Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'American Idol' tour brings DeWyze back homeAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - For the first time in months, Lee DeWyze will return home on Saturday, Aug. 28. There will be a few people waiting for him. As in, thousands ready to cheer him on at the...
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Broadway in Chicago announces spring seasonAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Broadway in Chicago's announcement Thursday of its spring series means familiar tunes echoing throughout the theater district, where a new 25th anniversary production of...
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Lee DeWyze's parents not moving to Hollywood anytime soonAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze Sr. cashed in on being "the father of Lee DeWyze" once. It was the night his son won "American Idol" and he was on a hotel rooftop in Los Angeles with hundred...
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'American Idol' producers: We don't Auto-TuneAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Simon Cowell has gone from "American Idol" judge to a potential headache for the show. A furor over whether Cowell's British talent show "The X Factor" el...
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Flawless 'Frost/Nixon' examines a flawed manAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - They say confession is good for the soul. Judging from the number of defendant statements police routinely introduce into evidence during criminal trials, it's true. C...
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Local tryoutsAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - • The Improv Playhouse has auditions for kids in third through ninth grade to appear in a youth theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic 1943 musical "Okl...
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Woodstock annual jazz fest this weekendAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Its all that jazz - and so much more this weekend in downtown Woodstock for the third annual Woodstock Jazz Festival. Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 27, the Woodstoc...
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Mount Prospect native jumps at chance to stage 'Daredevil's Hamlet'Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Actor and musician John Pierson has always been a guy to leap out of the box - literally and figuratively. In rock circles, he is known for being a founding member of th...
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Sam Mendes to direct Kevin Spacey in 'Richard III'Aug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes are reuniting for a trans-Atlantic production of "Richard III," producers announced Thursday. Spacey will play the villainous Engli...
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Usher's latest uneven effortAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Usher, "Versus" (Jive) It's only been a few months since Usher released "Raymond V. Raymond," but he's back with another album - kind of. "Versus" is a nine-so...