Performing Arts
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Pioneering choreographer Giordano diesMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - August Thomas ("Gus") Giordano, the award-winning choreographer and founder of Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, died from pneumonia Sunday in Chicago. He was 84. "His vision...
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Spunky Circle Theatre stages equally spunky 'Can-Can'Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - You have to admire spunky Circle Theatre. The company's tiny Forest Park storefront doesn't allow artistic director Kevin Bellie to stage musicals on the same scale as s...
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New on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Greasy Joan & Co. begins its 12th year with Moliere's "The Misanthrope," a satire on aristocrats whose empty lives revolve around gossip. The play opens today at the Ath...
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Still on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Foote fest finale Goodman Theatre concludes its Horton Foote festival with "The Trip to Bountiful," a delicate drama about a widow returning to her childhood home for a ...
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Sister's act is holy riotMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - If any nun could solve all the world's problems in one night, Sister could. We don't learn the first name of the nun who holds sway in "Put the Nuns in Charge!" During t...
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Arabs in AmericaMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Compromise and obligation. The twin challenges budding artists confront prove especially acute for minorities. Should they alter their work to ensure commercial succes...
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Marriott pares down 'Seussical' for kidsMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - When "Seussical" director Rachel Rockwell talks about creating shows that appeal to younger viewers, she knows what she's talking about. She has a 2½-year-old at home na...
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Redtwist gives Albee's 'Woolf' an intimate, up-close feelMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The set for redtwist theatre's revival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" looks nothing like you'd expect. Designer Anders Jacobson does away with the...
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'Heat Wave' suffers meltdown on stageMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - As a critique of a civic disaster, "Heat Wave" sizzles. As theater, it sputters. Not because it lacks a compelling story, but because it fails to tell that story in a c...
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Good year on tap for theatersMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The 2008-2009 season announcements from Chicago's Court, Goodman and Steppenwolf theaters include a couple of coups and the return of some local favs, making for what lo...