Performing Arts
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Best bets: Princesses on ice, comedy from the frozen NorthAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Icy 'Princesses' If you're a fan of both figure skating and Disney animated films, then grab your kids to catch Snow White, Cinderella and a cadre of other fairy ...
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Noble Fool's new name celebrates ties to Fox ValleyAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - What's in a name? In the case of Noble Fool, to be re-christened Fox Valley Repertory in January, it's an expression of the commitment the onetime Chicago theater compan...
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Drury Lane rebirth earns plenty of Jeff nodsAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The accolades just keep on coming for the rejuvenated Drury Lane Oak Brook which led all equity theaters when the 2009-2010 equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominations wer...
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Nottage, Eno are 1st winners of Horton Foote PrizeAug 29, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lynn Nottage and Will Eno are the first recipients of the Horton Foote Prize for excellence in American theater. Nottage's "Ruined" was named outstanding new...
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Broadway in Chicago announces spring seasonAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Broadway in Chicago's announcement Thursday of its spring series means familiar tunes echoing throughout the theater district, where a new 25th anniversary production of...
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Flawless 'Frost/Nixon' examines a flawed manAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - They say confession is good for the soul. Judging from the number of defendant statements police routinely introduce into evidence during criminal trials, it's true. C...
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Local tryoutsAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Improv Playhouse has auditions for kids in third through ninth grade to appear in a youth theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic 1943 musical "Okl...
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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...