Articles filed under Performing Arts
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U2 packs 'em in ... to 1,000-seat theaterMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts -- U2 shook a small city, and riled up a core of rabid fans, when it gave a private concert in a venue a tiny fraction of the size of the stadi...
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Illnesses force personnel changes in Lyric, CSO performancesMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have announced key artist changes for performances this month. Italian tenor Vincenzo La Scola has been forced ...
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Performer's leaps and turns make 'Riverdance' costume job a kickMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Chances are when you're watching "Riverdance" you never worry about those Irish dancers splitting a seam or popping a button during all that kicking and leaping - and ch...
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Get a taste of maple syrup making or look for birdsMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Cheap events? Contact Laura Stewart at lstewart@dailyherald.com Free These trains keep on rolling The Lake County Model Railroad Club is hosting its Spring Ope...
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Promoter adds more dates for Michael Jackson showsMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- As Michael Jackson once said: Don't stop till you get enough. Concert promoters on Wednesday more than doubled Jackson's summer run of concerts in London after...
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Libertyville's Gerhart goes on the road with 'Poppins'Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - For the next year or so, Michael Gerhart of Libertyville is going to be on the road and living in London - the one created on stage eight shows a week in Disney and prod...
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U2 talk, don't sing in ChicagoMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - U2 has visited Chicago's Metro rock club to promote the band's new album, "No Line on the Horizon." Fans lined up behind police barricades Tuesday outside the club waiti...
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A magical 'Mary Poppins' stage adaptation opens in ChicagoMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - P.L. Travers' magical English nanny takes up residence this week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where the North American tour of Disney and producer Cameron ...
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Madeleine Peyroux focuses on songwriting on new CDMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Madeleine Peyroux walks about with a guitar case strapped to her back, ready to make music, as she's done since her teenage years when she busked on the stre...
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J. Holiday shows growth on new CDMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - J. Holiday had an enviable start to his career, thanks to the smash hit "Bed" and the successful single "Suffocate" on his gold-selling debut album, "Back of My 'Lac," t...