Articles filed under Performing Arts
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In Italy, theater reopens in town devastated by COVIDNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - In a signal of rebirth, the Donizetti theater in the northern Italian city of Bergamo, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, reopened this weekend after t...
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Get in the holiday mood with Carrie Underwood, Dolly PartonNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - Here's a collection of 2020 holiday albums reviewed by The Associated Press. ____________ Carrie Underwood, 'œMy Gift'ť (Capitol Nashville) Carrie Underwood takes fans t...
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'A better time than any': Finding joy in music lessons, jamsNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - These weren't the piano lessons of my youth. Quite the opposite. Gone was the septuagenarian teacher crowding me on a piano bench at my grandmother's house, extolling t...
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Artists sing social anthems for United Nations anniversaryNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - For Grammy-winning international star Angelique Kidjo, her artistry and her activism inform each other because music has the power to connect bey...
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Swift wins top prize at AMAs, says she's re-recording musicNov 23, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor Swift won her third consecutive artist of the year prize at the American Music Awards, but she missed the show for a good reason: She said she's b...
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American Music Awards: 10 things you missed, from Taylor Swift's speech to Jennifer Lopez and Maluma's duetNov 22, 2020 10:00 pm - Like all live television in 2020, the American Music Awards had to adjust due to pandemic protocols - and the end result was a hybrid of the other award shows you might ...
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Auditions for 'Importance of Being Earnest' Dec. 7-8Nov 22, 2020 10:00 pm - Diverse actors ages 17 and older are invited to audition for College of Lake County's spring production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," directed by C...
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Jefferson Mays plays 50 characters in one-man streaming version of 'A Christmas Carol'Nov 21, 2020 10:00 pm - What does the theater community desperately need during a time of social distancing? An actor who can play multiple characters onstage every night. Enter Jefferson Mays....
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Music review: Kelsey Waldon covers weighty topics on new albumNov 21, 2020 5:00 am - Kelsey Waldon, "They'll Never Keep Us Down" (Oh Boy) Kelsey Waldon's "They'll Never Keep Us Down" is a serviceable homage release, as the proud Kentuckian covers ev...
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For fans of BTS, the only thing better than the group is each otherNov 21, 2020 5:00 am - As a Def Leppard fan, Beth Murdock didn't expect to like Korean pop. Hair bands were more her jam. As a self-admitted stereotypical, White, middle-aged woman from Georgi...