many artistic risks and audiences will fle...
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'Wiggly Circus Live!' coming to RosemontAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Preschool favorites The Wiggles bring their "Wiggly Circus Live!" to the Rosemont Theatre for two shows only. Joining the Australian quartet in their big top extravaganz...
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Best bets: Dance fest, comedian Jo Koy, Grammy-winner Bill MillerAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - World class, no charge All the free ticketed indoor events of the Chicago Dancing Festival were snatched up within two hours. But there's still a free chance to see danc...
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The 'Real' deal: Signal sniffs out humor in sly 'Inspector Hound'Aug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - At one point during Tom Stoppard's "The Real Inspector Hound," a character inquires, "does this play know where it's going?" His question refers to the play-within-a-pla...
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Drury Lane's 'Hot Mikado' full of sizzling swingAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - You might think that Gilbert and Sullivan purists would be horrified at "Hot Mikado," a jazzy 1940s-style updating of the British duo's endearing 1885 operetta "The Mika...
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Local auditionsAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - • The New Classic Singers has auditions by appointment only for its 36-member ensemble in August. Call (630) 942-2552 or e-mail lrk@newclassicsingers.org. • The Schaumbu...
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Bolingbrook comic returns to headline at ZaniesAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Local comic returns A few short years after he graduated from Bolingbrook High School, Lenny Schmidt was performing at Hollywood's Comedy Store. He returned to st...
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Mamet-speak: Eggs, coffee, the talking walrusAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Early this summer, David Mamet turned on the telecast of the Tony Awards, for which his play "Race" had received a nomination for best featured actor. After ...