'An Evening for Josie,' Hosted by The Drama Group
Proceeds from this Saturday's event will go to help 19-year-old Josie Nordman’s family pay for her necessary double-lung transplant.
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The Drama Group Hosts “An Evening for Josie”
Proceeds from this Saturday's event will go to help 19-year-old Josie Nordman’s family pay for her necessary double-lung transplant.
Josie Nordman is 19 years old. A life-long battle with Cystic Fibrosis has reduced her lung capacity to 15 percent. Her only hope for survival is a double-lung transplant. While she's at the top of the donor list, the procedure isn't cheap. Insurance aside, the Josie's family is facing upwards of $75,000 for the increasingly necessary surgery. This Saturday, May 11, Chicago Heights Theater Company The Drama Group is hosting An Evening for Josie—a benefit for the H-F High School grad, currently pursuing a Theater major at Northwestern University. Read “How You Can Help Save a Young Girls Life” to learn more about Josie’s struggle with CF Tickets are $25 each. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. and run until 10:30 p.m. Admission includes …
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Win 2 Tickets to Broadway in Chicago!
Patch is partnering with Broadway in Chicago to give away tickets to see "War Horse" Dec. 23. One winner will be chosen from each of the 67 Patch cities/neighborhoods in the Chicago area.
Patch is partnering with Broadway in Chicago to give away tickets to see "War Horse" Dec. 23. The show is playing Dec. 18 through Jan. 5 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago. One winner will be chosen from each of the 67 Patch cities/neighborhoods in the Chicago area. Enter to win by registering for the free Patch e-newsletter using the form at the top of this page. War Horse is a musical stage show based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo. The show includes life-sized puppets created by South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company. Tickets for the show are on sale now and begin at $30. Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older. To enter, sign up to receive the Patch newsletter …
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Courtroom Drama: Prosecutor Stars in Play Directed by Defense Attorney
Joliet defense lawyer Michael J. Renzi, of New Lenox, and assistant state's attorney Fred Harvey put their professional differences aside to work some dramatic magic in a production of "12 Angry Men."
The last thing assistant state's attorney Fred Harvey needs is some rogue juror swaying the other 11 and snatching a dead-bang guilty verdict out of his hands. But that's exactly the role Harvey is playing in the Drama Group's production of 12 Angry Men. Lucky for Harvey, the play is being directed by defense attorney Michael J. Renzi, who might have a little more sympathy for the Henry Fonda character and the way he steers the rest of the jury toward an acquittal. Harvey, a Joliet resident working in the Will County State's Attorney's Office, and Renzi, who lives in New Lenox and practices in Joliet, cross paths each day on the fourth floor of the downtown courthouse. And the last few months the two theater veterans have been working to …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Drama Group Closes Season With Trailer Park Fun
The show opens Friday and will continue through the next two weekends.
It's not often you can see a musical that takes place in Armadillo Acres, Florida. In fact this may be the only time. The Drama Group in Chicago Heights is closing out its 2011-2012 season with a "rollicking musical comedy," entitled The Great American Trailer Park Musical. A story about shut-ins, kind-hearted strippers and revenge missions, it should be noted that this show contains adult themes, language and content. Performances will be held at the Drama Group Studio Theatre on Aug. 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be shows Aug. 5 and 12 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults, $19 for seniors and $15 for students (with ID). Group discount rates are also available. Good seats are still available, however, it is …
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Friday, September 2, 2011
SouthScene
Oak Lawn Production of 'The Guys' Recalls Heroism of 9/11
Poignant two-person play, starring an Oak Lawn woman and a Mount Greenwood man, reveals FDNY chief's struggle to find words to honor those who died during the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
Just weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, writer Anne Nelson penned a script that remains an iconic look back at a day that cost thousands of American lives and left a nation reeling. Under the direction of Oak Lawn resident Amanda Barclay, Nelson’s stunning two-person, one-act play, The Guys — 10th Anniversary of the Day That Changed Us All, comes to life at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oak Lawn on Sept. 9, 10 and 11. The production features Sandy Barry of Oak Lawn and Dean Hoefler of Mount Greenwood. The story focuses on a Fire Department of New York chief who lost several men in the aftermath of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. Nick, the FDNY chief, needs to write eulogies for his men and finds himself struggling to put thoughts and …
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Friday, August 12, 2011
SouthScene
SouthScene Best Bets: This is the Last Weekend to See 'Hairspray' Musical in Oak Lawn
More Best Bets: Comedy Night at the American Legion in Tinley Park; jazz at the Bettenhausen Rec Center and Latin music on Breidert Green in Frankfort.
Dateline: Baltimore, 1962 Perky, personable and a dynamite dancer, teenager Tracy Turnblad yearns to be on the Corny Collins Show (think Dick Clark, circa 1950s and '60s). One issue could stand in her way: Tracy is chunky. So begins the blockbuster Broadway musical Hairspray, a story of teens, their fight against social injustice and an adult community that fights the changing times. Under the direction of Erica Heilmann, the Oak Lawn Park District Theatre, with a whopping cast of 56, continues its own smash hit production of Hairspray through this weekend only. “Tracy (played by Carli Wheeler) gets on the Corny Collins Show, falls in love and launches a fight to get blacks and whites together on the dance program,” Heilmann said with …
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Murray Helfer
9:03 am on Saturday, August 13, 2011
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Friday, June 17, 2011
SouthScene
Biloxi Barracks, Driving Dixie, Radio Ranting and Manzini Houdini Set Southland Arts in Motion
Chicago to Chicago Heights, Evergreen Park to New Lenox blast the 'burbs with summer fun.
Saint Xavier University presents the Roy Vombreck Orchestra in a free concert on the front lawn of the campus. It's open to all the public, not just students. Picnickers are welcome and several food vendors also will be present selling a variety of yummy food and beverages. The sounds of the summer will conclude with a brilliant fireworks display at dusk and a patriotic finale. When: 7 p.m., June 26 Where: Saint Xavier University, 3700 W. 103rd St., Chicago Cost: Free Information: Saint Xavier University Special Events and 773-297-3748 International tour sensation Atlantic Steps crosses the Big Pond from Connemara County to perform historic Irish song and dance, including the ancient art of Barrel Dancing and contemporary step dancing and…
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Southland's Summer Shines on 'Biloxi Blues,' Big Bands, Jazz Bands, Rock Bands and More.
Chicago Heights to New Lenox, Tinley Park to University Park offer art, authors, music, theater to fill summer days and nights with something for everyone.
American playwright Neil Simon finds the humor in life's toughest times, including the struggles of basic training for soldiers heading off to the Allied battlefields of World War II. Set at the mid-1940s Biloxi Army base, Biloxi Blues is the second in Simon's semi-autobiographical trilogy that also includes Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. Eugene Jerome, Simon's protagonist, heads to boot camp in Biloxi and along with the other recruits, serves under a brutal drill sergeant. The play follows Jerome and his bunkmates through the days of basic training with all its trials and tribulations. And yes, Simon, now 83, did enlist in the Army in 1945 at 18. The war ended shortly after he joined the military and while he did not see …
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Friday, June 3, 2011
SouthScene
McGuinn, Starship, More Music Rock Venues Across Southland
Authors tackle Booth family in Lincoln assassination and the wonders of fatherhood while art, a cappella, 'Monologues' and motet take center stage from Chicago Heights to New Lenox.
Gifted with a soft, rich tenor voice, Roger McGuinn, legendary vocalist with the 1960s folk-rock band The Byrds, returns to the Beverly Arts Center tonight with songs, stories and his original seven-string guitar. In last week’s SouthScene piece about McGuinn (correctly pronounced McGwinn), I mentioned this week’s column would reveal a Peter Fonda anecdote, the story behind McGuinn's seven-string guitar and how the McGuinns go green. McGuinn will share many tales with his audience tonight but will not disappoint musically. In addition to songs from his ongoing online Folk Den project designed to rescue folk music from obscurity, McGuinn will return to familiar Byrds megahits including Turn, Turn, Turn (There is a season), Hey, Mr. Banjo …
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Jennifer
7:30 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
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