Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Steel Beam stages mystery with a twistMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Whodunit is no simple matter in Alan Ayckbourn's "It Could Be Any One of Us." This British mystery tale/comedy of manners now on stage at Steel Beam Theatre packs a twi...
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Raheem DeVaughn sings of love, warMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Raheem DeVaughn's latest CD is like open mic night at a jazz cafe. The album includes socially conscious interludes from Princeton professor and activist Dr. Cornel West...
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Mount Prospect's Idol moves on to next roundMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Mount Prospect's Lee DeWyze breezed on to the next round in American Idol, while the two other Chicago-area contestants were voted off on Thursday. Northbrook's John Par...
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Local auditionsMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - • Timber Lake Playhouse has auditions for its summer productions of "Love, Sex and the I.R.S." and "Steel Magnolias" at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 7, at the Campbell Center fo...
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Rise of rock n' roll colors 'Side Man' at the MetropolisMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - A life in music The eclipse of jazz by rock 'n' roll serves as the backdrop for Warren Leight's "Side Man," in which a young man relates the story of his relation...
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Bowersox wows 'Idol' judges after hospitalizationMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Crystal Bowersox still has a healthy shot at becoming the next "American Idol." The 24-year-old single mother from Toledo, Ohio, performed Creedence Clear...
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Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin in sync at Cadillac PalaceMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Broadway stars Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin have their devoted fans and derisive detractors. Yet both performers reaffirmed why they are unquestionably Broadway legen...
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Muti offers hints to CSO's futureMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Riccardo Muti, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 10th music director, is ready to officially unveil his imprint on the orchestra beginning this fall. As announced last we...
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Juanes trots globe spreading peace messageMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Miami, New York, Las Vegas, Santo Domingo, London, Medellin. No, Juanes isn't on tour. But as he wins prizes, plays concerts and makes humanitarian gestures,...
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Behind the scenes as Cirque du Soleil brings 'Alegria' to lifeMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - It's a few hours before the opening of Cirque du Soleil's "Alegria," and a quiet calm envelopes the dimly lit Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. Throughout the day, ...