Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Spotlight: ‘Some Like It Hot’ heats up Cadillac Palace, BrightSide scares up thrills with ‘Dracula’Oct 15, 2024 12:44 pm - “Some Like It Hot,” the tuner based on Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 comedy, comes to Chicago for a brief run, while Naperville’s BrightSide Theatre celebrates the spooky season with its revival of “Dracula.”
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Concerts Oct. 18-24: Lee DeWyze, Richard Marx, Micky Dolenz, David Kushner and moreOct 15, 2024 12:10 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Arlington Heights native Lee DeWyze at Hey Nonny, Richard Marx, Great White and Slaughter, Micky Dolenz, Vertical Horizon, Rachael Yamagata and more.
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Best Bets: Celebrate the season at Schaumburg’s Halloween carnivalOct 15, 2024 8:21 am - Schaumburg hosts its annual Halloween carnival at Wintrust Field, bluesmen and women headline several suburban venues, and Highland Park’s Madame ZuZu’s hosts a pop-up salute to Bozo this weekend.
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Festivals Oct. 18-24: Halloween events, All Hallows Eve, Civil War Encampment and moreOct 15, 2024 6:22 am - Mark your calendar for Halloween events across the suburbs, including All Hallows Eve at Naper Settlement and Nightmare on Chicago Street in Elgin, plus the Civil War Encampment and Battle in Hainesville and more happening this week.
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Ron Onesti: John Bonham’s Stairway to a Heavenly LegacyOct 14, 2024 2:33 pm - At our Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, rock ’n’ roll royalty came, and conquered. Jason Bonham, the talented son of original Zep drummer John Bonham, brought his incredible live-band, multi-media “Led Zeppelin Experience” to St. Charles.
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Ron Onesti: The ‘Souls’ of The ArcadaOct 14, 2024 2:05 pm - As we painted, swept and cleaned in preparation of reopening after the pandemic, we had many “quiet” nights at The Arcada. It was a combination of excitement, anxiety and a bit eerie being alone in that magnificent grand hall at night. One night ... I just stopped and ... admired the original architecture and décor of the 1926 treasure. What a true gem.
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Divine satire: Aurora’s Paramount Theatre revives saucy ‘An Act of God’Oct 11, 2024 12:46 pm - Paramount Theatre revives David Javerbaum’s divine satire “An Act of God,” starring the ever-genial Alex Weisman as the titular deity.
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‘Dr. Cook’s Garden’ set to bloom at Village Theatre GuildOct 10, 2024 5:01 pm - Village Theatre Guild’s 61st season blooms on Oct. 18 with the opening of “Dr. Cook’s Garden” by Ira Levin. “This was a play I was not familiar with and when I first read it, I enjoyed the twists and turns that it took. It’s a thriller that deals with what is morally right,” said director Jody Vogel.
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Elmhurst Children's Theatre presents ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’Oct 09, 2024 9:05 pm - Elmhurst Children's Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” is set to hit the stage at Blackhawk Middle School in Bensenville on Oct. 25-27.
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A true delight: Joy, expertise combine in Steppenwolf’s hit revival of ‘Noises Off’Oct 09, 2024 2:25 pm - Finally, director Anna D. Shapiro’s dream of staging Michael Frayn’s uproarious “Noises Off” comes true. And the result is magnificent.