Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Constable: Pandemic can't silence voices yearning to be freeApr 03, 2021 1:00 am - More than 180 students in choir, orchestra and American Studies at Vernon Hills High School spent the entire 2019-20 school year working with teachers on a massive proje...
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Sound check: Todd Kessler's showcase returns to Hey NonnyApr 02, 2021 6:00 am - Songwriters return Deerfield singer-songwriter Todd Kessler resumes his regular Songwriters In the Round presentations at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights next week w...
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Paramount Theatre in Aurora to open immersive venue in 2022Apr 02, 2021 1:00 am - Aurora's Paramount Theatre announced Friday that it plans to open a new immersive performance venue in summer 2022. The Stolp Island Theatre is to be built at 5 E. Downe...
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School of Rock Oak Park partners with Fitzgerald's on an innovative Songwriting SummitApr 01, 2021 11:00 pm - School of Rock Oak Park and the legendary venue, FitzGerald's, are collaborating to create its first Songwriting Summit. Local business owners Amy Renzulli (School of R...
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Remy Bumppo revives radio drama by award-winning playwright Tom StoppardApr 01, 2021 11:00 am - For James Bohnen, Remy Bumppo Theatre's invitation to direct Tom Stoppard's early radio play “Artist Descending a Staircase” was an offer he couldn't refuse. “I would d...
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Take the Reins puts spin on local classic to mark 30 years of 'International Pop Overthrow'Apr 01, 2021 6:00 am - Take the Reins rhythm guitarist Dan Duffy had the cool parents — the ones who would take him and his friends to concerts and introduced them to groundbreaking and modern...
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Texas Tenors to perform live at McAninch Arts Center, and one couple can attendApr 01, 2021 1:00 am - The Texas Tenors' upcoming livestreamed concert at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn is nearly a return to live performances. That's because only one couple will su...
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Elgin singer to star in new opera honoring health care workers premiering April 17Mar 31, 2021 11:00 pm - Chicago-based Working In Concert premieres the world's first full-length virtual opera, “On Call: COVID-19,” streaming on April 17-18. Created by librettist Christine S...
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Chicago Shakespeare showcases playwright's supporting charactersMar 31, 2021 6:00 am - Oil Lamp one-acts Oil Lamp Theater celebrates April Fools' Day belatedly with "Fool(ish)," an evening of one-act comedies. The plays include "Bowl of Trouble," abou...
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$1.5 million grant supports construction of studio named for, inspired by famed Northbrook dancerMar 31, 2021 1:00 am - Construction paused recently to celebrate work on the new Studio House of Dance and Music, home to what will be the new Sybil Shearer Studio on the Ragdale campus in Lak...