OnStage Event Calendar
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Find out what's coming next to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS!
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 "STYLE" Fashion and Comedy Show
featuring The Worlds Greatest Entertainer Doug E Fresh, Morris Chestnut, and the lovely LisaRaye
Saturday, July 26, 2008 Doors 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Get tickets by calling the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office at 206.6160
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 Frank Caliendo
Saturday, August 23, 2008, 8:30 p.m.
Known for "dead on" impressions of iconic figures such as Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Robert DeNiro, George W. Bush and John Madden – Frank Caliendo, a 7 year veteran of television sketch comedy (MadTV, Hype) (more)
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 Point of Grace
Saturday, October 18, 2008, 7 p.m.
Music has the power to entertain and encourage, to both uplift and to challenge us. For 15 years, Point Of Grace has built a successful career delivering (more)
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2008-2009 Performing Arts Season
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 Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway
Saturday, October 4, 2008, 8 p.m.
Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway recreates the biggest moments from the most spectacular shows of the century - featuring the actual stars that helped make them famous! (more)
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 The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
Friday, October 10, 2008, 7 p.m.
Stanley Lambchop is your normal, every day, run-of-the-mill kid. He’s nothing out of the ordinary. But one night while he’s sleeping, the bulletin board on the wall above his bed comes loose and falls - right on top of Stanley! (more)
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 Compañía Flamenco José Porcel
José Porcel, Artistic Director
Thursday, October 16, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Direct from Spain, the stunning José Porcel and his companyof drop-dead gorgeous dancers represent the best in classic, traditional flamenco while (more)
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 An Evening With David Crosby And Graham Nash
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 7 p.m.
Grammy-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers David Crosby and Graham Nash embark on a tour as "two together," (more)
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 Capitol Steps
Friday, October 31, 2008, 8 p.m.
Twenty-five years ago, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. (more)
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 Direct from West Africa: The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa
Friday, November 7, 2008, 8 p.m.
The countries of West Africa have united behind their rich musical traditions to form this incredible and unique ensemble. (more)
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 The Pajama Game
Monday, November 10, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Bright and riotously funny, this fast-paced, frisky tale is theatre at its very best with this sparkling, all-new production of the Tony Award winning, Broadway smash hit – The Pajama Game. (more)
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 Cherryholmes Christmas
Saturday, November 22, 2008, 8 p.m.
Until April of 1999, this dynamic family band did not exist, and half of its youthful members (more)
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 Ira Glass: Radio Stories and Other Stories
Saturday, December 13, 2008, 8 p.m.
Ira Glass is the affable host and producer of the quirky hit show This American Life, now heard by millions of public radio listeners each week and recently adapted for television by Showtime. (more)
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 Russian National Ballet Company - Giselle
Thursday, January 22, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
The Russian National Ballet Company was founded in Moscow during the transitional period of Perestroika in the late 1980s and incorporated graduates from the great Russian choreographic schools (more)
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 “Goodnight Moon” and “The Runaway Bunny”
Friday, January 30, 2009, 7 p.m.
Goodnight Moon is a celebration of familiar nighttime rituals, while The Runaway Bunny’s pretend tale of leaving home evokes reassuring responses from his loving mum. (more)
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 Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: An Early Birthday Party for A. Lincoln
featuring the 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Band and the Springfield International Folk Dancers
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 8 p.m.
Since joining forces in the late 1970s, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason have become one of the most (more)
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 RAIN: The Beatles Experience
Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Experience what Beatlemania was all about! From Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road!– They look like them and they sound just like them! (more)
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 National Acrobats of China
Sunday, February 8, 2009, 3 p.m.
Direct from China, this dazzling company of 35 performers mesmerizes and mystifies with its stunning displays of the best in Chinesemartial arts, (more)
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 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Monday, February 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
In the Tony-Award winning new musical comedy THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything (more)
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 Ensemble Galilei with Neal Conan: First Person: Stories from the Edge of the World
Saturday, February 21, 2009, 8 p.m.
A remarkable collaboration between the National Geographic Society, NPR’s Neal Conan, and Ensemble Galilei. Spectacularphotographs and images (more)
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 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Saturday, February 28, 2009, 8 p.m.
Hailed as "an extraordinarily versatile orchestra" by The Los Angeles Times (more)
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 Susan Werner Duo
Friday, March 6, 2009, 8 p.m. UIS Studio Theatre
With 6 albums under her belt, an active touring career throughout the U.S. and a string of accolades from the likes of The Washington Post, The Village Voice (more)
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 Reduced Shakespeare - History of United States Abridged
Friday, March 13, 2009, 8p.m.
600 Years of History in 6000 seconds! From Washington to Watergate, yea verily from the Bering Straits to Baghdad, from New World to New World Order, (more)
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 Hairspray
Monday, March 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
It's 1962, and pleasantly plump Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad has only one desire - to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star, but she must use her new found power (more)
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 Annie
Monday, April 13, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Leapin’ lizards! Annie is coming to Sangamon Auditorium, UIS! The timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this classic musical about never giving up hope. (more)
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 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Jim Vincent, Artistic Director
Thursday April 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Under the dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Jim Vincent, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is among the most original forces in contemporary dance. Critically acclaimed for its exuberant, athletic (more)
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 Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy
Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Direct from Broadway, CIRQUE DREAMS JUNGLE FANTASY is an exotic encounter inspired by nature’s unpredictable creations that are brought to life by an international cast of 25 soaring aerialists, spine-bending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians. (more)
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