Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Interpreter helps tell story of modern miscommunicationJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - As actors rehearsed the new Victory Gardens play "Love Person," one line tripped them up. "While I did nothing" was translated for a deaf character as "and I was innocen...
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What's new and notable in area stage showsJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Winner takes all Comedian and athlete Josh Blue headlines Zanies' suburban venues this weekend. The winner of the 2006 edition of NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and a membe...
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ESO reduces weekend's ticket pricesJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra has announced that all seats for this weekend's final Classics Series concerts of the 2008-09 season will be $25. The reduced-price tickets ...
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Touring cast announced for 'August: Osage County'Jun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago area stage veteran Shannon Cochran, so compelling as Eleanor in Writers Theatre's 2008 revival of "The Lion in Winter," takes on the role of Barbara Fordham - on...
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Janus Theatre Co.'s 'Miss Julie' has that mismatched feelJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Don't let the title of Janus Theatre Company's "Miss Julie on a Midsummer Night" lull you into thinking that you're in for a romantic evening out. The moniker may sound ...
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra wraps up 2008-09 seasonJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - ESO ends with Grieg The Elgin Symphony Orchestra plays its last concert of the 2008-2009 season this weekend when Terrence Wilson joins the ESO for Grieg's "Piano Concer...
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Singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin dead of lung cancerJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he pi...
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Black Eyed Peas bring summer fun with 'E.N.D.'Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The Black Eyed Peas want you to dance, and "Boom Boom Pow" is just the beginning. The smash single sets the tone for the dance-party vibe on the quartet's first new albu...
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Country artists take the show on the road to build base abroadJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the c...
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Wayne Newton talks about music, mustaches and coming to St. CharlesJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - He lost the mustache a while back, but not his enthusiasm for entertaining. At 64, Wayne Newton has done just about everything there is to do in show business - from pe...