Another UIS Broadway Series takes place at Sangamon Auditorium, UIS, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. The contemporary musical, In the Heights, received four 2008 Tony Awards and a Grammy Award the same year for Best Musical Show Album. The production is set in the Washington Heights neighborhood in New York City. Residents try to make sense […]
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Guitar great
Springfield, take note. Joe Bonamassa rocks Sangamon Auditorium, UIS, Tuesday, May 8. Only B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan have more number one blues albums than Bonamassa. In fact, he opened for blues legend B.B. King when only 12 years old. Since that time he’s taken the American blues-rock scene by storm, playing a mean […]
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Modern marvels
Modern dance troop, Pilobolus turns Sangamon Auditorium, UIS upside down, and all around, with usual and spectacular movements Sunday, April 29. A work of art on two-and-twenty legs, this creative dance theatre captivates the world and will marvel you with their inventive, athletic and collaborative performance using the human body on stage as a medium […]
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Monsterly marvelous
The musical comedy Young Frankenstein, from the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers, comes to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS Saturday, April 21. Based on Mel Brooks’ hilarious film by the same name, three-time Tony winner Brooks himself wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book to this musical, along with three-time Tony-winning writer […]
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Large on laughter
One-of-the most popular and beloved comedians in the country pounds into Sangamon Auditorium, UIS this Friday, April 20. Ralphie May is on his Too Big to Ignore tour. Don’t ignore this show. After debuting on season one of “Last Comic Standing,” May was voted one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch. With no subject off […]
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World of kindness
It’s a party in benefit of the planet, and everyone’s invited. Henson Robinson Zoo welcomes you and your family, this Saturday, April 14, to join in fun activities that focus on recycling and responsible living. They’ll show you earth-friendly crafts, or more pointedly, how to turn trash into crafts. The zoo will also demonstrate how […]
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String fling
Saturday, Mar. 31, at Sangamon Auditorium, UIS, guest conductor Andrew Sewell, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra music director, leads the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in a concert of swashbuckling overtures, brilliant symphonies and the beautiful Brahms Violin Concerto featuring extraordinary world-renown violinist, Vadim Gluzman. Gluzman is an Israeli violinist who appears regularly around the world with major orchestras. […]
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Gem of a journey
After 16 years, the internationally-acclaimed show Riverdance is hanging up its stepdancing shoes. Don’t miss the last dance in Springfield, March 25 at Sangamon Auditorium, UIS. The ensemble’s “The Farewell Tour” touts the energizing and awe-inspiring Irish dance, music and song with an amazing cast of accomplished dancers accompanied by a five-piece band. If you’ve […]
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Rock show
The Pink Floyd Experience comes to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS on Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m. Six amazing musicians present the legendary rock band’s Wish You Were Here, also the name of the popular album and a favorite of Pink Floyd members Richard Wright and David Gilmour. The show includes interpretive videos, plane crashes, a […]
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Suited soul singers
The All New Original Tribute to the Blues Brothers, the smash hit featuring cast members from the original London run, comes to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS on Saturday, Mar. 10. Jake and Elwood Blues once again don their iconic hats, sunglasses and suits to bring to life a host of the duo’s most memorable hits, including […]
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Harping on
Concertgoers are in for a treat as critically-acclaimed harpist Bridget Kibbey plays with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Sangamon Auditorium, UIS. “Ecstatic & Exotic Music” showcases the exotic sounds of Spanish serenades and ethereal bliss. Guest conductor is music director candidate Rei Hotoda, assistant conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, who […]
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Sons of anarchy
Friday, Feb. 24 is opening night of UIS Theatre’s faculty-showcase production of Sam Shepard’s True West. The story follows two estranged brothers who, once reunited, still mix like water and oil, particularly when older brother Lee’s swindling ways interfere with Austin’s screenplay pitch to a Hollywood producer. Directed by Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson and starring Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson […]
