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Chicago Theatre Week moves city, suburban productions online this yearFeb 25, 2021 6:00 AM - This year, the annual Chicago Theatre Week celebration goes virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "For loyal theatergoers and newcomers alike this is a way to stay connected to the art form you love," said festival coordinator Deb Clapp.
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From a new Bears home to Ravinia-style concerts, Arlington Park redevelopment ideas aboundFeb 24, 2021 8:27 PM - A recurring topic on Chicago sports talk radio, online message boards and social media for years, the possibility of a Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights is back in the spotlight -- one of many options being floated by local officials and residents now that the fate of Arlington International Racecourse seems sealed.
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Review: Mavis Staples' guitarist opts for garage band basics
Feb 24, 2021 12:23 PM - Rick Holmstom has been Mavis Staples' guitarist and bandleader for the past 13 years
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La Vie Boheme: 'Rent' musical celebrates 25th anniversary
Feb 24, 2021 11:35 AM - Twenty-five years ago, stage actors Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega had been cast in a new, edgy musical downtown and wondered if anyone would remember it
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Greece mulls legal reforms amid high-profile sex abuse case
Feb 24, 2021 11:01 AM - The former director of Greece's National Theatre has appeared before a public prosecutor to respond to child abuse allegations in a case that has triggered a debate on legal reforms needed to prosecute sex crimes
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Spotlight: Shattered Globe auctions off Tom Hanks' typewriterFeb 24, 2021 6:00 AM - Shattered Globe auctions off one of Tom Hanks' typewriters, First Folio's Melanie Keller chats with playwright Joseph Zettelmaier and storyteller Megan Wells shares a Sherlock Holmes mystery with Steel Beam audiences, this week in Chicago-area digital theater.
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College of DuPage College Theater to put on 'Under Milk Wood' Feb. 25 to March 7Feb 23, 2021 1:05 PM - "Under Milk Wood," a humorous, poetic and musical account of a spring day in a small Welsh coastal town, will be presented virtually by the College of DuPage College Theater. The work, developed by poet Dylan Thomas, is an orchestration of voices, sights and sounds that conjure up the dreams and waking hours of the townspeople.
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Best Bets: Joffrey Ballet premieres online 'Boléro'Feb 23, 2021 6:00 AM - The Joffrey Ballet debuts a new virtual take on Ravel's "Bolero," the McAninch Arts Center streams "Piaf! the Show" and the Elmhurst Art Museum debuts an exhibit about Martin Luther King Jr. and his activism in Chicago.
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New to streaming this week: Billie Eilish, Billie Holiday and Superman
Feb 23, 2021 6:00 AM - "Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry" debuts on Apple TV+ and in theaters Friday, country duo Florida Georgia Line livestreams a concert Thursday and "Punky Brewster" debuts Thursday on Peacock.
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Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra names four Stanger Audition winnersFeb 23, 2021 11:29 AM - The 2021 winners of the 51st Dr. Robert Stanger Young Artists Concerto Audition, held at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church in Elmhurst on Feb. 13, have been announced.
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