Performing Arts
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Local auditionsDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - • The Palatine Children's Chorus has auditions on Thursday, Jan. 6, and on Wednesday, Jan. 12, for children from the Northwest suburbs who will be at least 8 years old b...
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Albright Theatre offers a family friendly 'Christmas Carol'Dec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Could there be a better place to stage Charles Dickens' popular holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol?” The Albright Theater Company's production takes place in the open l...
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Nun roles getting to be a habit for Naperville actressDec 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Over the past decade, Naperville resident Lisa Braatz has played a teaching nun in “Late-Night Catechism,” a singing nun in “Nunsense” and now a nun in charge of putting...
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Lyric's 'Mikado' features powerhouse castDec 06, 2010 10:00 pm - The last time the Lyric Opera of Chicago staged “The Mikado” was in 1983 via a modern-day production by American director Peter Sellars. It had the romantic hero Nanki-P...
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'Dysfunctional Holiday Revue' at Noble FoolDec 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Overwhelmed by seasonal sweetness? Noble Fool (which re-christens itself Fox Valley Repertory next year) offers an antidote in “Dysfunctional Holiday Revue,” a Second Ci...
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Cheap stuff: Holiday art show, loads of LegosDec 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Free ‘Christmastime at the Fine Line' Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles presents its 23rd annual members' show and sale, “Christmastime at Fine Lin...
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Goodman names Rebecca Gilman to artistic collectiveDec 05, 2010 10:00 pm - The long-standing collaboration between Rebecca Gilman and Goodman Theatre was formalized Monday when artistic director Robert Falls named the Chicago playwright to the ...
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Radio Players to stage 'It's a Wonderful Life'Dec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - The Improv Playhouse Radio Players, the professional drama troupe of the Libertyville-based theater company, will perform the live staged radio drama “It's A Wonderful L...
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'Wicked' still a delight in new Chicago runDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - The antenna atop Chicago's Willis Tower was illuminated bright green Friday night, a coincidental welcome back to Elphaba (aka the Wicked Witch of the West) on the press...
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The miser's mellowed, but Goodman's 'Carol' has its charmsDec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - It's the 33rd time around for the Goodman Theatre's “A Christmas Carol,” but there is still lots of charm to be found in this annual holiday production. The big questio...