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Broadway powerhouse and Glee favorite Idina Menzel - the Tony Award-winning Elphaba from Wicked - is gracing the RiverEdge Park stage during its inaugural season celebration.

Broadway powerhouse and Glee favorite Idina Menzel - the Tony Award-winning Elphaba from Wicked - is gracing the RiverEdge Park stage during its inaugural season celebration.

At age 15, Peter Noone reached international fame as 'Herman,' lead singer of the legendary '60s pop band Herman's Hermits. Beloved by screaming teens thanks to Noone's good looks and big hits like I'm Into Something Good and Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter, Herman's Hermits were dubbed 'the original British Invasion band' and went on to sell more than 60 million recordings, racking up seven gold albums along the way.

At age 15, Peter Noone reached international fame as 'Herman,' lead singer of the legendary '60s pop band Herman's Hermits. Beloved by screaming teens thanks to Noone's good looks and big hits like I'm Into Something Good and Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter, Herman's Hermits were dubbed 'the original British Invasion band' and went on to sell more than 60 million recordings, racking up seven gold albums along the way.

Downtown Aurora's new RiverEdge Park Music Garden, opening June 14 and 15 with the city's 17th Annual Blues on the Fox festival, is sure to be an exciting new addition to the short list of outdoor entertainment venues in and around Chicago.

STOMP will play the Paramount Theatre in Aurora tonight, April 13 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 14 at 4 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof, with Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Book by Joseph Stein, will be directed by Jim Corti, tonight, March 6 - 24, 2013 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Ill.

The Paramount Theatre continues to celebrate its origins as a spectacular, 1920s art deco movie palace with its ongoing Classic Movie Mondays film series.

Fresh off two sold-out shows at Chicago's new City Winery in December, Poi Dog Pondering next plays one of suburban Chicago's best live music venues, the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, one-night-only, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 at 8 p.m.

STOMP will play the Paramount Theatre in Aurora on Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 14 at 4 p.m.

Fiddler on the Roof, with Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Book by Joseph Stein, will be directed by Jim Corti, March 6 - 24, 2013 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Ill.

It's an election year - meaning many people are in need of laughs. Enter The Capitol Steps, a political satire group who are setting out to put the 'mock' in 'democracy' on Friday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora. Tickets are $30-$35. For tickets and information, go to ParamountAurora.com, call the Paramount box office, (630) 896-6666, or visit the box office Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or two hours prior to evening performances.

Grease kicks off the second blockbuster Broadway musical series, tonight, Sept. 12 - Oct. 7, 2012 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora.

The Aurora City Council voted last night to award the Aurora Civic Center Authority (ACCA) an 18-month agreement to provide programming and venue management services for the new RiverEdge Music Garden and John C. Dunham Pavilion, a premier regional festival park currently under construction in downtown Aurora along the banks of the Fox River.

Grease kicks off the second blockbuster Broadway musical series, Sept. 12 - Oct. 7, 2012 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora.

This past February, the Paramount announced to its nearly 13,000 inaugural Broadway series subscribers the four musicals on tap for the theater's second Broadway season: Grease (Sept. 12-Oct. 7, 2012), Annie (Nov. 21-Dec. 30, 2012), The Music Man (Jan. 16-Feb. 3, 2013) and Fiddler on the Roof (Mar. 6-24, 2013).

The Paramount Theater is presenting the nostalgic jukebox revue Route 66 for a nine-week run, four shows a week, in the intimate, 216-seat Copley Theater. Tickets are on sale now for Paramount's production of Roger Bean's Route 66, a jukebox comedy about a gang of rowdy Chicago service station attendants who take an imaginary Chicago to L.A. road trip singing tunes by Willie Nelson, Woody Guthrie, Roger Miller and The Beach Boys, just to name a few. Check out photos from the production below!

After selling out Aurora's 1,888-seat Paramount Theatre in record time, country music legend Willie Nelson has just added a second show at the Paramount, Wednesday, April 11 at 8 pm.