Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Best bets: Classical instrumentalists, cabaret crooners, performance artists headline Elgin venuesNov 04, 2025 12:37 pm - In store in Elgin this weekend: classical music, cabaret entertainers and a festival showcasing female and nonbinary artists. Also, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry opens its annual holiday tree display and the Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir headlines the McAninch Arts Center.
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Romeo and Juliet’s tragic love story comes to Geneva High SchoolNov 03, 2025 11:08 pm - Geneva High School is staging the classic Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet" on Nov. 13-15. It tells of the tragic love story between Romeo and Juliet, members of two feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets.
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ECC’s Club Cabaret is back with ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’ Nov. 21-22Nov 03, 2025 4:38 pm - Club Cabaret returns to the ECC Arts Center with an intimate and sophisticated ambiance. The season opens on Nov. 21-22 with "Make 'Em Laugh," a salute to Broadway's wittiest moments featuring vocalist Tommy Hensel and special guests.
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Things to do Nov. 7-13: Chicago Toy & Game Fair, Antique Bottle and Advertising Show, Veterans Day events and moreNov 03, 2025 9:11 am - Make plans for the Grayslake Antique Bottle and Advertising Show, the Chicago Toy and Game Fair in Rosemont, Veterans Day events throughout the suburbs and more.
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Metea Valley Theater puts on Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’Oct 31, 2025 1:49 am - Metea Valley Theater presents Shakespeare's "Macbeth" from Nov. 6-8, exploring ambition, power, and guilt through the story of a Scottish general who becomes king through murder and treachery.
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Commanding performance: Janus Theatre’s streamlined ‘Merchant’ packs a punch and so does its leading ladyOct 29, 2025 3:12 pm - Janus Theatre delivers a streamlined “Merchant of Venice” defined by a ferocious performance from Susan P. Anderson as the much-abused, vindictive Shylock.
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Barrington’s Parker Players presents the surreal comedy ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’Oct 29, 2025 1:47 pm - Parker Players Theater Company continues its production of Sarah Ruhl's "Dead Man's Cell Phone" through Nov. 9 at The Barrington. The play explores the ripple effects when a woman answers a dead stranger's ringing cell phone, leading her on a surreal journey.
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Elgin fundraiser to honor Risé Jones, welcome Hamilton Wings’ new directorOct 29, 2025 1:14 pm - A fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 1, will pay tribute to Hamilton Wings’ late director Risé Jones and welcome her successor, Brittany Barber.
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Lake Park High theater to put on ‘Six: The Musical — Teen Edition’Oct 29, 2025 10:48 am - Lake Park Theatre’s production of “Six: The Musical-Teen Edition” rewrites history through the lens of Henry VIII's six wives. Performances will be Oct. 30 and Nov. 1-2.
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Concerts Oct. 31 to Nov. 6: Jeff Tweedy, Bryan Adams, Lil Tecca, PinkPantheress and moreOct 29, 2025 9:04 am - Upcoming concerts include Jeff Tweedy of Wilco at the Salt Shed, Bryan Adams with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at the Allstate Arena, Lil Tecca at the Salt Shed, PinkPantheress at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom and more.