Articles filed under Theater
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsSep 05, 2014 1:00 am - Garth Brooks continues to rock Rosemont, the suburban theater scene heats up and late-summer festivals give you plenty of reasons to be outdoors. Here are five great thi...
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'Beautiful' musical heading to ChicagoSep 04, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Next year will be a big one for Broadway's "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" - a London production is due to start and a national tour across America is p...
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Libertyville's Encore Theatre prepares for its final season after 17 yearsSep 02, 2014 11:00 pm - When the Encore Theatre's 16th season came to a close, Director Bob Silton had some news for the local youths who bring several shows to the stage each year. At the cast...
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Beatles tribute bound for RosemontSep 02, 2014 1:01 am - "Let it Be," a stage musical subtitled "A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles," will make its Rosemont debut for two shows only at the Rosemont Theatre at 2 and 8 p....
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Dustin Diamond returns again to his inner ScreechSep 01, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK - The rank of mega-stars who are known simply by one name includes, of course, Madonna, Cher, Beyonce and Bono. Oh, and one more, surely - that man-boy known as...
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'Shrek the Musical' comes to ECCSep 01, 2014 1:01 am - Everyone's favorite upside-down fairy tale comes to Elgin in September when the Fox Valley Theatre Company presents "Shrek the Musical," a song- and dance-filled stage a...
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Theater events: Drury Lane stages comedy whodunit 'Game's Afoot'Aug 29, 2014 7:00 am - Mystery achievement Derek Hasenstab, of the national tour of "The Lion King," plays a Broadway star whose Christmas Eve dinner party takes a dark turn when one of the gu...
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Shakespeare in the Park returning to Wheaton for second yearAug 28, 2014 1:01 am - Last summer, organizers of Wheaton's first Shakespeare in the Park event were crossing their fingers that each night at least 300 people would attend the live performanc...
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Fringe Fest gives Arlington Heights' theater troupe chance to shineAug 27, 2014 5:45 am - Organizers of the annual Chicago Fringe Festival are happy to describe their event as “weird.” In fact, the performance arts festival — which draws acts from the city, s...
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Harper director takes on final play in 'Atlanta Trilogy'Aug 26, 2014 11:00 pm - The Harper College Theatre Department will complete its staging of playwright Alfred Uhry's "Atlanta Trilogy" with a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Last N...