Articles filed under Performing Arts
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A persistent plague: The Gift Theatre's new thriller 'The Locusts' shows promiseOct 27, 2022 10:00 am - “The Locusts” - ★ ★ ★ In “The Locusts,” Jennifer Rumberger's grim thriller about a serial killer targeting teenage girls, a sheriff offers a 16-year-old girl some advice...
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Alan Jackson to get CMA lifetime achievement awardOct 27, 2022 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Alan Jackson will receive the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Country Music Association Awards in November. The...
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Punk rock, black lights and sword fights in Aurora Central Catholic's 'Romeo and Juliet' adaptationOct 26, 2022 11:00 pm - With recorded punk rock music, black lights and sword fights, Aurora Central Catholic drama will stage an adaptation of William Shakespeare's iconic "Romeo and Juliet." ...
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Spotlight: TimeLine Theatre revives Alice Childress' landmark 1955 drama 'Trouble in Mind'Oct 26, 2022 11:00 pm - Jeeves returns First Folio Theatre commences its final season with a remount of "Jeeves Intervenes," which in 2008 was its first production of a Margaret Raether comedy ...
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Wicked concert weekend: There's plenty of music going around for HalloweenOct 26, 2022 2:00 pm - The spookiest of holidays looms, but with the tricks and treats falling on a Monday, many venues in the suburbs and Chicago are opting for a weekend of wacky tributes an...
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Sound check: Mike Doughty plays Evanston's SPACE, 'Troubadours' at Des Plaines TheatreOct 26, 2022 6:00 am - Mike Doughty solo Mike Doughty, founder of '90s alternative rock band Soul Coughing and more recently Ghost of Vroom, has also been making the rounds as a solo ...
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AC/DC's Brian Johnson writes about his Cinderella livesOct 25, 2022 7:00 am - Before he began tearing the roof off arenas as lead singer of hard rock icon AC/DC, Brian Johnson was fixing roofs. In his new memoir, the 'œHells Bells'ť singer recount...
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Berlin conductor Petrenko worried `no one needs us anymore'Oct 25, 2022 7:00 am - Kirill Petrenko thought back to the spring of 2020, when his first season as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic was abruptly stopped by the coronavirus pandemic....
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CMA Awards to open with a tribute to the late Loretta LynnOct 25, 2022 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Country Music Association Awards will open this year's show with a tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn, who died this month at the...
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Geneva High School to put on 'The Diary of Anne Frank' Nov. 4-6Oct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - The small cast of 10 actors hold their breath in anticipation of performing this year's fall play, a choice that is sure not to disappoint audiences. "The Diary of Anne ...