Articles filed under Theater
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Mount Prospect Libary offers open chess playMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Chess anyone? The Mount Prospect Public Library offers a special afternoon of open chess play for all ages and skill levels. You supply the moves, the library wi...
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'Alegria' does what Cirque du Soleil does bestMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Classic Cirque. That's how one longtime Cirque du Soleil employee described "Alegria," the baroque-inspired spectacle that opened Wednesday for a brief run at Hoffman E...
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Raising the 'Roof': Marriott, 'Fiddler' a perfect matchMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - If there was a checklist describing the classic musical, "Fiddler on the Roof" would satisfy every criterion. There's the compelling story - centered on the eternal conf...
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Steel Beam stages mystery with a twistMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Whodunit is no simple matter in Alan Ayckbourn's "It Could Be Any One of Us." This British mystery tale/comedy of manners now on stage at Steel Beam Theatre packs a twi...
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Local auditionsMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - • Timber Lake Playhouse has auditions for its summer productions of "Love, Sex and the I.R.S." and "Steel Magnolias" at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 7, at the Campbell Center fo...
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Rise of rock n' roll colors 'Side Man' at the MetropolisMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - A life in music The eclipse of jazz by rock 'n' roll serves as the backdrop for Warren Leight's "Side Man," in which a young man relates the story of his relation...
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Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin in sync at Cadillac PalaceMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin have their devoted fans and derisive detractors. Yet both performers reaffirmed why they are unquestionably Broadway legen...
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Behind the scenes as Cirque du Soleil brings 'Alegria' to lifeMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - It's a few hours before the opening of Cirque du Soleil's "Alegria," and a quiet calm envelopes the dimly lit Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. Throughout the day, ...
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Best bets: See some real 'Glee' in Arlington Hts., cure cabin feverMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Genuine 'Glee' Are you a fan of the fictional show choir on the Fox TV series "Glee"? Then you won't want to miss the competing show choirs this weekend at the 20...
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Cheap stuff: Dance yourself silly, 'Tommy' at NU theaterMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - $10 and under 'The Who's Tommy' See "The Who's Tommy," the hit 1993 Broadway adaptation of the 1969 rock opera album by Pete Townshend. The story loo...