Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Manilow in Rosemont, rock for a cause, Christmas cabaretDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Fanilows unite! Uber-balladeer Barry Manilow is melting hearts in the suburbs. If your holiday season won't be complete without a live rendition of "Mandy" or "Weekend i...
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Steppenwolf revival delivers near-perfect 'American Buffalo'Dec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Few plays offer better entrée into David Mamet's oeuvre than "American Buffalo," the playwright's still-resonant drama from 1975 about a trio of small-time Chicago hoodl...
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Downers Grove South grad takes on physically demanding Greek legendDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - The last time I spoke with Anthony Fleming he was preparing to play the Gentleman Caller in a production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie." That was a little ...
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'Tis the season of holiday music at Prairie CenterDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - From Handel's "Messiah" to that song about Rudolph's red nose, music is an integral part of the holiday season. And there's plenty of opportunities in the coming days to...
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Nick Jonas' band has gig on Critics' Choice AwardsDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Nick Jonas is used to performing in front of screaming fans who know all the words to their favorite Jonas Brothers songs. Now his new band, Nick Jonas & The...
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Director Dominic Missimi enjoys his steady role at Marriott theaterDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - In his career, director Dominic Missimi had done three other productions of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "My Fair Lady," the classic 1956 musical about a cranky...
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Two District 214 plays selected for All State festivalDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Two fall plays, Buffalo Grove High School's "Antigone" and Rolling Meadows High School's "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)," have been selected to be...
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Best bets: Nutcrackers of the week, dog show, The Met in HDDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Nutcrackers of the week Two vital versions of Tchaikovsky's classic Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker" play in Lake and DuPage Counties this weekend. Civic Ballet of Chi...
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'In the Heights' celebrates 'vibrant' communityDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago can take pride in hosting New York-bound world premieres like "The Addams Family" and Cirque du Soleil's "Banana Shpeel," but those shows are essentially unteste...
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Cheap stuff: Holiday catch-all, storytelling, Teddy Bear ChristmasDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - $10 and under 'Winter Tales' Roscoe the Elf and a magical reindeer dance are part of the "Winter Tales" program, a culturally diverse presentation blending old and new f...