Articles filed under Theater
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Chicago, meet your 'Billy Elliots'Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago can now put faces to "Billy Elliot The Musical." Producers announced Thursday that Tommy Batchelor, 14, Guiseppe Bausilio, 12, and Cesar Corrales, 13, will be s...
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Local tryouts & auditionsSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - • "Billy Elliot The Musical" has open auditions for boys ages 9-12 on Saturday, Sept. 12, and for girls ages 9-12 on Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Lou Conte Dance Studio, 114...
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'Jersey Boys' ending 'temporary' Chicago run in JanuarySep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - After 951 performances, the Chicago production of "Jersey Boys" will conclude its record-breaking run on Jan. 10, 2010. The 2006 Tony Award-winning, rags-to-riches-to-wr...
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'Working' to open Steel Beam's ninth seasonSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - "Working" at Steel Beam Steel Beam Theatre opens its ninth season with "Working," the musical inspired by Studs Terkel's salute to the everymen and everywomen who make u...
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Elgin director takes 'repeat w/Madeline' out to dinnerSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin-based director and actor Richard Pahl has spent his career working on conventional stages - places where the audience has its place, the actors have theirs and oft...
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Best Bets: Bacon Brothers, Bill Bellamy, Ani DiFrancoSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Tasty duo Hollywood film star Kevin Bacon and his brother, Michael, make up the rock duo known as The Bacon Brothers. See these two up close and personal as they rock it...
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Local auditionsSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - • Lake County artists are invited to sell their artwork at the juried 19th Holiday Art Sale at the College of Lake County from Saturday through Tuesday, Nov. 21-24. The ...
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Touring cast of 'The Color Purple' brings more than a few surprises to townSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The main reason to catch the Chicago return engagement of "The Color Purple"? One word: Fantasia. The 2004 winner of the FOX reality TV series "American Idol" shows tha...
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On stage: Theatre-Hikes takes on Jackie OSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Theatre-Hikes takes on Jackie Theatre-Hikes satirizes one of the nation's iconic first ladies - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - in its latest production "Jackie: An America...
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Chita Rivera reflects on life in the theaterSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Chita Rivera has received many awards throughout her career. But none has made her more proud than the Medal of Freedom she received Aug. 12 from President B...