Entertainment Columns
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Trails, Tales and TriumphsDec 18, 2023 1:23 pm - Lake County Forest Preserves Celebrates Top 12 Stories of the Year
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Ron Onesti: Denny Laine leaves us with the ‘Blues’ and gets his ‘Wings’Dec 13, 2023 8:00 pm - At the risk of my entertainment column turning into the obituary section, we lost another rock icon last week. Founding member of The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s Win...
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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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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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Spotlight: 'Wonderful Life' radio adaptations open in Libertyville, Chicago and 'Stomp' returnsDec 05, 2023 10:00 pm - ABT's 'Wonderful Life' American Blues Theater's 22nd annual production of "It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!" - a radio play featuring Foley sound effects, p...
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A 50-foot tree and hundreds of ornaments: How Union Station is transformed for the holidaysDec 04, 2023 4:00 am - A little to the left. A little to the right. Christmas tree perfectionists can relate to the desire to apportion ornaments correctly. But in Maria Delgado's case, it's e...
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A life in color: New tuner about cartoon favorite Betty Boop opens in Chicago on its way to BroadwayNov 29, 2023 10:00 pm - Jasmine Amy Rogers always knew that someday she would be a cartoon character. Her mother told her and her brother as much when they were children. But the actress always...
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Spotlight: Northlight stages classic thriller 'Dial M for Murder'Nov 28, 2023 10:00 pm - Thriller on stage After marrying socialite Margot for her money, Tony Wendice becomes jealous of her affair and schemes to kill her in "Dial M for Murder," a thril...
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Not just for Jane Austen fans: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's 'Miss Bennet' a charming holiday diversionNov 24, 2023 2:45 pm - “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley”— ★ ★ ★ Mary, the middle Bennet sister in “Pride and Prejudice,” doesn't figure prominently in Jane Austen's novel. But the boo...
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Sweet success: Paramount serves up memorable 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'Nov 22, 2023 3:30 pm - “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” — ★ ★ ★ ½ Several adjectives come to mind when describing Paramount Theatre's regional premiere of “Charlie and the Chocolate Fa...