Performing Arts
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Second City's 'Girls' Night Out' a fun, funny ode to womenAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Second City's "Girls' Night Out: Uncensored" plows unapologetically through the psyche of modern women. No subject is off limits - not sex, not scandalized politicians a...
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'Married Alive' set to open at Pheasant RunAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Newlyweds and longtime marrieds depict the ups and downs of marital life in the musical "Married Alive!" Rachel Rockwell (of Marriott's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Sp...
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Local auditionsAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - • Perceptual Motion, Inc., seeks male and female dancers with a strong background in technical modern dance for its upcoming dance season. Auditions are by appointment o...
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Local playwright/acting duo team up for fractured fairy taleAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - What happens when a standard fairy tale ending (happily ever after) turns out to be more "ever after" than happy? That question is at the center of the new short comedy ...
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Best bets: Air and Water Show, the 'seventh Python', the WigglesAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - By air, by sea Be taken aback by the might of the U.S. military this weekend at the 51st Annual Chicago Air and Water Show. Watch formations and routines by the U.S. Air...
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Cheap stuff: Lindenfest, Howard and the White BoysAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Free Howard and the White Boys Howard and the White Boys present an evening of rock 'n' roll music in St. Charles. Bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating. Picnics ar...
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Gurnee Days celebration features rides, contests and moreAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Gurnee Days The annual Gurnee Days celebration features carnival rides, the Gurnee Idol contest, a bike rodeo, "Movie in the Park Friday," a golf tourn...
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Best bets: Batavia art fest, 'Girls Night Out'Aug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Art for all The Art in Your Eye Festival returns for its fifth annual outing along the Batavia Riverwalk, Houston Street and Island Avenue, Batavia. There's hands-on art...
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'Sweet Charity' director Corti takes on 'Cabaret'Aug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Jim Corti, last year's Jeff Award-winning director of the sensational "Sweet Charity," teams up with music director Doug Peck (the 2008 Jeff winner for Court Theatre's "...
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'Awakening' rock musical jumpstarts the genreAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - "Spring Awakening" is a breath of fresh air. Coming three years after the zestful musical by writer/lyricist Steven Sater and composer Duncan Sheik rocketed from cult h...