Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'Pandemonium' heading our waySep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, the original noisemakers behind the internationally successful percussion revue "Stomp," are set bring a new sound-blaring show call...
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Marriott revives 'Chorus Line' in singular styleSep 14, 2010 11:00 pm - "Showstopper" refers to a moment in a musical so captivating that it's as if the audience falls under a spell, afraid to breathe lest the magic disappear. It's the momen...
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Weezer stays the course with 'Hurley'Sep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Weezer's latest album, "Hurley," is full of the same high-energy quirk rock that got the band to this point in their career. It's a passable release, but it firms up the...
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Springsteen talks 'Darkness' with festival docSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- Bruce Springsteen says he and the E Street Band were on a mission when they made his "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album 32 years ago. Springsteen opens up a...
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Best bets: Dance, walk, or just sit and listen to the musicSep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Spectacu-Lar Choreographer Lar Lubovitch, a Chicago native and co-founder of the Chicago Dancing Festival, brings his namesake troupe Lar Lubovitch Dance Company ...
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Constantine Maroulis ready to rock into ChicagoSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Constantine Maroulis was just a kid during the 1980s, the era in which "Rock of Ages" is gloriously set. But the former "American Idol" finalist turned Broadway star is ...
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Lady Gaga, producer withdraw dueling lawsuitsSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- They may have had a bad romance, but now there's a cordial professional split between Lady Gaga and a music producer who said she ditched him as both a coll...
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Fox Valley Theatre Company performs 'Hairspray'Sep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - On the surface, the musical "Hairspray" is a quirky nod to Pre-Beatles America, but the underlying theme shines a spotlight on the racism of the same era. Not that this...
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Actor/producer made Bard accessible to Northwest suburbsSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - An Elk Grove Village resident who worked to make Shakespeare accessible to Northwest suburban residents, has passed away. James Hirsch founded the Elk Grove Center for t...
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Steel Beam's 'Fairways' tees up a love storySep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - There are musicals about baseball ("Damn Yankees"), gambling ("Guys and Dolls") and even chess ("Chess"). But "Fairways," opening Friday at Steel Beam Theatre in St. Cha...