Performing Arts
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Best bets: Get a jump on golf season, Curious George LiveJan 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Golfer getaway The links may be layered with snow this time of year, but die-hard golfers can get an early start on the golfing season this weekend at The 3rd Nor...
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Cheap stuff: A walk in the snow, Native American artifactsJan 18, 2010 10:00 pm - $10 and under A snowy walk in the garden Bundle up and take a snowy guided tour of the Fabyan West Forest Preserve's Fabyan Japanese Garden. Fabyan staff will highlight ...
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Award-winning high school quartet at Skokie TheatreJan 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Home sweet home See the latest innovations and technology in home building, remodeling, decorating and landscaping at the Lake County Home Building and Remodelin...
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Stage vs. screen versions a toss-upJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - With film versions of "Annie," "Dreamgirls" and "Mamma Mia!" all available on DVD, some families might wonder whether seeing the stage versions is all that different. Bu...
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Local auditionsJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - • A "Singing with the Broadway Stars" virtual contest runs through Monday, Feb. 8. The contest is for people who want to win a chance to perform alongside Broadway veter...
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Three smash musicals set to steal the spotlight in Rosemont and ChicagoJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Come Tuesday, three national tours of Broadway smash musicals hit the Chicago area on the exact same day. "Dreamgirls" starts up a two-week run at the Cadillac Palace Th...
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Steel Beam's 'Rabbit Hole' could dig a little deeperJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - A lot of critics have taken David Lindsay-Abaire's 2006 drama "Rabbit Hole" to task for having too much of a "TV Movie of the Week" feel about it. And when compared with...
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Tennis injury drives Aurora teen to the theaterJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - At 16, most teenagers aspire to little more than a driver's license, something to go driving in, and, maybe, a decent SAT score. Maybe. Teen actor Bubba Weiler of Auror...
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Production solid, but only so much can be done with 'Funny Girl'Jan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - There's a reason why "Funny Girl" - the fictionalized account of the ascent of comedienne, singer and Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice - doesn't get many revivals. And ...
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Dennehy returns to Goodman for 'Hughie'Jan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Goodman Theatre artistic associate Brian Dennehy returns to Chicago for the Broadway-bound, double bill of Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie," about a down-on-his-luck gambler se...