Performing Arts
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Screen, stage actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89Aug 12, 2014 1:01 am - Lauren Bacall, a bewitching actress whose husky voice and smoldering onscreen chemistry with her husband Humphrey Bogart made her a defining movie star of the 1940s and ...
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Jane Lynch tapped to announce 2014 Jeff nomineesAug 12, 2014 1:00 am - Emmy Award-winning actress and Dolton native Jane Lynch will preside over the announcement of the 2014 equity Joseph Jefferson Award nominations Thursday, Aug. 21, in Ch...
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Sunday picks: Rock with the Goo Goo Dolls, Plain White T'sAug 10, 2014 5:00 am - Rock outdoors: Rock out on the shores of Lake Michigan when the Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry share the bill with guests Plain White T's today at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Steve Byrne plays ImprovAug 09, 2014 5:00 am - Sitcom tour: If you love the TBS cable TV sitcom “Sullivan and Son,” then don't miss its star, Steve Byrne, at the helm this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5...
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Caravello wins Suburban Chicago's Got Talent competitionAug 09, 2014 1:01 am - After wowing the crowd with his rendition of Bill Wither's "Ain't No Sunshine" and wowing the judges with his musical evolution over the past several weeks, Dennis Carav...
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Theater events: Tour Janus' Walkabout fest in ElginAug 08, 2014 6:30 am - Bases loaded in Elgin Janus Theater Company hosts its seventh annual short play festival, Walkabout: Theater on your Feet, this weekend in Elgin. Each of the four p...
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Brumlow shines as Hank Williams in 'Lost Highway' remountAug 08, 2014 5:45 am - The toe-tapping and hand-clapping that accompanied the opening of American Blues Theater's remount of last year's hit show "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" testified to jus...
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Marriott goes 'On the Town' with dance-heavy classicAug 08, 2014 1:00 am - “On the Town” is an undisputed American musical theater classic. So it makes sense that a major theater like the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire would produce a 70th an...
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Spoon shines on 'They Want My Soul'Aug 06, 2014 5:00 pm - "They Want My Soul," Spoon (Loma Vista/Republic) The Austin, Texas-born band Spoon is out with its eighth album, "They Want My Soul." It's a lush jangle of guitars, smar...
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Country music alive and well on Shaver's newestAug 06, 2014 5:00 pm - Billy Joe Shaver, "Long In The Tooth" (Lightning Rod) Old cowboys love to lament that contemporary country music's in a sorry state and guilty of casting aside sage sing...