Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Best Bets: Monster Jam in Rosemont, Long Grove Apple Fest, free Jeff Tweedy concertSep 17, 2024 8:38 am - Monster Jam rolls into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Volo Museum preps for Halloween, the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts marks Hispanic Heritage Month with concerts, and Jeff Tweedy performs a free concert at Navy Pier’s Chicago Live! fest.
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Festivals Sept. 20-26: Oktoberfests, Naperville Irish Fest, Elgin Fringe Festival and moreSep 16, 2024 10:43 pm - Mark your calendars for the Naperville Irish Fest, Elgin Fringe Festival, Oktoberfests in several towns and more happening this week.
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Ron Onesti: Rizzo returns to Wrigley with a heavy heartSep 16, 2024 9:11 pm - Watching Anthony Rizzo’s rise to stardom was nothing short of a baseball fan’s fantasy come true, as the player and the team together reached heights that made “America’s Pastime” a religious experience for the home of deep dish pizza and the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
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Ron Onesti: Here’s to MY heroes!Sep 16, 2024 8:48 pm - A popular television show from the early ’60s was “Biography,” narrated by a pre-“60 Minutes” Mike Wallace. I LOVED that show! The one that affected me most was the story of Walt Disney. I learned from that presentation what a “visionary” was.
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Magical Starlight Theatre to host auditions for ‘Cinderella’ Oct. 5-6Sep 16, 2024 5:41 pm - Magical Starlight Theatre, a Naperville Park District program, is holding auditions for its January production of “Cinderella” on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5-6.
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Tennessee Playwrights Studio presents ‘That Woman — The Monologue Show’ at the Elgin Fringe FestSep 13, 2024 10:06 pm - On Sept. 26-29, Tennessee Playwrights Studio will be bringing its 60-minute festival version of “That Woman — The Monologue Show” to the Elgin Fringe Festival with five local Chicago-area actors.
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Marriott Theatre announces landmark anniversary seasonSep 13, 2024 5:04 pm - Marriott Theatre announced its 2025 season. Marking the Lincolnshire theater’s 50th anniversary will include a world premiere, as well as revivals of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the film-inspired “Catch Me if You Can,” and the infrequently staged “Titanic the Musical.”
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GreenMan Theatre opens its 21st season with ‘Miss Holmes,’ a Sherlockian mysterySep 11, 2024 10:12 pm - Rehearsals are in full swing for GreenMan Theatre’s production of “Miss Holmes,” the opening main stage show of its 21st season. The play is based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and unfolds amid the stodgy Victorian era in 1881.
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‘Investing in ourselves’: Aurora backs $13.8 million in bonds to support downtown theatersSep 11, 2024 8:34 pm - Aurora city council approved the first of a three-phase project to shore up the Aurora Civic Center Authority finances.
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GreenMan Theatre to host auditions for ‘The Cover of Life’Sep 11, 2024 8:12 pm - Interested in a role in an upcoming production of GreenMan Theatre Troupe’s “The Cover of Life” by playwright R.T. Robinson?