Arts & Entertainment
Lyle Lovett Goes Acoustic at the Rialto
See that and more arts and culture events in the Southland this weekend.
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The Lincoln-Way High School District 210 Senior Series (no, not 12th graders) performing arts schedule reignites this month with the Peter Oprisko Big Band Romance production.
Audience members will shake off the cold weather as hearts warm up to Oprisko’s show. A local artist, Oprisko and his 12-piece band will perform such golden oldies as The Way You Look Tonight, I Wish You Love, Secret Love and many others, including swing, classic jazz and film favorites in this just-before-Valentine’s Day special mid-day event.
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Where: , 19900 S. Harlem Ave.
When: 11 a.m. Feb. 9
Admission: $10 and free parking
Tickets and more information: 815-534-3240 and at www.lw210.org/seniorseries.
Four-time Grammy-winner Lyle Lovett and his longtime tour buddy John Hiatt go acoustic at Joliet’s legendary Rialto Square Theatre on Feb. 11. Tickets no doubt will clear out quickly.
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Followed by a stream of rave reviews, the “unplugged” tour has only one local show and this is it. Audiences will hear country, swing, folk and blues in a smaller venue, nowhere near the gargantuan size of a stadium.
Lovett and Hiatt as usual will do some talking, share stories with the audience and bring a sense of warmth and camaraderie to a cold Midwest winter night.
Where: Rialto Square Theatre, 15 E. VanBuren St., Joliet
When: 8 p.m., Feb. 11
Admission: $49.50 to $65
Information and tickets: 815-726-7171 and www.rialtosquare.com
Charles Martin and Indigo Jazz take away from the wintery world and into a night of jazz.
Where: Stony Creek Clubhouse, 5850 W. 103rd St.
When: 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 5
Admission: $6 at the door.
More information: 708-857-2433 and by e-mail, stonycreek@olparks.com.
Well, the Palos Village Players are at it again, romping around in what promises to be a riotous farce, Sex Please, We’re Sixty by Michael and Susan Parker.
Take note!
The story takes place in the Rose Cottage Bed and Breakfast, a hotspot for single seniors.
There’s more. Medication for menopause symptoms somehow gets mixed up with one of the male guest’s Viagra.
This theater group stages great shows, has loads of fun with its productions, and the mood always is contagious.
Where: , 131st Street and 82nd Avenue.
When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11, 12, 19 and 19; 2 p.m. Feb. 13.
Admission: $15 and $12 for seniors and students, free parking for all
More information: 877-PVP-TISX or 877-782-8497 and www.palosvillageplayers.com
Imagine this – a musical about Jackie O’s relatives.
Billed as the first musical ever made from a documentary, Grey Gardens, follows the mother-daughter team of Edith (mom) and Edie Beale (offspring).
The acclaimed production follows a mother-daughter team, “delightfully eccentric relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis,” the press release notes.
As the story goes, the two women became notorious in the East Hamptons, living in a run-down 28-room mansion.
“The musical tells their alternately hilarious and heartbreaking story (and is) scandalously entertaining,” the release states.
J. R. Rose, theater and English teacher at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, directs the production. Judith E. Felix is assistant director.
Don't forget – as with most south suburban area arts events, parking is free!
Where: Drama Group Studio Theatre, 330 W. 202nd St., Chicago Heights.
When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4-5 and 10-12; 2 p.m. Feb. 6 and 12-13.
Tickets: $18, $17 students and seniors
Information and tickets: 708-755-3444 and www.dramagroup.org
