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Goodly Creatures returns this summer with Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’Jul 30, 2025 11:13 am - This summer, Goodly Creature brings the hilarious romantic comedy by Shakespeare to Geneva, Elgin, Schaumburg and Elgin.
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Love letters: Metropolis’ charming ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ chronicles wartime romanceJul 30, 2025 9:30 am - David Moreland and Isabelle Muthiah play two people who fall in love through letters they write each other during World War II in Metropolis Performing Arts Centre’s production of the epistolary dramedy “Dear Jack, Dear Louise.”
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Things to do Aug. 1-7: Lollapalooza, National Night Out events, Warrenville Summer Daze and moreJul 29, 2025 4:50 pm - Mark your calendar for Lollapalooza, National Night Out events, North Aurora Days, Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days, Warrenville Summer Daze, Festival of the Arts in Libertyville and more happening this week.
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Spotlight: Tony Award-winning ‘Parade’ plays CIBC TheatreJul 29, 2025 11:48 am - The national tour of the 2023 Tony Award-winning musical “Parade” plays Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. Meanwhile in Skokie, Music Theater Works revives the beloved “Fiddler on the Roof.”
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Brothers at odds: Paramount Theatre delivers superbly acted revival of Sam Shepard’s classic ‘True West’Jul 25, 2025 11:48 am - Paramount Theatre’s “True West” feels less overtly menacing than other productions of the Sam Shepard classic, but director Jim Corti’s superb revival is every bit as engrossing.
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Celebration of a life: Northlight’s emotional ‘Twisted Melodies’ salutes soul legend Donny HathawayJul 23, 2025 2:45 pm - Northlight Theatre presents “Twisted Melodies,” a solo show by actor/writer Kelvin Roston Jr. that celebrates the life of seminal soul singer/composer/arranger Donny Hathaway.
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Sparkling ‘Legally Blonde’ musical opens July 25 at Summer Place TheaterJul 23, 2025 10:55 am - Summer Place Theatre presents "Legally Blonde: The Musical," following Elle Woods' journey to Harvard Law School. The show will be July 25 to Aug. 3 in Naperville.
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Evanston theater revives unflinchingly authentic ‘Pass Over’Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm - Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revives “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s drama about two young men trying to survive their crime-ridden neighborhood. On a lighter note, Highland Park’s Uptown Music Theater revives “Hairspray.”
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Things to do July 25-31: Lake, DuPage and McHenry County Fairs, Long Grove Vintage Days, Lollapalooza and moreJul 21, 2025 10:58 am - Mark your calendar for the Lake, DuPage and McHenry County Fairs, Long Grove Vintage Days, Northbrook Days, Lollapalooza and more happening this week.
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‘Hello, Dolly!’ comes to Overshadowed Theatre in MedinahJul 20, 2025 7:40 pm - "Hello, Dolly!" is a classic musical following the charming Dolly Levi, a matchmaker who decides to find a match for herself in the cantankerous Horace Vandergelder.
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