Articles filed under Theater
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'Halloween Magic' benefit to play Rosemont TheatreAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - Tickets are on sale now for “Halloween Magic,” a family-friendly magic show featuring animals, Mark Kaschube and his ensemble of Mischievous Tricksters and the performan...
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Music and marriage, mixed in ‘They’re Playing Our Song’Aug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Fox Valley Repertory’s “They’re Playing Our Song” will open Saturday, Aug. 27, at Pheasant Run Theater in St. Charles. It’s perhaps one of the lesser-known works by pla...
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Elk Grove opera singer to perform at MetropolisAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village native Paul Corona hopes he’s on the cusp of a major international opera career, especially after making his Metropolitan Opera debut in New York this ...
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Quinn show finds quirks in historyAug 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Former “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update star Colin Quinn is used to performing standup gigs at area comedy clubs like The Improv Comedy Showcase in Schaumburg and Za...
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Batavia Fine Arts Centre kicks off in styleAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - The couple, elegantly dressed in black, strolled down the red carpet. From across the red velvet rope, a TV camera focused on them, and a perky interviewer asked the wom...
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Drury Lane delivers a stunning 'Sweeney'Aug 19, 2011 11:00 pm - If you have an opportunity to see Drury Lane Theatre's revival of “Sweeney Todd,” take it. And try to sit a little left of center. Of course, seats throughout this Oak ...
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Janus cast delights in 'Twelfth Night'Aug 19, 2011 12:00 am - Purists may take issue with the liberties director Sean Hargadon takes with Janus Theatre's quick and breezy production of “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare's comedy about mi...
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Local theater: Spouses share 'They're Playing Our Song'Aug 19, 2011 12:00 am - Made for each other Offstage spouses Michael Mahler and Dara Cameron play onstage lovers in “They're Playing Our Song,” the musical by composer Marvin Hamlisch, ly...
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'Sweeney Todd' challenges St. Charles singerAug 18, 2011 12:00 am - Matthew Jones is thrilled — and more than a little intimidated — to be performing for the first time in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's classic 1979 musical “Sweeney...
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Rolling Meadows man marks two decades of ‘Dance for Life’Aug 18, 2011 12:00 am - Rolling Meadows resident Keith Elliott is used to sold-out box office situations with “Dance for Life,” an annual program he co-founded to raise money for HIV/AIDS chari...