Articles filed under Theater
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Fox Valley Park District troupe to stage 'Hairspray'Jul 15, 2014 11:00 pm - Everything about "Hairspray" is big. The powerful, soul-stirring music. The spectacular sets. The dazzlingly colorful costumes. The bouffant hairdos piled high and haugh...
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Tupac Shakur musical to close Sunday on BroadwayJul 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Tupac Shakur fans, keep ya head up: The Broadway musical "Holler If Ya Hear Me" that uses songs from one of hip-hop's greatest artists is closing after less t...
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Weekend picks: See Carlos Mencia in SchaumburgJul 14, 2014 1:00 pm - Mind of Mencia: Celebrated comedian Carlos Mencia (“Mind of Mencia” and “New Territory” on Comedy Central) returns to town to perform standup material this weekend a...
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Paramount Theatre brings Broadway, Vegas to suburbsJul 14, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: The Daily Herald asked Tim Rater, president and CEO of the Paramount Theatre, to give us a glimpse of the summer entertainment at the Aurora theater. Here...
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'Oliver!' opens Thursday at St. James in Arlington Hts.Jul 13, 2014 11:00 pm - What goes around, comes around for Peter Buckley of Arlington Heights - and St. James Theatre Productions. More than 40 years after Buckley starred as an 11-year old in ...
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'Kinky Boots' star prepares for high-kicking tourJul 11, 2014 5:00 am - Kyle Taylor Parker is going from backup dancer to leading man - but staying in 6-inch heels. The performer who has been in "Kinky Boots" since it made its debut in Chic...
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Theater events: Lounge Devils, "Little Red" and a cancer fund-raiserJul 11, 2014 5:00 am - Fox Valley Rep fundraiser Pheasant Run Resort hosts its second annual “All About the Girls” fundraiser to benefit Fox Valley Repertory in St. Charles and the Living...
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Waukegan's Clockwise Theatre announces new seasonJul 10, 2014 1:01 am - Season tickets are now on sale for Clockwise Theatre's 2014-15 season. Clockwise, a Waukegan-based company devoted to presenting works by and about Midwesterners, recent...
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A-list creative team, top-notch performers make for stellar 'Brigadoon'Jul 09, 2014 5:00 am - It took about a decade for director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell to make her Goodman Theatre directorial debut. I don't expect she'll have to wait long for another invi...
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Goodman extends magical 'Brigadoon'Jul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Goodman Theatre has, for a second time, extended its spirited, emotionally charged revival of "Brigadoon." A 1947 musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, it'...