Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Actor-writer Tracy Letts 'having the time of my life'Feb 25, 2018 6:30 am - If you want to get Tracy Letts in your movie - and that might be a good idea since he has two up for best picture at the Oscars - you'd better proofread the script befor...
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Sunday picks: Catch Pablo Francisco's impressions at Schaumburg ImprovFeb 25, 2018 6:20 am - Vivid impressions Comedian and vocal impressionist Pablo Francisco returns for a run of standup performances at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaum...
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Superhero's bodyguard, zombie hunter, playwright: What can't Danai Gurira do?Feb 25, 2018 6:00 am - Danai Gurira, 40, stars in “The Walking Dead” and is a playwright best known for “Eclipsed,” which received six Tony nominations in 2016. Her new play, “Familiar,” runs ...
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Hard Rock casino to flood Atlantic City with live musicFeb 25, 2018 6:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City's newest casino promises to flood the city with live music. The music-themed Hard Rock casino opening this summer promises to be...
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St. Charles Singers receives $6,500 local grant to produce new CDFeb 24, 2018 10:00 pm - The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley has awarded a $6,500 grant to the St. Charles Singers to help pay for manufacturing the choir's forthcoming CD album of ...
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Suburban soprano Ailyn Perez finds Lyric's 'Faust' role 'too good to pass up'Feb 24, 2018 10:00 pm - With the best opera singers booked years in advance, getting soprano Ailyn Pérez for Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Gounod's “Faust” - just weeks before it o...
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Arlington Heights teen juggles school, 'Hatfield & McCoy' roleFeb 24, 2018 6:28 am - Haley Bolithon's family had just moved from Japan to Arlington Heights and she was bored, so her mom signed her up for theater camp at the Metropolis Performing Arts Cen...
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Weekend picks: Pay tribute to jazz chanteuse Ella Fitzgerald at NCCFeb 24, 2018 6:20 am - Violin tribute World-renowned violinist Regina Carter pays tribute to the late jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald with the concert "Simply Ella" on Saturday at North Central ...
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Jazz Festival wrapping up at Elmhurst CollegeFeb 24, 2018 12:00 am - Elmhurst College will wrap up its four-day celebration of jazz on Sunday with another full day of music at Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 190 Prospect Ave. The school'...
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Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra announces Stanger Audition winnerFeb 23, 2018 10:00 pm - The winners of the Dr. Robert Stanger Young Artists Audition for 2018, held at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church in Elmhurst on Feb. 17, have been announced. Conducted...