Performing Arts
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What's new on stage: Paramount salutes Black History MonthFeb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - History on stage The Paramount Theatre salutes Black History Month with TheatreworksUSA's "The Color of Justice," inspired by Brown vs. the Board of Education. Set durin...
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How well do you know 'Chicago?' Take our quiz and find outFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The Broadway musical "Chicago" returns to the Chicago stage Wednesday, Feb. 25, through Sunday, March 8, at the Oriental Theater - and you can win tickets. Here's a quiz...
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Suburban actor-teacher fit for stage, gym classFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Some people have their hands full with one job. Greg Caldwell, who appears in Raven Theatre's production of "Misamerica," juggles two. During the day, he teaches physica...
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'Misamerica' travels all-too-familiar groundFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - There's nothing subtle about "Misamerica," Tom Patrick's over-the-top satire on the effects of American intervention, unfettered capitalism and cultural ignorance on an ...
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Drury Lane's 'Xanadu' is goofy, vacuous funFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - The 1980 Olivia Newton-John movie musical "Xanadu" is generally regarded by critics to be one of the worst films ever made. What can you expect with a plotline about a m...
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Cheap events: Political kitsch swap, library loveFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Cheap events? Contact Laura Stewart at lstewart@dailyherald.com Free Politics, past and present Dealers and collectors can buy, sell and trade political buttons...
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Subtler 'Living' still showcases Coward's sharp witFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - A ménage a trois just doesn't pack the punch it once did. The unconventional romance between best friends and occasional lovers Gilda, Leo and Otto - which underscores ...
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Dennehy shines in Robert Falls' forceful 'Desire Under the Elms'Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - A few weeks ago, Brian Dennehy talked like a man contemplating retiring. "My time is almost over," he said, responding to a question about his future plans. On stage a...
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For those who don't know how to love himJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Rod Blagojevich has compared himself to Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, but now the Second City comedy troupe is giving him the role he really...
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Noble Fool to salute doo-wop girl groups in 'Taffetas'Jan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Circle Theatre artistic director Kevin Bellie returns to Noble Fool to direct "The Taffetas," a salute to doo-wop girl groups from the 1950s, about a quartet of singing ...