Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Weekly picks: 'Whose Live Anyway' at the GeneseeSep 20, 2017 6:00 am - Comedy on the spot You'll be laughing in an instant when improvisational actor/comedians Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis and Joel Murray perform in "Whose Live A...
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John Mahoney, Francis Guinan return to Steppenwolf to contemplate 'The Rembrandt'Sep 20, 2017 6:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre Company walks a precarious tonal tightrope with the Chicago debut of “The Rembrandt.” The time-shifting script by playwright Jessica Dickey (“The Ami...
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Reunion tour, House of Blues show just the start for indie rock's Company of ThievesSep 20, 2017 6:00 am - “Hiatus” means different things to different bands. For Company of Thieves, hitting the pause button in 2014 gave the band a breather — followed by a fresh start. Compan...
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Bite into fall at Long Grove Apple FestSep 19, 2017 11:00 pm - One of Chicagoland's biggest tributes to apple season — Long Grove Apple Fest — kicks off Friday, Sept. 22, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 24. Now in its 26th season, Ap...
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Misty River Music Makers to hold open rehearsalsSep 19, 2017 11:00 pm - All women who like to sing are welcomed to participate in fall open rehearsals with the Misty River Music Makers, an award-winning, area women's a cappella chorus. Ope...
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Review: Amadou & Mariam reflect, deflect world's confusionSep 19, 2017 7:00 am - Amadou & Mariam, "La Confusion" (Because Music) On their first album in five years, Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia, the husband-and-wife duo from Mali, both reflect ...
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Theater events: 'Choir Boy' makes Chicago-area premiere at Raven TheatreSep 19, 2017 6:00 am - Chicago premiere A gay teenager at an all African-American prep school takes his rightful place as the leader of the school's renowned choir and punishes the boy who bul...
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Sound check: Tommy James, Shondells hit ArcadaSep 19, 2017 6:00 am - Children, behave If your baby does the hanky panky, chances are it's been inspired by Tommy James & the Shondells. Michigan's '60s-era rock band rose to superstardom on ...
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater's The Yard emerges on Navy PierSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - The Yard, Chicago Shakespeare Theater's impressive new performance space, reflects Chicago literally and figuratively. Located beneath the billowy white roof that topped...
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'Stomp' thumping back to Aurora's Paramount TheatreSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - The noise will be brief, but mighty loud. The hit international percussive dance revue "Stomp" returns to the Paramount Theatre in Aurora for one performance only at 8 p...