Performing Arts
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Noble Fool 's 'Over theTavern' needs more family timeFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - A heavy dose of nostalgia is what undoubtedly spurs a chorus of audience laughter for Tom Dudzick's "Over the Tavern." This 1994 comic drama will resonate particularly w...
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Strong cast, witty dialogue keep 'Love Song' in tuneFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - As love songs go, John Kolvenbach's "Love Song" - currently running at the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble at the College of DuPage - is a very odd one indeed. But, at times, i...
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'Steel Magnolias' opens this weekendFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - The Geneva Underground Playhouse, 524 W. State St., will present the favorite, "Steel Magnolias," for two weekends in February. The play, written by Robert Harling and t...
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Political buttons, memorabilia show at College of DuPageFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Buttons and more buttons! Dealers and collectors can buy, sell and trade political buttons and other political memorabilia at the Political Button and Memorabili...
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Dennis DeYoung goes to the dogs for '101 Dalmatians'Feb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Most people know Dennis DeYoung as a co-founder and frontman of the rock group Styx. But the Chicago native has also shown a talent for writing musical theater scores. ...
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Steppenwolf trilogy showcases acclaimed playwright McCraneyFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - If Tarell Alvin McCraney's intense, deeply satisfying "The Brothers Size" has not yet been mentioned in the same breath as Suzan-Lori Parks' "Topdog/Underdog" and Sam Sh...
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'Ring Cycle' brings DuPage actress full circleFeb 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Acting is an unpredictable career, full of starts and stops, sudden breakthroughs and just as sudden setbacks. That is how it has been for Mandy Walsh, who appears in "T...
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"The Music Man" opens in Des PlainesFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Christian Youth Theater's production of the musical theater classic "The Music Man" runs Friday, Feb. 12, through Sunday, Feb. 21, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at ...
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Local auditionsFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - • DreamWorks Studios has an open casting call for a young male actor between the ages of 10 to 14 to play a street-smart kid for its upcoming film "Real Steel" from 11 a...
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Marriott revives classic 'Fiddler on the Roof'Feb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Ross Lehman and Paula Scrofano star as the milkman Tevye and his wife Golde in Marriott Theatre's production of "Fiddler on the Roof," the Sheldon Harnick-Joseph Stein m...