Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Traditional 'Music Man' revival marches into GoodmanJul 11, 2019 7:00 am - “The Music Man” - ★ ★ ★ The Goodman Theatre's big and brassy revival of “The Music Man” can wash over you as escapist entertainment. Tony Award-winning director Mary Zim...
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Taylor Swift shakes off drama with fun concert performanceJul 11, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In her first public appearance since discovering her masters were in the hands of someone she's not a fan of, Taylor Swift didn't directly address the is...
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Blanco Brown has the next country rap hit with 'The Git Up'Jul 11, 2019 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - After "Old Town Road" kicked off a trend of country-trap this year, Blanco Brown felt the timing was just right for his dance hit "The Git Up." B...
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10 hot tickets: Elvis Costello, J Balvin and 'Baby Shark Live!' on sale this weekendJul 11, 2019 6:00 am - Mini Ladd: 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago: YouTube gamer and video blogger. $35. On sale now (tickets purchased for Park West ho...
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Trickshooter Social Club is making some fancy moves with new rock album, upcoming showsJul 11, 2019 12:15 am - It's great to see when good things happen to genuine people. So it's even better to see it happen in threes for Trickshooter Social Club. The Chicago-area rock band rec...
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Marriott's 'Darling Grenadine' serves up bittersweet tale of addictionJul 10, 2019 5:00 pm - “Darling Grenadine” - ★ ★ ★ ½ During the mid-1980s, one of my relatives battled drug addiction. I never saw him at his worst, consumed by his disease. I never experienc...
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Sound check: Garth Brooks kicks off 'Dive Bar' tour at Joe's in ChicagoJul 10, 2019 2:00 pm - DISRUPT Fest Looking to rock a little harder this weekend? Sum 41 headlines the Rockstar Energy DISRUPT Festival Tour, making its way to the suburbs Friday. The hard ro...
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Review: Gimme, gimme more BANKS, an artist on the riseJul 10, 2019 7:00 am - BANKS, "III" (Harvest Records) You could call BANKS' first single in a few years steamy - but you'd be off-base. "Gimme" is absolutely erotic, an explicit, hyper-racy cl...
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Review: K.Flay celebrates all her sides on CD 'Solutions'Jul 10, 2019 7:00 am - K.Flay, "Solutions" (Night Street Records/Interscope) It's always been hard to pin down K.Flay's music. She's a bit of a sonic chameleon, mixing elements of hip-hop, roc...
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Best bets: Dog Days of Summer returns to Libertyville; Ides of March plays COD in Glen EllynJul 10, 2019 6:00 am - Leaping canines The DockDogs National Premier Canine Aquatic Jumping Competition is the main attraction of the Dog Days of Summer festival this weekend at Cook Park, 300...