Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Sunday picks: 'I Puritani' returns to Lyric OperaFeb 04, 2018 6:23 am - Bel canto drama Bellini's English Civil War-inspired opera "I Puritani" returns to the repertory of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for seven performances starting on Sunday ...
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Suburban creators bring dose of 'Musical Therapy' to Chicago theater festFeb 04, 2018 6:00 am - Joey Katsiroubas traces his love of musicals back to the Disney movies he watched as a kid growing up in Roselle. Favorites included “The Lion King” and “Aladdin.” “Each...
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Monthly storytelling series relocates to Arlington HeightsFeb 04, 2018 12:00 am - A storytelling series that started last year as a pilot program in DuPage County is relocating to Arlington Heights, with its first show kicking off later this week. Fir...
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Super Sunday for jazz fans in GrayslakeFeb 04, 2018 12:00 am - It was a super Sunday for fans of jazz who could make it to the Grayslake Public Library for a performance by The Petra van Nuis Quartet. The group is fronted by critic...
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Accomplished suburban jazz musician, businessman dies at 80Feb 04, 2018 12:00 am - Services will be held Saturday for Dick Mattick, an accomplished suburban jazz pianist who specialized in the music of the 1920s through the 1950s. Mattick, a Barrington...
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Timberlake rules out 'N Sync reunion, Janet Jackson appearance at Super BowlFeb 03, 2018 6:23 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Justin Timberlake was asked about a bromance with Tom Brady, a possible 'N Sync reunion and serenaded with "Happy Birthday" during a press conference to pr...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Ron White plays Waukegan's GeneseeFeb 03, 2018 6:23 am - Living hard Ron White, famed for tours "Behavioral Problems" and "Blue Collar Comedy," performs his brand of hard-living standup comedy on Saturday at the Genesee Theatr...
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'The Humans' perfectly reflects an imperfect middle-American familyFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - “The Humans” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Stephen Karam's evocative, superbly written “The Humans” chronicles an imperfect family in all its flawed glory. Struggling to survive in storm-...
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Families laugh along with 'Gulliver's Travels' in Round Lake BeachFeb 03, 2018 12:00 am - Kids and parents laughed as they were treated to a hilarious production of "Gulliver's Travels" Saturday at the Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center. The play was...
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Marriott's stunning 'Ragtime' finds today's truths in historical musicalFeb 02, 2018 11:00 am - “Ragtime” - ★ ★ ★ ★ It took two decades for the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire to tackle “Ragtime.” But director Nick Bowling's superlative staging of the epic 1...