Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Spotlight: American Blues Theater’s ‘Reclamation’ examines history, identityFeb 13, 2024 12:27 pm - American Blues Theater stages the Chicago premiere of “The Reclamation of Madison Hemings,” while Marriott Theatre presents the family-friendly turner “James and the Giant Peach.”
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Best Bets: Lewis Black is back, for the last timeFeb 13, 2024 5:45 am - Comedian Lewis Black continues his farewell tour at Waukegan’s Genesee Theatre, the immersive Titanic exhibition opens at Old Orchard Shopping Center, and singer Gerald McClendon headlines The Venue in Aurora.
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Ooh, baby! Cast of GreenMan Theatre’s ‘Murder on the DeLorean Express’ mystery expands by oneFeb 10, 2024 8:07 pm - “Is it a girl, or a boy?” That’s one of the surprising questions theatergoers will be asking as they time travel through GreenMan Theatre’s murder mystery dinner, “Murde...
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‘Love Letters’ fundraiser for Steel Beam Theatre marks stage reunion decades in the makingFeb 09, 2024 11:12 pm - “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney is regarded as a modern romantic masterpiece. Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles is using the play and two high-profile stars in a special li...
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Village Theatre Guild to hold auditions for ‘The Sweet Delilah Swim Club’Feb 09, 2024 9:30 pm - The Village Theatre Guild is wrapping up its 60th anniversary season with the comedy “The Sweet Delilah Swim Club” by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. The p...
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents touching family drama ‘The Outgoing Tide’ through March 3Feb 08, 2024 4:38 pm - Family is the most rewarding, yet the most difficult thing in the world. It can make you happy, and it can drain energy out of you. People who love each other must learn...
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Ron Onesti: Toby Keith — A red, white and blue heroFeb 08, 2024 9:00 am - It hit me when country superstar Toby Keith died Monday. I was blessed with the opportunity to know Toby at the dawn of his rise in country music. It was in the early ’90s at the beginning of his blowup after his first chart-topping single, “Should’ve Been A Cowboy.”
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Laugh Out Loud Theater leaving Streets of Woodfield in SchaumburgFeb 06, 2024 6:10 pm - The Laugh Out Loud Theater will leave its permanent location at Streets of Woodfield in Schaumburg in April after 17 years to become an itinerant troupe of improv com...
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Best Bets: Dance Chicago celebrates romance while Second City skewers itFeb 05, 2024 3:57 pm - The Second City skewers romance, the Chicago Auto Show zooms into McCormick Place, the Raue Center pays tribute to Barry Manilow and the Joffrey Ballet returns.
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Glenbard East traveling children’s theater to present ‘Peter Pan’Feb 05, 2024 3:50 pm - The Glenbard East theater department and forensics team will present Disney Jr’s enchanting production, “Peter Pan,” presented through a special arrangement with Music T...