Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Wheaton Drama to hold 'Willy Wonka' auditions July 22-23Jul 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Wheaton Drama will hold auditions for Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka" on Sunday and Monday, July 22-23, with callbacks scheduled for Thursday, July 26. No appointments will ...
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Live Art Series presents 'Miss Major Cushman' Aug. 24Jul 15, 2018 11:00 pm - The Live Art Series presents "Miss Major Cushman" from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St. in Batavia. It will be performed by Sarah R...
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Northwest Choral Society names Kevin Kelly as artistic directorJul 15, 2018 11:00 pm - The Northwest Choral Society, the premier community-based choral group in the northwest Chicago suburbs, has named Kevin Kelly of Elgin as its artistic director. The c...
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Weekend picks: Broadway's Audra McDonald plays Ravinia galaJul 15, 2018 7:23 am - Broadway royalty The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs "Sunday in the Park with Audra McDonald" as part of a Gala Evening benefiting the charity Reach*Teach*Play. See ...
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New names, faces grace lineup of sixth Homegrown Arts & Music FestivalJul 15, 2018 6:00 am - Aaron Williams' Homegrown Arts & Music Festival turns six this year. And it's still growing. “Homegrown was mostly a grass-roots thing to get these local bands noticed,...
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Chicago Skyliners to play Hoffman Estates July 19Jul 15, 2018 1:00 am - Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyliners Big Band will play the biggest hits of the big band era at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19, at the Hoffman Estates Village Green as part of t...
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Weekend picks: Vince Neil rocks the house at Arcada TheatreJul 14, 2018 7:23 am - Mötley Crüe vocals Vince Neil, the celebrated vocalist of the metal band Mötley Crüe, rocks out in concert on Saturday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charle...
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Drury Lane's excellent 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” leaves lasting impressionJul 13, 2018 5:00 pm - “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Nearly two years after her revelatory revival of “Smokey Joe's Cafe” at Drury Lane Theatre, director Marcia Milgrom Dodge returns to Oa...
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Weekend picks: Rosemont goes 'Supernatural' with fan conventionJul 13, 2018 1:00 pm - TV phenomena The Supernatural Official Convention is exclusively dedicated to The CW's long-running sci-fi/fantasy TV series. See the show's stars and meet up with other...
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Talented stars up to challenges of Marriott's 'Murder for Two'Jul 13, 2018 11:00 am - “Murder for Two” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Murder for Two” only calls for two actors, yet this challenging 2011 musical doesn't receive as many productions as other similarly sized sh...