Cook County Lifestyle
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Drury Lane rebirth earns plenty of Jeff nodsAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The accolades just keep on coming for the rejuvenated Drury Lane Oak Brook which led all equity theaters when the 2009-2010 equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominations wer...
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'American Idol' tour brings DeWyze back homeAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - For the first time in months, Lee DeWyze will return home on Saturday, Aug. 28. There will be a few people waiting for him. As in, thousands ready to cheer him on at the...
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'Piranha' problems: Studio tipped ending, MPAA botched ratingAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Piranha's fishy ending If you saw the new comic horror thriller "Piranha 3-D" as I did last weekend, you were probably as bummed as I when the shockeroo ending ca...
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Lee DeWyze's parents not moving to Hollywood anytime soonAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze Sr. cashed in on being "the father of Lee DeWyze" once. It was the night his son won "American Idol" and he was on a hotel rooftop in Los Angeles with hundred...
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Local tryoutsAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Improv Playhouse has auditions for kids in third through ninth grade to appear in a youth theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic 1943 musical "Okl...
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Mount Prospect native jumps at chance to stage 'Daredevil's Hamlet'Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Actor and musician John Pierson has always been a guy to leap out of the box - literally and figuratively. In rock circles, he is known for being a founding member of th...
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St. Charles' Isacco offers Italian with a twistAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Any time you end a three-hour dinner by doing shots of Grappa courtesy of the chef and owner, who is happily mingling with his guests at the end of his shift, you can be...
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New dramas, time-tested musicals among fall's theater offeringsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - You can't please everybody with theater. Play things too safely and a theater audience becomes bored and complacent. Take too many artistic risks and audiences will fle...
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Burgers to bistro - chef keeps it seasonalAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The burger on homemade rye on Hackney's in Lake Zurich and wasabi-crusted ahi tuna with red miso at Retro Bistro in Mount Prospect seem worlds apart to most people, but ...
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'Wiggly Circus Live!' coming to RosemontAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Preschool favorites The Wiggles bring their "Wiggly Circus Live!" to the Rosemont Theatre for two shows only. Joining the Australian quartet in their big top extravaganz...