There will be six performances of La Cage aux Folles at the Hoogland Center for the Arts May 23-25, 30-31 and June 1. The hilarious Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is about flamboyant couple Albin (aka ZaZa on stage) and Georges, a French Riviera drag nightclub manager, who finds out his son, Jean-Michel, is marrying the […]
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Fantastic fun
You know him and you love him and now a version of Shrek you probably haven’t seen is coming to the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Shrek the Musical runs March 21-23 and 28-30. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film that you also love, the laughs and music take to the stage. If you’re not […]
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Seasonal songs
A Very Hoogland Christmas is a Christmas revue featuring classic holiday tunes and contemporary Christmas music, as well as beautiful sacred music. Hosted by Gus Gordon, the show will feature Meghan Birch, Nathan Carls, Vanessa Ferguson, Kevin Ford, Amanda Reynolds, Debbie Ross, Mary Kate Smith and Matthew Vala and will showcase the Hoogland Kids, Teens […]
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Colorful musical
Elizabeth Eckert and Matthew Vala (pictured) take the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat during six performances at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. The popular Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical is based on the biblical story of Joseph and his multi-colored coat. The production features a multitude of musical genres from […]
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Melting-pot musical
Joshua Ratz, Mary Kate Smith, Doug Hahn (standing), Gerrah Caldwell and Joel Tinsley-Hall (seated) are just a few of the dazzling local talent in a cast of more than 50 performing the Tony-award winning musical Ragtime at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Go on a journey with three families as they confront wealth and […]
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Reduce, recycle, reuse
Before kids get back to the three Rs – reading, writing and arithmetic – take them back and revisit the other three Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle. Aug. 13 at the Illinois State Museum, families with kids ages 4-8 can create a stained glass gift for a teacher using recycled crayons, make a pocket notebook […]
