Articles filed under Performing Arts
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ECC Musical Theatre tackles mental health in ‘Next to Normal’Feb 18, 2025 5:16 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Next to Normal,” with performances Feb. 21 through March 2 at ECC's SecondSpace Theatre on the Spartan Drive campus.
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Marriott Theatre sews up inclusive, diverse ‘Dreamcoat’Feb 18, 2025 1:41 pm - Director and choreographer Amber Mak creatively brings “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” to life at the Marriott Theatre with a dazzlingly diverse and inclusive production that fills the entire theater with rainbow color, energy and joy.
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Concerts Feb. 21-27: Air Supply, Parmalee, LoCash and moreFeb 18, 2025 12:15 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Air Supply, Parmalee, Rod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press, Tab Benoit, LoCash, Mellencougar and more.
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Things to do Feb. 21-27: Drumline Live, Bonsai Silhouette Show, Lake County Craft Beer Fest and moreFeb 18, 2025 9:34 am - Mark your calendar for Drumline Live at the Genesee Theatre, the Bonsai Silhouette Show at the Morton Arboretum, the Lake County Craft Beer Festival, Unicorn World at Rosemont’s Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and more happening this week.
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre revives ‘Every Brilliant Thing’Feb 17, 2025 6:30 pm - Janus Theatre Company stages “Every Brilliant Thing,” Marriott Theatre produces the outer-space adventure tuner “The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System,” and Steel Beam Theatre salutes Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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Best Bets: Barricade Boys and YAMATO drummers on stage at the MACFeb 17, 2025 6:25 pm - The MAC welcomes The Barricade Boys and YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan, the stars of “Queer Eye” share backstage tales at the Chicago Theatre and singer-actress Alexis J. Roston channels jazz great Ella Fitzgerald at the Metropolis.
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Hoffman Estates High proud to have only majorette team in area, but hoping to inspire moreFeb 14, 2025 4:21 pm - Now in its third year, Hoffman Estates High School’s Orange Krush majorettes team is already celebrated for its uniqueness in the suburbs even as its members and coaches hope to become more influential.
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Rock ’n’ roll heart: Suburban promoter Ron Onesti inducted into Rock Godz Hall of FameFeb 14, 2025 8:27 am - Lifelong music lover and entrepreneur Ron Onesti never really wanted to play rock ’n’ roll. He wanted to produce it. His decades-long efforts spent championing live music in Chicago will be recognized Sunday when he’s inducted into the Rock Godz Hall of Fame.
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Ron Onesti: Our salute to African American Heritage Month — OSHOWS-style!Feb 14, 2025 5:00 am - In honor of the celebrated African American Heritage Month of February, I thought I would touch on some of the legends from that community I have been blessed to work with over the years.
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Northbrook Theatre for Young Audiences puts on ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ through Feb. 22Feb 13, 2025 1:24 pm - Northbrook Theatre's new children's production "Dragons Love Tacos" tells the chaotic story of what happens when tacos served to dragons contain spicy salsa.