Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Weekly picks: 'Time Stands Still' premieres at CODJan 31, 2018 5:00 am - A critical look War serves as the backdrop for Donald Margulies' Tony Award-nominated relationship drama "Time Stands Still." In the play, injured photojournalist Sarah ...
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ArtReach to stage 'The Jungle Book'Jan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - ArtReach Educational Theatre, in partnership with Spotlite Theatrix Production Company, is staging "The Jungle Book" at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb. 3, at T...
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Goodman's 'Blind Date' explores machinations behind Reagan-Gorbachev summitJan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - “Blind Date” - ★ ★ ★ “Blind Date” may sound like the name of a fun romantic comedy. Yet this 2017 play by Rogelio Martinez is actually about the first face-to-face meeti...
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Elgin Theatre Company to stage 'A Piece of My Heart'Jan 30, 2018 10:00 pm - "A Piece of My Heart," a story of female Vietnam veterans and their civilian counterparts - nearly 90 percent being nurses - will be presented by the Elgin Theatre Compa...
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Chicago Symphony, Riccardo Muti extend contract until 2022Jan 30, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has extended its contract with renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti as its music director through the 2022 season. The orche...
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Sound check: The Wombats come to Palatine's Durty Nellie'sJan 30, 2018 5:00 am - We could be gigantic The United Kingdom's indie-popsters The Wombats first rose above the din with their 2007 studio debut album, “A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation,” ...
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Theater events: Writers Theatre marks its first staging of a Eugene O'Neill playJan 30, 2018 5:00 am - Bittersweet Valentine Director William Brown's production of the bittersweet love story "A Moon for the Misbegotten" marks the first time Writers Theatre has staged a Eu...
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"Our Town" this weekend at Stevenson HighJan 30, 2018 12:00 am - Stevenson High School will stage the classic play "Our Town" this weekend. Performances are set for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, in the school's performing arts center, ...
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Elgin Fringe Festival offers one-night tribute to Valentine's DayJan 30, 2018 12:00 am - Elgin Fringe Festival and Side Street Studio Arts present "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," a one-night-only tribute to Valentine's Day featuring David Boyle, Captain Am...
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'Gulliver's Travels' performance Saturday in Round Lake BeachJan 30, 2018 12:00 am - "Gulliver's Travels," a classic tale of travel and adventure, will be performed at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Black Box Theater at the Round Lake Beach Cultural & ...