Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Bryan Middle School to put on 'Disney Aladdin Jr.' Nov. 1-2Oct 08, 2019 11:00 pm - Bryan Middle School will host its fall musical, "Disney's Aladdin Jr." at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in the school auditorium, 111 W. Butterfiel...
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First Folio cast fully embraces the humor in 'Sherlock's Last Case'Oct 08, 2019 11:30 am - “Sherlock's Last Case” - ★ ★ ★ Sherlock Holmes, over the years, has been portrayed as brash, brilliant and anything but modest. And the talented Kevin McKillip fully em...
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Josh Groban plans to 'let go' in upcoming show seriesOct 08, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Josh Groban has a date for Valentine's Day - with 6,000 or so of his fans. The singer-songwriter said Tuesday he has booked New York's City's massive Rad...
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Spotlight: Improv Playhouse hosts 'Live the Laugh' bilingual comedy eventOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Women of Steel series Steel Beam Theatre's season-long salute to women continues with "The Odd Couple (Female Version)," Neil Simon's 1986 revision of his 1965 comedy ab...
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Step back in time with Rat Pack Supper Club in SchaumburgOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Wear your most stylish fedora and pearls for a chic evening filled with the timeless sounds of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin at Schaumburg Park District...
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Best Bets: Ace Comic Con draws stars to Rosemont; Hugh Jackman returns to ChicagoOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Song and dance man Tony Award-winning stage and film star Hugh Jackman (“X-Men,” “The Boy from Oz”) returns with his concert tour “The Man. The Music. The Show.” with gu...
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Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin comes to Chicago with City Winery shows, debut solo albumOct 08, 2019 6:00 am - Kevin Griffin, the award-winning songwriter and charismatic frontman for alternative rock band Better Than Ezra, joked that his venture into the solo arena is about ...
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Cat expert Jackson Galaxy comes to the Genesee Theatre in WaukeganOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Jackson Galaxy, the host and producer of the Animal Planet series "My Cat From Hell," brings a stage show to Waukegan's Genesee Theatre in January. The self-proclaimed ...
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Writers Theatre production rebuilds 'A Doll's House' into lively one-actOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - “A Doll's House” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Every writer needs a good editor - even pioneering writers like 19th-century playwright Henrik Ibsen. And he has them in writer/actor Sandra D...
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Plan ahead: Rita Rudner at the Raue, Brian Regan in WaukeganOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - Rudner at the Raue Comedian and author Rita Rudner ("Naked Beneath my Clothes," "I Still Have It ... I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It") returns to perform a standup ...