Entertainment
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Breakthrough COVID-19 cases force 'Kiss Me, Kate' cancellationsDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire announced on its Facebook page the cancellation of additional performances of its revival of "Kiss Me, Kate" through Jan. 4 in response ...
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'We risked enough': Many folks staying home for New Year's Eve amid COVID-19 surgeDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - A surge of COVID-19 cases and the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant are prompting many suburbanites to alter their New Year's Eve celebrations. Instead ...
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Volo Museum to soon offer tours of movie trainsDec 27, 2021 10:00 pm - Three full-sized, film-famous train cars, each weighing tens of thousands of pounds, arrived on the grounds of the Volo Museum in mid-December after a 2,035-mile journey...
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Bartlett Park District Youth Theatre Auditions for The Lion King Jr. January 3, 4 & 5Dec 27, 2021 10:00 pm - Be part of the next youth production at the Bartlett Park District when the youth theatre presents the Lion King Jr. Auditions are available for ages 8-18 by appointment...
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Seven offbeat new businesses that emerged in the suburbs in 2021Dec 27, 2021 4:30 am - Entrepreneurs continued to innovate ways to find suburban customers during the second year of a pandemic, resulting in the opening of some atypical new businesses in 202...
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Notable deaths in the entertainment world in 2021Dec 27, 2021 12:00 am - January Jan. 4: actress Tanya Roberts, "Charlie's Angels," "That '70s Show," age 65; actor Gregory Sierra, "Barney Miller," age 83 Jan. 7: filmmaker Michael Apted, ...
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Goodman Theatre cancels rest of 'A Christmas Carol' runDec 27, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago's Goodman Theatre announced the cancellation of all remaining performances of "A Christmas Carol" after COVID-19 exposures within the company. The theater cance...
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'Spider-Man' surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
Dec 26, 2021 10:00 pm - Peter Parker's good fortune continued over the holiday weekend as Hollywood prepares to close the books on a turbulent 2021. Even with some mighty competition from new M...
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Ike Reilly reschedules release show, food driveDec 26, 2021 5:00 pm - Libertyville's Ike Reilly was prepared to lend a helping hand during the holidays, but the omicron COVID-19 variant has put that on hold. Reilly's “Because the Angels” ...
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Q&A: Almodóvar on unearthing the past in 'Parallel Mothers'