Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Shakespeare in the summer: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ set for Chicago, Oak ParkJun 25, 2024 10:41 am - Both the Oak Park Theatre Festival and Chicago’s Midsommer Flight stage Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” under the stars this summer.
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Raue Center School For The Arts to put on ‘Static: Noise of a New Musical’Jun 24, 2024 12:29 pm - Audience members can take part in trying to figure out the clues in the Raue Center School For The Arts’ upcoming production of "Static: Noise of a New Musical," an original Morse code musical written and composed by Tess Rowan.
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Palatine musician says playing with Teatro ZinZanni makes him feel like he ‘won the lottery’Jun 19, 2024 8:38 am - Palatine resident and multi-instrumentalist Jon Negus began his professional career as a studio musician playing on jingles. He went on to perform with artists including Gladys Knight and Celine Dion. Now the 40-year veteran plays with Teatro ZinZanni, which he compares to winning the lottery.
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Ron Onesti: Movie stars turned musiciansJun 19, 2024 5:53 am - When a Hollywood superstar moves from in front of the camera to being in front of a live audience, things happen. Cool things happen, all the more reason to be excited … and impressed.
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Concerts June 21-27: Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks, Violent Femmes, Freddy Jones BandJun 18, 2024 3:34 pm - This week features concerts by Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks at Soldier Field, Violent Femmes with the Chicago Philharmonic at Ravinia, Freddy Jones Band at Sideouts and more.
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Best Bets: Three Dog Night at RiverEdge, Jazz at Cantigny, ‘Texican rock ‘n roll’ at the ArcadaJun 18, 2024 12:11 pm - 1970s hitmakers Three Dog Night headline the opening of the summer concert season at RiverEdge Park, comedian Nathan Macintosh brings the laughs to The Comedy Vault in Batavia, and Los Lonely Boys play the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles.
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Free tickets available for Colbert, ‘Daily Show’ tapings during DNCJun 18, 2024 10:13 am - Free tickets are available online for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” set to broadcast Aug. 19-22 at The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago.
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‘All Shook Up’ comes to Naperville’s Summer Place Theatre June 21-30Jun 17, 2024 11:22 pm - Summer Place Theatre’s latest production, "All Shook Up," will be hitting the stage on Friday, June 21.
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Festivals June 21-27: Geneva Swedish Days, Long Grove Strawberry Fest, Inferno Fest and moreJun 17, 2024 8:25 pm - Mark your calendars for the Long Grove Strawberry Fest, Inferno Fest in Highwood, Geneva Swedish Days, the Taste of Highland Park, Wauconda Fest and more happening this week.
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Spotlight: ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ musical premieres at GoodmanJun 17, 2024 2:52 pm - The musical adaptation of the New York Times bestseller “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” premieres at Goodman Theatre, while Drury Lane revives the jolly jukebox tuner “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”