Articles filed under Performing Arts
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McHenry County College to put on popular musical 'Grease'Oct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - As part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, the Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College will present "Grease," by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Here is Rydell High's...
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Theater events: Lake Zurich actor leads musical 'Carrie 2' at UnderscoreOct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Domestic comedy An old Yiddish axiom warns: "Man plans, God laughs." Sean Grennan adapted the saying as the title of "Making God Laugh," his domestic dramedy chronicling...
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Buffalo Grove High School to present 'Peter and the Starcatcher'Oct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove High School Theater Arts Program presents a new adaptation of the classic "Peter Pan" in its fall play, "Peter and the Starcatcher." This century-old...
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Review: Robert Plant radiantly returns with rootsy, achy CDOct 09, 2017 7:00 am - Robert Plant, "Carry Fire" (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) One of the weirder chapters in rock history happened in 2014. That's when Led Zeppelin won a Grammy for best rock albu...
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Review: Upbeat Beck returns with rich, dance soundOct 09, 2017 7:00 am - Beck, "Colors" (Capitol Records) Singer-songwriter Beck has never been very good at hiding how he's feeling. If you made it through the defeated melancholy of "Sea Chang...
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Swedish activists ready to stage women-only music festivalOct 09, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - A crowdfunding campaign to stage a women-only music festival in Sweden as a response to reported rapes and sexual assaults at past festivals in the Nordi...
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Bluegrass and fish boil in Round Lake BeachOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - The Bluegrass & Door County Fish Boil is set for 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center, off Hook Drive west of Route 83. The ...
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Rockers Morello, Reilly recall days at Libertyville HighOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - "Imagine the world you really want and fight for it, whatever you do." That was the message Tom Morello, best known as guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine, br...
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Boyz II Men to play Genesee; 'Nutcracker' returnsOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Tickets go on sale this week to a Christmas classic and an R&B concert coming to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. Dancenter North's annual production of "The Magic of th...
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Buffalo Grove creating method for tax-free donations to arts programsOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove is moving ahead with the Waukegan-based Lake County Community Foundation on a proposal to create a special fund that would help bankroll quality-of-life in...