Performing Arts
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Best bets: 'The Wedding Singer' comes to a stage near youMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Wedding songs Fans of Adam Sandler's 1998 film comedy "The Wedding Singer" can giggle at all the infamous fashions and trends of the 1980s live in the national to...
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Motherhood helped prepare actress for 'Ragtime' role at Drury LaneMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Acting has many downsides: low pay, few jobs and long periods of unemployment. But one of the upsides is that the craft allows for a lot of personal growth. It even, in ...
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Musician chooses art over loved ones in Metropolis' 'Side Man'Mar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - "Side Man" - Warren Leight's semi-autobiographical jazz era encomium about artistic obsession and family dysfunction - falls somewhere between an homage and an admonitio...
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Local auditionsMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Village of Streamwood Community Relations invites local artists to participate in its "Art Appreciation Around the World" to be held on Saturday, May 1 at Poplar C...
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Cheap stuff: Golden Books art, all things syrup, model railroad showMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Pure gold The Lake County Discovery Museum opens its newest exhibit, "Golden Legacy: Original Art from 65 Years of Golden Books," on Sa...
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Drury Lane aims for show of epic proportionsMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Drury Lane gets epic Drury Lane Theatre Oak Brook promises its revival of the Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens' musical "Ragtime" - about immigrant life in America at...
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Final performances of 'BeastMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Hoffman Estates High School will present the musical "Beauty and the Beast" at 1:30 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday, March 13 at the high school, 1100 W. Hig...
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Theater D presents madcap 'Tenor'Mar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Theater D, a division of Deerfield Family Theater, will present the Tony Award-winning comedy "Lend Me a Tenor" starting tonight. If you need a break from reality - and ...
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Catch 'Flanagan' in Arlington Hts., St. CharlesMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Noble Fool and the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre celebrate St. Patrick's Day with performances of "Flanagan's Wake," the popular interactive comedy in which quirky I...
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'Billy Elliot' makes the leap from Broadway to ChicagoMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - When "Billy Elliot" made le grande jeté from cinema to stage five years ago, it landed exactly where it belongs. So says director Stephen Daldry, who insists the story ...