Entertainment
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Jasmine Amy Rogers' star-making performance powers dazzling, Broadway-hopeful 'Boop!'Dec 08, 2023 6:00 am - “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical” — ★ ★ ★ ½ Is it possible to stop a show almost before it begins? Yes, if the show is “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical,” the nearly Broad...
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Sara Bareilles dons her apron once more with 'Waitress' live-capture film
Dec 08, 2023 4:00 am - NEW YORK - She was an admired pop star with a voice like butter. But writing a musical about a woman who bakes pies? When Sara Bareilles was approached more than a decad...
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Actor Ryan O'Neal, star of 'Love Story,' 'Paper Moon' and 'Barry Lyndon,' dies at 82Dec 07, 2023 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Ryan O'Neal, the heartthrob actor who went from a TV soap opera to an Oscar-nominated role in "Love Story" and delivered a wry performance opposite his cha...
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Wonderful novel about an 'invisible' young woman becomes the oddball film 'Eileen'
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Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' is a master surveying his empire
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Chicago Pickleball League tournament comes to LincolnshireDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - David Welles isn't just the director of the Chicago Pickleball League. He's a player, too. A former 12-inch softball player in Chicago and Northbrook, Welles' desire for...
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'Fallen Leaves' is deadpan nirvana
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Grant helps CLC's Willow Review reach audiences across the countryDec 06, 2023 10:00 pm - Creative minds from around the country send in work to College of Lake County every year to be published in Willow Review, a nonprofit journal published once a year. Th...
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Metropolis' 'Christmas Carol' reminds audiences that Dickens' holiday classic is a ghost story at heartDec 06, 2023 12:00 pm - “A Christmas Carol” — ★ ★ ★ For his Metropolis Performing Arts Centre directorial debut, artistic director Brendan Ragan choose “A Christmas Carol,” a longtime trad...
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Music review: Neil Young's 'Before and After' offers one continuous stream of rarities