Performing Arts
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'Addams Family' snappy but not flawlessDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Nathan Lane is having the time of his professional life. At least it appeared that way at Wednesday's world premiere of "The Addams Family," the big-budget, Broadway-bou...
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Local auditionsDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - • Theater D has auditions for a March production of Ken Ludwig's comic farce "Lend Me a Tenor" at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewe...
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'Children's Scientology Pageant' strikes right toneDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - While the life history and philosophical musings of science fiction writer turned Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard may not seem like appropriate fodder for a...
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Alumni return to honor Second City's 50th anniversaryDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Fifty years ago this month, Chicago got really funny. The Second City comedy theater opened in a former Chinese laundry on Wells Street in December of 1959. Since then i...
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Suburban theater world mourns one of its brightest lightsDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - The founder of a prominent theater company in Palatine, and a longtime acting teacher for the Palatine Park District has died. Susannah Kist passed away on Friday after ...
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'Oh Coward' revels in the music and the manDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Don't be surprised if you find yourself quoting to friends the title of Noël Coward's song "I Went to a Marvelous Party" after attending Writers' Theatre's "Oh Coward!" ...
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NCC puts new twist on a Dickens classicDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Sometimes the message of good will during the holidays can become too sugary sweet, say actors in this year's "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" at North Central College. ...
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Who's who of 'Second City' alumsDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - ...
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Best bets: Flaming Lips, 'A Creole Christmas'Dec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Jazzy bells Before you see Disney's "The Princess and the Frog," get a genuine taste of New Orleans musical culture when the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band perfor...
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A few slips, trip in Cirque's 'Banana Shpeel'Dec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Cirque du Soleil's "Banana Shpeel" earns praise for taking the more intimate circus arts and placing them center stage at the Chicago Theatre. In stadiums like Hoffman E...