Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Elmhurst Choral Union invites singers to auditionJan 04, 2021 10:00 pm - Singers, start 2021 with an enjoyable resolution - get back to singing in a totally new experience. Singers interested in challenging their vocal skills are invited to a...
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Finneas on Bond theme song, the Grammys and The WeekndJan 01, 2021 5:00 am - NEW YORK - The path to Billie Eilish and Finneas getting the "yes" to compose a song for the upcoming James Bond film was almost as thrilling and exhilarating as watchin...
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The show goes on - online - for suburban symphoniesJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban-based symphony orchestras could not perform as usual in 2020 due to the global coronavirus pandemic. "Probably the hardest thing was the great unknown," New Phi...
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Zellweger won an Oscar for 'Judy' - a role that now has her up for a GrammyDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Renée Zellweger is known for acting, but you could easily write a thesis about her love for music. The entertainer won her second Academy Award for portraying Judy Garla...
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Spotlight: Next up at First Folio - an online reading of 'The Little Match Girl'Dec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - More stories online First Folio Theatre's online winter reading series continues with artistic associate Cassy Schillo reading Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little...
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Being Judy Garland won Zellweger an Oscar. Is a Grammy next?Dec 30, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Renée Zellweger is known for acting but you could easily write a thesis about her love for music. The entertainer won her second Academy Award for portr...
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A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on musical legacyDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie ...
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A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on a musical legacyDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie ...
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TikTok, other platforms bring musical theater fan fiction to lifeDec 30, 2020 5:00 am - Emily Jacobsen insists that she was just warbling a bit of nonsense while cleaning her apartment this summer. She didn't intend to create a fake musical about a rat who ...
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Editorial: What our resilient arts community taught us during the pandemicDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Fourth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board In mid-March, Illinois' theaters and music venues went dark. What we all hoped would be a brief hiatus stret...