Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Fremd graduate makes Broadway debut as Christine in iconic 'Phantom'Mar 06, 2023 4:30 am - Emilie Kouatchou, a 2015 graduate of William Fremd High School in Palatine, made her Broadway debut as Christine Daaé in "The Phantom of the Opera" in New York City. Kou...
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History center to host one-woman play on Bette DavisMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - Maria Boundas Bakalis will present her original one-woman play about legendary actress Bette Davis at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Glen Ellyn History Center, 800 N. Main St. I...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dead at 71Mar 05, 2023 12:00 am - Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd's last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given. "It is wi...
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Music review: Kali Uchis is ethereal in 'Red Moon in Venus'Mar 04, 2023 10:00 pm - "Red Moon in Venus," Kali Uchis (Geffen Records) Kali Uchis' new studio album, "Red Moon in Venus," follows her Grammy-nominated Spanish-language album that was rel...
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Music review: Omer Klein's trio an example of jazz's global reachMar 04, 2023 5:00 am - "Life & Fire" by Omer Klein (Warner Music) Jazz grows in places far from its roots, as "Life & Fire" shows. The album marks the 10th anniversary of pianist Omer Kle...
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Radically re-imagined, impressively sung '1776' makes for a provocative, timely revivalMar 03, 2023 11:00 am - “1776”- ★ ★ ★ “1776,” the 1969 musical about the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, is not a top-tier work. But the 2022 Broadway revival, a drastically re-ima...
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Spotlight: World premiere 'Layalina' debuts at Goodman, CST's Gaines bids farewellMar 03, 2023 5:00 am - World premiere Goodman Theatre premieres "Layalina," a play about Iraqi immigrants by Martin Yousif Zebari developed through the theater's New Stages program. The play o...
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Kaneland High School to put on 'The Wizard of Oz' at The Egyptian April 7-8Mar 02, 2023 10:00 pm - The Kaneland High School Theatre department is proud to present their 2023 spring musical "The Wizard of Oz." Based on the classic motion picture starring Judy Garland, ...
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Elgin theater postpones opening weekendMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - The Independent Players are postponing the opening weekend of "Camille" due to a case of COVID in the cast. It will now open March 10, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fri...
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Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89Mar 02, 2023 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a cen...