Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Happy homecoming: Theater veteran returns to Chicago in highly anticipated ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ tourAug 21, 2024 1:18 pm - Veteran Chicago actor and Evanston native Matt Mueller returns home to play an adult Ron Weasley in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the Broadway hit based on J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series.
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Best Bets: Laughin’ it up in the ‘burbs, jazzin’ on the lakefrontAug 21, 2024 8:49 am - Comedians Punkie Johnson and Andrew Dice Clay headline suburban venues this weekend, while St. Charles showcases plein air artists and the Chicago Jazz Festival returns to Millennium Park.
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Spotlight: A sorcerer, a queen, an AIDS activist and visionaries take center stage this weekAug 20, 2024 10:57 am - On Chicago stages this week, a world premiere about a sorcerer in “A Shadow Bright and Burning,” plus revivals of the seminal drama “The Normal Heart” about the early days of the AIDS epidemic and a portrait of the woman behind England’s crown in “The Audience.”
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Festivals Aug. 23-29: Geneva Concours d’Elegance, Palatine Street Fest, Buffalo Grove Days and moreAug 20, 2024 6:24 am - Mark your calendars for Palatine Street Fest, Buffalo Grove Days, Geneva Concours d’Elegance, West Chicago Food Festival, Port Clinton Arts Festival in Highland Park and more happening this week.
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Downtown Palatine Street Fest returns with music, food, gamesAug 19, 2024 12:36 pm - Live music, food and drink are at the heart of Downtown Palatine Street Fest, which takes place this weekend.
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Special effects power ‘Back to the Future’ tunerAug 16, 2024 12:42 pm - “Back to the Future: The Musical” is a faithful, albeit unremarkable, stage adaption of the hit 1985 film starring Michael J. Fox as a time-traveling teen and Christopher Lloyd as the eccentric scientist who helps get him home.
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Ron Onesti: M&Ms USED to be my favorite candy!Aug 15, 2024 7:00 am - It’s been a whirlwind!!! We have had soooo many shows recently, even more than normal! And coming up in October we have one stretch of 15 shows in 11 straight days! Live music is back … and people are loving it!
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Riot Fest returning to Douglass Park, scrapping plans for Bridgeview locationAug 14, 2024 5:01 pm - Just two months after news broke that Riot Fest was moving out of Douglass Park and heading to southwest suburban SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for its 2024 edition, fe...
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Wall Street lawyer-turned-comedian gives audience members ‘Permission to Speak’ during Schaumburg showAug 14, 2024 4:11 pm - “It’s a crowd-work show with a twist,” says comedian Paul Mecurio of his one-man, interactive show that he’s bringing to the Al Larson Center for the Performing Arts in Schaumburg on Friday, Aug. 23.
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Concerts Aug. 16-22: Imagine Dragons, Poi Dog Pondering, Missy Elliott, Ciara and moreAug 14, 2024 12:29 pm - Upcoming concerts include Poi Dog Pondering, Imagine Dragons, Missy Elliott, Ciara, Lynne Jordan and more.