Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Young Buffalo Grove actress, producer ready for BrooklynJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Cassie Johnstone has been a part of the theater in almost every imaginable sense since first grade. Johnstone is a recent graduate of Buffalo Grove High School and runs ...
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Singer Al Jarreau hospitalized in FranceJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Grammy-award winning singer Al Jarreau was in intensive care in a French hospital Friday after suffering breathing problems in the Alps, forcing him to cancel ...
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Improv Playhouse offers double dose of laughsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Libertyville's Improv Playhouse hosts its monthly standup show this weekend following the regular Saturday improv performances. Charlie Stone of Vernon Hills headlines a...
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Country star Clint Black to play Last FlingJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The Naperville Jaycees have added another musical act to their Last Fling lineup. Clint Black will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 5 on the Rotary Hill Main Stage. Black is a fi...
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Guinan, Anderson flex acting skills in 'Guide for the Perplexed'Jul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Gurnee native Kevin Anderson's professional acting career began at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater in 1982. So having Anderson back for the world premiere of "A Guide ...
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Blues guitarist Phillip Walker dies at 73Jul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Blues guitarist and singer Phillip Walker, who backed such stars as Etta James and Lowell Fulson, has died. He was 73. Marc Lipkin, publicity di...
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Sharon Cort Band in Arlington Hts. FridayJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights' Sounds of Summer concert series presents the Sharon Cort Band at 7 p.m. Friday, with a mix of bluegrass and folk music. The summer concert series runs...
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Ex-Stevenson teacher devotes time to writingJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Lots of high school drama teachers dream of making a career for themselves in professional theater. Joel Drake Johnson is living that dream. After teaching drama at Stev...
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Best bets: Climbing contest, cornhole classic, Mt. Prospect block partyJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - See highly skilled competitors from around the world claw their way to the top this weekend as part of the 34th annual International Tree Climbing Competition at the Mor...
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Broadway to hold drive for sick 'Lion King' kid starJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Eleven-year-old actress Shannon Tavarez should have been belting out songs in her starring role as Nala in Broadway's "The Lion King." Instead, the 78-pound ...