Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'Swashbuckling adventure' await with St. Viator playOct 27, 2022 11:00 pm - Everyone knows the story of Peter Pan, but at Saint Viator High School, cast members in the fall play know what happened first. They are working to present "Peter and t...
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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...