Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Weekly picks: Standup takes Pat Tomasulo from screen to stageDec 20, 2017 5:00 am - Newscaster laughter See a Wednesday preview of the new program "Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo" or see the WGN newscaster perform a standup comedy show on Thursday ...
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'The Voice' finale: How Chloe Kohanski won despite a big mistake by Miley CyrusDec 19, 2017 10:00 pm - To the surprise of very few fans of NBC's "The Voice," Chloe Kohanski was crowned the winner of Season 13 on Tuesday night. Not only did the 23-year-old psychedelic rock...
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Violin sensation Joshua Brown returns to perform with Elmhurst SymphonyDec 19, 2017 10:00 pm - When he won the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Stanger Audition and performed with the ESO in 2015, it was clear Joshua Brown was a star in the making. Now the award-winni...
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After Music Row rejection, Walker Hayes made a DIY studioDec 19, 2017 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Several years ago, producer and songwriter Shane McAnally met Walker Hayes, a country singer from Alabama who was struggling to find a hit while signe...
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Theater events: Music Theater Works' 'Peter Pan' flies into Evanston's CahnDec 19, 2017 5:00 am - Off to Neverland Music Theater Works concludes its season with the family-friendly musical "Peter Pan," based on the J.M. Barrie tale about a boy who refuses to grow up....
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Sound check: Bret Michaels decks the Arcada hallsDec 19, 2017 5:00 am - Jingle bell rocker Rocker Bret Michaels just can't sit still. The frontman who brought Poison to its heyday is also a spokesman for the American Diabetes Association, an...
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Des Plaines hopes to force sale of shuttered downtown theaterDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - Des Plaines will pursue eminent domain proceedings to forcibly acquire the 92-year-old Des Plaines Theatre, after the theater's owner says he rejected the city's "low ba...
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Tickets go on sale for 'Darci Lynne and Friends Live'Dec 19, 2017 12:00 am - Tickets go on sale Wednesday morning for "Darci Lynne and Friends Live" at the Rosemont Theatre, featuring the winner of the most recent season of "America's Got Talent....
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Northwest Community patients' singing group makes its debutDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - A group of Northwest Community Healthcare patients, some aided by oxygen tanks, belted out Christmas tunes Tuesday as they debuted their new singing group. The Pulmonair...
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Kick off new year with Soiree Lyrique's production of 'Die Fledermaus'Dec 17, 2017 10:00 pm - Soirée Lyrique presents a fully staged production of "Die Fledermaus" or "The Revenge of the Bat" by Johann Strauss II, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, and 2 p.m. Saturday, J...