Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Punk, Chicago style: Documentary explores local music historyDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - It wasn't always easy for Joe Losurdo to get to punk-rock shows in the 1980s. First, his mom had to drop him off at the Barrington train station, where he'd catch a ride...
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Winter concerts abound TuesdayDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Palatine, Schaumburg, Conant and Fremd high schools all have holiday or winter concerts planned for the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 15. Palatine High Director of Bands Rael...
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Rock Hall takes a chance on ABBA, Genesis, StoogesDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- ABBA is dancing its way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges. The list of the next class of ind...
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Services set for Palatine theater founderDec 12, 2009 10:00 pm - A memorial service has been set for Susannah Kist, the 47-year-old founder of a prominent Palatine theater company. Services for the acting coach and music teacher to co...
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Billboard names Taylor, Kanye among year's bestDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- They gave us the most memorable music moment of 2009, so it's only fitting that Kanye West and Taylor Swift have been named the king and queen of the charts....
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Marriott to revive classic 'My Fair Lady'Dec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Marriott Theatre ushers in 2010 with Dominick Missimi's revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe's classic "My Fair Lady." Kevin Gudahl plays Henry Higgins and Heid...
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'Addams Family' snappy but not flawlessDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Nathan Lane is having the time of his professional life. At least it appeared that way at Wednesday's world premiere of "The Addams Family," the big-budget, Broadway-bou...
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Local auditionsDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - • Theater D has auditions for a March production of Ken Ludwig's comic farce "Lend Me a Tenor" at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewe...
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'Children's Scientology Pageant' strikes right toneDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - While the life history and philosophical musings of science fiction writer turned Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard may not seem like appropriate fodder for a...
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Alumni return to honor Second City's 50th anniversaryDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Fifty years ago this month, Chicago got really funny. The Second City comedy theater opened in a former Chinese laundry on Wells Street in December of 1959. Since then i...