Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Metropolis production of 'Lend Me a Tenor' blends slapstick, sillinessMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Comedy may not cure our economic infirmities, but it sure can alleviate some of the symptoms. Case in point: Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's spirited production of ...
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The-Dream shows he's got what it takes to make great musicMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The-Dream's got power. He helped Beyoncé and all those single ladies get a ring on it, persuaded Mariah Carey to let people touch her body and gave Rihanna an umbrella w...
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Court's taut 'Wait Until Dark' absolutely chillingMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - More than 40 years after it became a hit on Broadway and on the big screen, "Wait Until Dark" still manages to elicit chills - even among theatergoers who know what to e...
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What's new and notable on stageMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Musical whodunit Drury Lane Oakbrook marks its 25th season with the regional premiere of "Curtains," a play-within-a-play in which the leading lady is murdered during th...
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Roger McGuinn mixes Byrds hits with the folk traditionMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - About 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Roger McGuinn will sit down for a late lunch in the Elgin area, or perhaps somewhere between there and Chicago, and start drawing on ...
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Ledger-directed music video set for releaseMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A Modest Mouse music video directed by the late Heath Ledger is set for release this year. A spokeswoman for the band says Ledger directed an animated vid...
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Anne Brown, Gershwin's original Bess, dies at 96Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - OSLO -- Anne Wiggins Brown, the African-American soprano who starred as the original Bess in George Gershwin's landmark folk opera "Porgy and Bess" but saw her career li...
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Optimism abounds at SXSW despite economyMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For the nearly 2,000 acts performing at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, this week, the odds of success would seem insurmountable. The music industry is ...
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Reba stops at Sears CentreMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that her TV show is long gone, Reba McEntire can get back to music, where she's always struck a remarkably relaxed and unaffected stance as a charming country chante...
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Jack Lawrence, songwriter for Sinatra's first hit, dies at 96Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- Jack Lawrence, who wrote the lyrics for Frank Sinatra's first hit recording "All or Nothing at All" as well as standards sung by stars such as ...