Performing Arts
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Mel Brooks meets Alfred Hitchcock approach works for 'The 39 Steps'May 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The key question in "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" isn't whodunit. It's how they dunit. Adapted by Patrick Barlow and Director Maria Aitkin, "The 39 Steps," now at Ch...
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Cromer works his magic with Writers' 'Streetcar'May 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Go big or go home. The oft-repeated endorsement of excess has in recent years become the mantra for reality TV stars, professional athletes and producers looking to jus...
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'Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical' good for a few laughsMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - You would have been hard-pressed to find an audience member under 35 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre opening of "Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical." Hard-pressed bu...
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Director jumped at chance to stage 'Drowsy Chaperone'May 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Director/choreographer Marc Robin knew the moment he first saw "The Drowsy Chaperone" on Broadway that he wanted to direct it. "Nowadays when I see something I haven't s...
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Local auditions & tryoutsMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - • The 38th Annual Custer's Last Stand is seeking arts and crafts exhibitors and vendors for its festival from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, in downt...
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Steel Beam presenting 'The Dixie Swim Club'May 19, 2010 11:00 pm - College friends reunite for a long weekend every summer in "The Dixie Swim Club," a comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten spanning 30 years in the lives...
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Cheap stuff: Book sale, art show, stand-up comicsMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Have books to spare? Bring some gently used children's books to donate at the Children's Chautauqua in the Park. This interactive, educational outdoor festival for ...
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'Fuerza Bruta' promises stunning sights, soundsMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Some advice for those planning to check out the international theater hit "Fuerza Bruta: Look Up" when it opens in Chicago this week: This is no sit-back-and-relax kind ...
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Four actors, 100-plus characters add up to '39 Steps'May 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Call "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" the little hit show that could. With just four actors, the show conjures up more than 100 characters to pay comic homage to film d...
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Goodman's 'Good Negro' spotlights the men behind civil rights fightMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - "Do what you have to do." That loaded phrase recurs several times throughout "The Good Negro," Tracey Scott Wilson's unflinching, fictionalized account of the civil righ...